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"As temperatures drop below freezing, it freezes solid, with 70% of the water in its body turning to ice. It stops breathing, its heart stops beating and its kidneys stop functioning" | Discover Wildlife
20+ hour, 48+ min ago (639+ words) This frog survives winter by spending it frozen solid - literally The only amphibian to live north of the Arctic Circle, the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) has an amazing ability to undergo freezing and thawing to survive cold winters. As you…...
"Awww! Look how cute! They made a little ball!" Scientists view rare example of wild animals making objects simply for a fun kickabout
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (538+ words) Wild pygmy raccoons have been filmed making and playing with pint-sized, papier-mâché footballs. The entrancing behaviour may be a rare example of wild animals making objects simply for fun. Pygmy raccoons (Procyon pygmaeus) are found only on the Mexican island…...
"He was seen convulsing at the surface??? before sinking out of sight???" 10 most dangerous, deadliest animals in the Andes, including one that causes 10,000 deaths a year
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (1326+ words) The world’s longest mountain range stretches nearly 9000km along South America’s west coast, through seven countries from Venezuela in the north to southern Argentina. Rising to 6967m above sea level, the Andes’ slopes are swathed in tropical forests, grasslands, semi-deserts and glaciers....
They can shatter bones and sever spines??? these are the deadliest tails on Earth
5+ day, 34+ min ago (263+ words) With bone-shattering swipes and scythe-like snaps, these are the most formidable, lethal tails in the animal kingdom While teeth and claws usually steal the spotlight, many animals are armed with an additional weapon: the tail. Capable of catching prey, smashing…...
Weird wings, glass bodies and 9,000-mile relay races: Meet the world???s 9 most bizarre butterflies
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (415+ words) The insect world is full of weird and wonderful evolutionary designs, and these remarkable species prove that butterflies are far stranger than you might expect The world of Lepidoptera is staggeringly diverse – and utterly eccentric. Evolution has pushed butterflies in…...
???The victim's muscles go rigid, abdomen, chest and back cramp, then cardiovascular collapse can follow.??? 8 most dangerous, deadliest animals in Colorado
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (1156+ words) Sprawling for a whopping 3.5 million acres of wilderness, the state of Colorado includes habitats ranging from sprawling forests to semi-arid shrublands, and alpine tundra to lowland plains. While most of the species one might encounter in Colorado, even in the…...
It can count to six, recognise faces, reproduce without a male, kill prey much larger than itself??? and has a nasty, venomous bite
1+ week, 2+ day ago (743+ words) From Komodo dragons to Nile monitors, here's everything you need to know about the monitor lizard genus The monitor lizard is not a single species but an entire genus – Varanus – encompassing more than 80 species that together represent one of nature’s…...
"Even amongst their fellow apex predators, they are still top of the food chain???" 7 animals so formidable they have virtually no predators
1+ week, 4+ day ago (778+ words) While most animals that have no predators are what we call ‘apex predators’, meaning they are right at the top of the food chain, this is not always the case. Sometimes, herbivores grow so large that they become invulnerable to…...
"It???s simply the safest, fastest and most direct way to get from one part of its territory to another." The animal that's using Chicago's subway like a local
1+ week, 4+ day ago (480+ words) Coyotes have expertly integrated themselves into Chicago life, and are making use of the infrastructure It’s Chicago and you are trains rumble past filled with people rushing to and fro to get to their destinations. However, at this time of…...
Do animals have oral sex?
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (232+ words) The behaviour has been observed in animals in the wild – but does it have a biological purpose? Oral sex does occur in the animal kingdom, which is another suggestion that animals enjoy sex and sexual touching – as the behaviour doesn’t…...