The bear is in the details. If it wrecks cars like a bear, walks like a bear, and talks like a bear, is it a bear? Most likely not, because bears don’t talk. Insurance scammers, however, do. Three Southern California residents have been found guilty of an outlandish (but admittedly creative) insurance fraud scheme. They …
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What do you know about whale fun facts? Tell us in the comments if you know something to add to the list! Many whale species travel in groups called pods. Sperm whales use powerful clicking sounds for echolocation to hunt deep-sea prey. Fin whales are the second-largest animals on Earth and can swim at speeds …
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Ah, it’s a perfect day at the beach! Feeling a little peckish, you wander to the food truck and buy yourself your favorite snack. But just before you manage to take the first bite, a seagull swoops down and steals your treat. Day ruined. Thieving seagulls plague beachgoers around the world, but now we may …
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From tropical rainforests to backyard ponds, there are so many fascinating fun facts about frogs. Do you think you know all of them? Frogs start life as tadpoles. They live in water and breathe through gills before they grow legs and develop lungs. Frogs hibernate in winter in cold climates. They will bury themselves in …
Some are long, some are short. Some thick, some are thin. We’re talking about noses, of course. And if you thought human noses come in all shapes and sizes, you’ve seen nothing yet. In the animal world, you can find all kinds of schnozzes for wild reasons. Here’s a collection of 10 of the oddest …
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Did you know there were wild animals that stalk us? Here are 17 to prove it. Owls These nocturnal birds of prey are eerily silent due to specialized wing feathers. Owls circle above their targets in darkness, tracking rodents, birds, and even humans from tree canopies without being heard. Their sudden, silent attack is a …
What’s the one thing you need above all others to learn things? You’d think that’d be a brain since it controls all higher intellectual capacities, right? New research has shown that’s not necessarily the case. A completely brainless blob recently demonstrated that it can learn things. Stentor coeruleus is a horn-shaped, single-celled organism that doesn’t …
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When you go see exotic or cute animals at a zoo or other exhibit, it’s natural to want to play and frolic with them. In most cases, though, it’s best to leave the critters alone, no matter how tempted you are. And what you certainly shouldn’t do is follow this intoxicated Canadian’s example. Mitchell Grant …
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It’s a day at the horse races, and would you look at that? The horse you bet on has just won and earned you a nice wad of cash! And that horse’s name is Baked Bean Slip and Slide. Well, we made that one up. But it’s a well-known fact that racehorses often have incredibly …
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In beauty pageants, it’s nothing unusual for the contestants to get some plastic surgery. A nip there, a tuck there, some injection elsewhere… That’s with human beauty contests anyway. But if you’re competing to be the most gorgeous camel, you’d better steer clear of cosmetics, or you face immediate disqualification. That attitude was demonstrated at …
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