Goldfish aren’t exactly renowned for their intelligence. After all, there’s the pervasive myth of them having memories only two or three seconds long. That’s not actually true, but the myth’s persistence highlights the fact that we think goldfish are as dumb as a pile of bricks. But why, then, are they better at driving than …
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Wherever you go in the world, you’ll find people hailed at heroes for the selfless, valiant deeds they’ve done. But animals, too, can rise up to heroics on the occasion. It’s not always critters that have been trained to do so, either. Even wild animals sometimes help people in fantastic ways, for reasons we can’t …
Despite the piles upon piles of research into life on Earth, there’s always something new to learn. For example, we’ve only recorded a small fraction of all animal species on the planet, particularly if you look into the oceans. It’s no surprise, then, that last year scientists continued their tradition of finding both new species …
Do you fancy yourself as somebody who can hold their liquor like a champion? Well, we have bad news for you — there’s animal that could drink you under a table without even trying. But what is this animal? It has to be something huge, right? Maybe an elephant or a giraffe or something? Nope. …
We’ve covered quite a few stories about rampaging animals lately, from monkeys to sheep. Well, here’s another one. In this case, however, the attacking critter has been brought to justice. Unfortunately, his sentence was death. Over his 48-hour reign of terror, Stripe the Squirrel attacked 18 people in the small Welsh village of Buckley. During …
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Nature is pretty brutal even on a good day. Extreme temperatures, earthquakes, diseases, volcanic eruptions, and many other things are out to kill anything and everything at a moment’s notice. To make it out there, animals have to be tough. But there are some who go out of their way to be complete, unadulterated badasses. …
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Bees — you know ‘em, you love ‘em. They’re good little guys, always buzzing around, slurping up nectar from flowers, and making honey. Unless they’re vulture bees. Then they’ll prefer a nice chunk of flesh to a colorful flower. Jessica Maccaro is a PhD student in entomology at University of California, Riverside (UCR), who recently …
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Some beings on Earth like to live it large — literally. Certain forms of life can reach truly enormous sizes, at least relatively. But what does an actual list of the largest living creatures on the planet today look like? That’s actually a very good question, since the criteria for size can be a bit …
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Filthy rich millionaires selling their ludicrously expensive mansions to each other isn’t really newsworthy. Except in this case, because the millionaire isn’t a human being. Meet Gunther VI. The German shepherd with an appropriately fancy name is the world’s richest dog — and he’s about to get a whole lot richer. The affluent pooch is …
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All creatures on Earth are small miracles of nature. That said, in some cases it’s more of a matter of how miraculously pathetic they are. Before you get too worked up, we at Oddee love animals. But you just can’t help but look at some of them and wonder why they exist. They’re not the …
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