Mothers give up a lot of things for their kids. Ghost the Octopus is making the ultimate sacrifice for hers. Ghost has been charming visitors at a California aquarium for more than a year. The giant Pacific octopus has displayed stunning intelligence and a friendly, playful nature that made her a fan favorite. Unfortunately for …
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Do you know these bottlenose dolphin fun facts? Like a dolphin’s brain is bigger than a human’s brain? Dolphins hair is called lanugo, and they develop this hair shortly after their born. They eventually shed this hair. Dolphins only get one set of teeth for life. (Whereas humans get a set of baby teeth and …
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The doorbell rings, but once you go see who the visitor is, there’s nobody there. You’ve been ding dong ditched! This famous prank is usually associated with mischievous kids making a speedy escape. However, recent events show that you don’t need to be fast to get away with it. In fact, you can be as …
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Many animals are instantly recognizable from their distinctive colors. A polar bear is white, a cardinal is red, the common fox is orange, and so on. Occasionally, however, nature turns in a curveball and produces a bizarrely colored beast. Known as color morphs, these individual animals exhibit an unusual variation of the species’ normal coloring. …
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Everybody loves a good competition. But it’s not just people who get in on the thrill of a contest. Many animal competitions take place around the globe every year. Usually it’s about people pitting their pets or livestock against each other, but animals can sometime get genuinely competitive themselves too. Here are six unusual but …
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If you know these shark fun facts, share something new with us! Hammerhead sharks have a blind spot directly above and below their heads. A shark’s teeth are as sharp as razor blades and can basically cuts through anything. The biggest shark in the ocean is the whale shark. Basking sharks are the world’s second …
Florida has a problem. Alright, several, but we’re talking a particularly big one. A 16-foot-long problem that weighs about 165 pounds and looks like a giant snake. Invasive Burmese pythons have been rampaging through Florida’s wild parts over the last few decades. The Sunshine State is apparently a python paradise, and the snakes are multiplying …
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When a domestic pig gets on the loose and does the hanky-panky with a wild boar, you end up with a wild pig. Also called feral pigs, they live like wild animals, looking much like domestic pigs except with the coarse hair of a boar. And they have blue flesh. At least if you’re in …
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These are the dog days of summer — quite literally. August 26 is National Dog Day. On this day, we appreciate our best friends, the dogs (as if we didn’t do it every day of the year). It’s also a day to raise awareness of dog adoption, so that all pooches could find a forever …
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The humble jellyfish is truly one of the weirdest and most fascinating creatures of the sea. They’re brainless, they can be gigantic, they can murder you, and they’ve cracked the code to immortality. They can apparently also attack and shut down nuclear plants. The Gravelines nuclear plant in France recently went into emergency shutdown mode. …
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