Elephants are the largest land mammals, so that makes everything else about them large, too. Do you think you know all these facts about elephants? Nutrition and food for an elephant comes in the form of grass, shrubs, leaves, fruits, roots, twigs, branches and tree bark. It all depends on the season and the habitat. …
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Everybody loves a good story of animals doing something odd, funny, or impressive. We should know — we have a whole Cool Animals category dedicated to them. Occasionally, though, we learn about animal stories that never become our regular posts. They might be just a bit too short, or perhaps there’s just something infinitely weirder …
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Wellness fads come and wellness fads go. It seems that every year, there’s a new strange or potentially fatal health trend. However, it turns out that it’s not just humans inventing new wellness crazes. Orcas can do it, too. Researchers recently observed that a specific pod of orcas has invented a seaweed massage. Not only …
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When a person turns 100 years old, it’s a cause of great celebration. And there’s reason to party, since getting to celebrate your centennial is quite an achievement. For a human being, that is. There are animals in the world that would consider even the oldest human a young whippersnapper. What’s weird, though, is that …
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The elephant is the largest land mammal and that means big numbers for everything else, too. Nutrition and food for an elephant comes in the form of grass, shrubs, leaves, fruits, roots, twigs, branches and tree bark. It all depends on the season and the habitat. The trunk of an elephant weighs about 300 pounds. …
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Organized warfare in a uniquely human phenomenon. We’re the only species on the planet unfortunate enough to have developed the kind of intelligence and political organization necessary for full-scale, total war. That said, it’s not like animals don’t go to battle against each other. While most fights between them are single bouts between predator and …
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Most town have that one legendary eccentric individual. They may not be the best person, or even a good person for that matter, but everybody knows them. That’s generally because they pull stunts like this. Jonathan Mason is a resident of Murray, Kentucky. The 40-year-old who owns a farm outside of town is locally known …
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Do you know these fun facts all about cheetahs? A cheetah’s muscular tail helps control their steering and keep their balance while they’re running fast, almost like a boat’s rudder. A cheetah’s typical stride is about 21 feet long. Cheetahs live in Eastern and Southern Africa. Including its body and tail, a cheetah can grow …
These fun facts about spring are perfect before the end of the season! Do you think you know some of the things on this list? The phrase “April showers bring May flowers” can be traced back to the 16th century and before. The saying appears in a poem written by Thomas Tusser in 1557, as …
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Genetic modification has done a lot to benefit humanity. It has given more plentiful crops, like corn and rice, and even medications, like bacteria-produced insulin. Not every genetic experiment has been a great success. For example, you can look at the one that turned cuddle hamsters into ultraviolent psychos. And then there are those genetic …
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