There are few things better than a lifelong friendship. Being able to grow old with someone you can trust completely is a rare but beautiful thing. That’s what Paige Sigmon Blumer and Fancy from Virginia have done. Only, Fancy isn’t a person, but a horse. The world’s oldest horse, in fact. Fancy was recently recognized …
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The best plan is sometimes the most harebrained plan. It doesn’t really matter how out of left field it is if it gets you the results you need. A recent rhino rescue story from Zimbabwe is a testament to that. Thuza, a rare male white rhino introduced to a new area in the country, had …
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These odd orange things may surprise you. If there’s something you can think of to add to the conversation, let us know by adding it to the comments! For some glowworms, certain larvae emit an orange glow instead of green. Clementine octopuses are the ones who glow when they’re mating. Can you imagine two octopuses …
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It takes a special kind of crook to burglarize an elementary school. But the whole thing takes a whole other turn toward the sinister when the thief starts stealing the students’ underwear. That’s the kind of criminal that was recently caught on video in New Zealand. It’s hard to be too mad at this panty …
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Do you know about these wild Amazon rainforest stories? Tell us about something that isn’t on this list in the comments! Trees That Kill The manchineel tree that lives in parts of the Amazon basin, is so toxic that if its raining and you stand under it, you will get burned. It bears fruit that …
In a famous scene during her adventures in Wonderland, Alice attends the Mad Hatter’s mindboggling tea party. It’s one of the prime examples of the kind of surreal imagination that only humans are capable of. Well, that’s what we thought. Now, researchers have found out that apes may have active imaginations, too — and they …
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In the great game of global political and military powers, nations are often willing to take any steps necessary to get ahead of their rivals. Even if those steps are both bizarre and moderately disconcerting. Russia, for instance, is allegedly developing technology to turn birds, such as pigeons, into remote-controlled surveillance drones. The scheme sounds …
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The recent winter storms have dumped a foot or more of snow onto large parts of the country. In many areas, people are still trying to dig things out from under all that snow. Some have found surprising things buried in all the white stuff — like this exotic lizard. A Rhode Island man shoveling …
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What’s inside you is what really matters. No, we’re not talking about your good heart, but your skeleton. In vertebrates, the skeleton provides support for the creature’s entire body. It has to adapt and specialize to allow each animal to get through its everyday life. Consequently, some of them end up pretty freaky-looking. Here are …
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Animals do things differently. That includes what they carry in their no-no zones. When it comes to animal genitalia, it gets really strange, really quickly. Reproductive competition is fierce in nature, so critters end up developing some seriously funky equipment to ensure they get to carry on their legacy. We’ve covered this subject before, but …
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