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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Animal behavior can be varied and strange, but some things are given. Birds go tweet, grasshoppers jump, and sharks can smell blood from a mile away. But is all of that really true? Take that shark fact, for instance. Sharks have an amazing sense of smell — but you’d still have to be bleeding fairly …
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Russia has been stirring up trouble in Ukraine for a long while now, and things aren’t looking to get better any time soon. But at least we can take solace in the fact that Russia hasn’t weaponized marine life. Wait, what? They have? Indeed, and they’ve been doing it for a while now. In 2019, …
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Sun City is a gorgeous 55-and-above community, located in Georgetown, Texas. It offers a small-town vibe only minutes from the bustle of Austin, with golf courses, pools, trails, ponds, and more contributing to its 15,000 residents’ active lifestyle. Another feature of Sun City is its resident flock of wild turkeys. They’ve provided amusement to the …
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Dang kids and their fads, am I right? It seems every week there’s another stupid and possibly life-threatening stunt they just have to try out. This seems like uniquely human behavior, but it may not actually be so. According to scientists, young orcas seem to have started a fad of their own. Namely, they’re sinking …
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There are many weird and wonderful forms of life on planet Earth. Unfortunately, a lot of them are about to drop dead. The International Union for Conservation of Nature currently lists 41,415 species on its list of endangered animals. And today, May 19, is the Endangered Species Day. This day is all about spreading awareness …
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