Nature can be a cruel place. There’s only so much food, territory, and other resources to go around, so animals often fight tooth and nail for them. But what if a natural disaster cut the availability of resources even further? You’d probably expect the animals to get even more aggressive in their fight for survival. …
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Beauty contests are so shallow. It’s all about what you look like, with no consideration given to the contestant’s personality. Well, here’s one contest where inner beauty shines. That’s because there sure isn’t any to be found on the outside. For nearly five decades, the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest has crowned the most repulsively lovable …
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Some types of vehicle damage are easier to explain to the insurance company. Somebody backed into your car in the parking lot and owned up to it? Easy. A bear broke into your car and ate the seats? Yeah, good luck with that. That’s what Canadian Kayla Seward had to try and explain to the …
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Limburg an der Lahn is a picturesque city in the state of Hesse in western Germany. But Limburg has a problem. A problem in the shape of a pigeon. Well, hundreds of pigeons, to be accurate. The birds have become such a nuisance that the locals are reaching the end of their rope. The pigeons …
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We like to think of wolves as these majestic apex predators that rule the natural world. Yet, the cold hard fact is that the life of a wolf is a hard one. Most wolf pups perish before reaching adulthood. Even when a wolf gets to grow up, it’ll be incredibly lucky if it sees its …
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Goats are notoriously stubborn animals. They’ll (at least try) to eat almost anything, occasionally overrun Italian islands, and they climb. Boy, do they climb. In case you didn’t know, goats are basically a bunch of Spider-Men. Some mountain goats can scale nearly perfectly vertical cliffs with ease. Yet, even your regular domestic goats can be …
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Solid, tabby, piebald, calico, Siamese, bald… Our kitty cats come in all kinds of coats and colors. Now, crazy cat ladies and lords can add a whole new type of cat to the list. A Finnish research team has identified a new kind of coat in cats. Called “salmiak,” this never-before-seen coloration is black and …
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Did you read Things To Know About Endangered Species In The United States? Because this is part two. Beluga Whale Beluga whales have a developed and acute sense of hearing and their auditory cortex is highly developed. They can swim 2 to 6 miles an hour but the fastest observed whale was at 17 miles …
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Crickets to the left of me, cicadas to the right — here I am, stuck in the middle with you. This could be Midwesterners’ theme song for the early summer of 2024. After all, they’re about to be crushed between two apocalyptic insect swarms. The one in the West has already emerged. Thousands upon thousands …
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Do you know about all the endangered species in our nation? There are more than 1,300 endangered and threatened species in the United States and these are some of them. Red Wolf Red wolves are known as shy and elusive but are considered top predators. Red wolves can only be found in the wild in …
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