The wonderful world of animals

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The deep-sea 'mystery blob' with the rump of a pig and a ballooned belly

Bizarre worm that looks "like the rump of a pig from one side and Mick Jagger's lips from the other" may be in the middle of an evolutionary leap, scientists say.

www.livescience.com

 

[squeekness]

My local zoo put up live feed cameras for the red panda enclosure.

Red Panda Cam | The Buttonwood Park Zoo

www.bpzoo.org

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

Would be nice if he had some sand and plants in his tank. Is it sad I felt bad for the bugs?

 

[Dr.]

Ospreys can't swim/float like (say) ducks. But their feathers are adapted to repel water. So they do a dive into the water; and then must perform a powered takeoff to quickly escape. Amazing.

 

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Orangutan heals face wound using medicinal plant in Indonesia in documented first

A Sumatran orangutan named Rakus was seen using a medicinal plant to heal a facial wound at an Indonesian research site.

eu.usatoday.com

 

[squeekness]

The Smallest Mammal In The World Lived 53 Million Years Ago

And it likely looked similar to the smallest mammal on Earth today.

www.iflscience.com

 

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Hammer-headed bat: The African megabat that looks like a gargoyle and holds honking pageants

Hammer-headed bats are named after the males' oversized boxy heads, which evolved to amplify and project the honking sounds they produce to impress females during courtship displays.

www.livescience.com

 

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Hammer-headed bat: The African megabat that looks like a gargoyle and holds honking pageants

Hammer-headed bats are named after the males' oversized boxy heads, which evolved to amplify and project the honking sounds they produce to impress females during courtship displays.

www.livescience.com

Those are pretty creepy looking, lol.

 

[squeekness]

One Of The World’s Rarest Fish Has Best Breeding Season For 25 Years

These fish have the smallest habitat range of any known vertebrate.

www.iflscience.com