Just this week, we brought you sad news about Hugh, the famous Florida manatee. He died earlier this year when mating season hormones drove him to get it on with his brother, Buffett. But Hugh and Buffett aren’t the only manatees who wanted some lovin’ this summer — far from it. It’s currently the tail …
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Florida Man never fails to disappoint us. This time, he has… Wait, this isn’t Florida Man. It’s Florida Manatee! And it’s one of the most famous ones. Hugh the Manatee, 38, was a visitor favorite at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota. He was known, among other things, for predicting the winner of the …
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How small can you get? Pretty dang small, as nature has shown us. The thing about tiny animals is that we don’t often think about them. After all, they’re so minuscule that we barely notice them. So, what are the world’s tiniest creatures? Here are 9 of the world’s smallest animals in multiple categories. Smallest …
Wasp Facts Since It Is The Summer: Part One can be read by following the link. This is part two. The queen selects the location for the nest. Wasps grow into adults in about a week. At a week old, otherwise known as an adult, the wasps take over the work of finding food and …
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Did you know the wasp facts like not all of them are yellow and black and not all of them sting? Here are a bunch more things you may not know about wasps. Not all wasps can sting. Wasps help farmers by eating insect pests that harm their crops. They help flowers to make seeds …
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Some animals — reptiles in particular — live for a surprisingly long time. Just as an example, Jonathan, the world’s oldest living tortoise, turned 190 last year. But tortoises aren’t the only long-living scaly creatures out there. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Cassius. Cassius is an Australian saltwater crocodile, living at the Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat. …
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Picture somebody able to avoid police officers hot on your tail for days on end. What did you imagine? Some kind of criminal mastermind? Nope. It’s a pig. Ironic, don’t you think? Anyhow, a loose hog had been wandering around Manheim Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, for days. The animal had been avoiding capture and …
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Frogs and toads are pretty strange animals. They can breathe through their skin and undergo a complete bug-like metamorphosis, to begin with. But some species push these critters firmly into the “freakshow” territory. Or would you consider turning our bones into swords or giving birth through your back normal behavior? Yeah, that’s what we thought. …
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You’d better keep your hands off your junk or you’ll end up with hairy palms. But what if we ended up with our hairless palms because we didn’t? Although it has long been shunned as shameful and even pathetic in human society, masturbation is pretty common among animals. It’s particularly popular with our relative primates …
The ocean is a weird, scary place. Filled with bizarre, alien-like creatures, it’s no wonder strange things happen down there. Although scientists love spoiling a good mystery, the oceans are giving them a challenge. They’re right there, yet we know so little about them — despite how vitally important they are for all our survival. …
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