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Fawns Playing Tag || ViralHog
Occurred on August 28, 2018 / Hulett, Wyoming, USA “I was sitting in a hay bale blind on our ranch filming deer when I saw these two fawns playing tag.”
How Did Opium Poppies Get Their Painkilling Properties?
Humans have been turning to the poppy plant to get high or relieve pain for thousands of years. And despite all our other staggering pharmaceutical progress, our reliance on the plant hasn’t changed much; poppies are used to make two of … Continue reading
These Sneaky Sea Slugs Paralyze Their Predators With Stolen “Weapons”
Nudibranchs, or sea slugs, and are group of wildly colored animals that use their striking forms to warn predators against attack. Although the sea slugs move slow, they are protected by a brilliant defense mechanism. Some species create an alarming defense … Continue reading
This Dolphin Hunts Fish With ‘Net’ Made of Mud – National Geographic
//assets.nationalgeographic.com/modules-video/latest/assets/ngsEmbeddedVideo.html?guid=00000164-d217-da64-afed-de5fbffa0000 Rare video shows bottlenose dolphin using ‘mud-ring feeding’ technique alone. More often a group behavior, it has only been observed in Florida dolphins.[…] Source: This Dolphin Hunts Fish With ‘Net’ Made of Mud
New Splendid Species Discovered
New species discovery means iconic animal could be much closer to extinction than we thought! One of the world’s most spectacular frogs has remained under the radar of zoologists for almost 100 years. Sylvia’s Tree Frog, Cruziohyla sylviae sp n.was originally collected in … Continue reading
Brazilian Hummingbird Makes the Highest-Pitched Call Of Any Bird
The black Jacobin emits a shrill noise that sounds more like a frog or a cricket, leaving scientists puzzled. Source: Brazilian Hummingbird Makes the Highest-Pitched Call Of Any Bird
Vampire Bat Bites Help Shield Peruvians from Rabies
Researchers find some Peruvians are immune to the rabies virus, due to their exposure to the virus from vampire bat bites. Source: Vampire Bat Bites Help Shield Peruvians from Rabies
How Do Animals See the World?
Animal eyes come in the most spectacular range of styles, shapes, and sizes. There are eyes with lenses made of rock, eyes that can look up and down at the same time, and eyes that can spot prey from a … Continue reading
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