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

 

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

Red Panda Cam | The Buttonwood Park Zoo

www.bpzoo.org

 

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[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

 

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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.

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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.

 

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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.

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Meet The Most Venomous Fish In The World

Stonefish are experts at camouflage and only use their spines defensively.

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Pooping, Flapping Ears, And Rumbling: The Weird Ways Elephants Get Their Friends' Attention

Trumpets, flaps ears, pokes with trunk.

www.iflscience.com

 

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Sperm Whale “Phonetic Alphabet” Surprisingly Similar In Structure To Human Language

For the first time, scientists have described some of the basic elements of how they may be "talking" to each other.

www.iflscience.com

 

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Dice snakes fake their own death, smearing themselves with blood and poop to make the performance extra convincing

Dice snakes theatrically stage their own deaths, using blood and feces to convince predators they've shuffled off their mortal coils.

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Comedy Pet Photography Awards :: Comedy Pet Photography Awards

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Sarcastic fringehead: The angry little fish that engages in mouth-to-mouth combat

This curiously named sea-dweller lives along the Pacific coast, eats squid eggs and fights by opening its mouth wide.

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It´s a shame Peter Parker wasn´t bitten by a radioactive sarcastic fringehead.

 

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A 100-Pound River Monster That Feeds At Night Is Eating Way Too Much

"If they can fit it in their mouth, they're going to eat it."

www.iflscience.com

 

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The Platypus Doesn’t Have A Stomach, And Probably Never Will

On the upside, no tummy aches.

www.iflscience.com

 

[squeekness]

The Platypus Doesn’t Have A Stomach, And Probably Never Will

On the upside, no tummy aches.

www.iflscience.com

I had no idea!

 

[Sithborg]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/14/travel/orcas-sink-sailing-yacht-gibraltar-intl-scli-scn/index.html

Has to be one of my favorite stories.

 

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Athletic, Speedy, And Heavily Armored: Meet The Cuban Crocodile

They are also critically endangered.

www.iflscience.com

 

[squeekness]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/14/travel/orcas-sink-sailing-yacht-gibraltar-intl-scli-scn/index.html

Has to be one of my favorite stories.

Sorry, humanity? I'm rooting for the orcas every time.

 

[signalman]

Difference between Lynx and Bobcat.

 

[blueharvest]

Rare Deep-Sea Squid Dazzles And Glows In Mind-Blowing Footage

This footage is very special as Dana octopus squid are typically only seen in the bellies of whales.

www.iflscience.com

 

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32 animals that act weirdly human sometimes

From chimps that wage war over territory to parrots that outperform Harvard students on memory tests, many other members of the animal kingdom demonstrate surprisingly human-like behavior.

www.livescience.com