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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If you liked dinosaurs as a kid, or hell, if you still do, then these are all the fossil fun facts for you. Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of ancient life forms. All sorts of living things, from land to animals can form fossils. It’s the job of paleontologists to study fossils so …
Human babies look pretty different from adults when they’re born. They’re hairless (mostly) and have pretty bizarre proportions. Look at other creatures in nature, though, and human babies start looking like carbon copies of their parents. And we’re not even talking about insects. There are plenty of animals where the baby is so different from …
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Cops often have to deal with various kinds of difficult and unpredictable customers. Drunken people, enraged neighbors, farm animals… There’s been a strange uptick in the latter cases recently. Cops have had to wrangle with lonely and perverted goats — but they’ve also received assistance from unusual four-legged informants. Over the last week, Oklahoma officers …
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We’re constantly finding new, wonderful, and strange forms of life on our planet. But you don’t need all those new discoveries to be astonished at the variety of animals crawling, hopping, and flying on Earth. In fact, you’ve probably never even heard of most animals that exist somewhere right now. Some of those creatures are, …
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Random fun facts are the best and these are really fun. What’s your favorite random fun fact? It’s not possible for most people to lick their own elbow. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. This is one of the best random fun facts. Some lipsticks contain …
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