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Points tagged with animal
2020
Bird saliva is a delicacy in China
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They have been used in China for cooker for over four centuries.
By Matan
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animal
2020
The first living mammal to go into space
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A dog named “Laika” from Russia.
By Ellie
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animal
2016
Ben, the Elephant that waited for the Doctor
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After being shot by poachers Ben walked to and patiently waited outside a medical lodge for 5 hours.
By Ellie
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animal
2020
The Madagascar tenrec
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looks exactly like a hedgehog, but is a completely different animal
By Naphtali
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animal
2019
Neonics pesticides act like an appetite suppressant for birds
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making them lose weight within hours.
By Naphtali
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animal
2013
There are animals that have more than one heart
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such as the octopus — and some humans even
By Naphtali
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animal
2018
South America was once inhabited by giant sloths
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It weighed up to 4 tonnes and on its hind legs it would have stood 3.5m
By Naphtali
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animal
2020
Carl Hagenbeck's "human zoos"
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where he would show off indigenous people living among animals
By Ellie
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animal
2020
free-ranging domestic cats are the top threat to wildlife
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killing an estimated 1.3 to 3.7 billion birds and 6.3 to 22.3 billion mammals annually in the US
By Ellie
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animal
2019
When it's too hot in Australia, the nectar in certain flowers will ferment and turn into alcohol
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When bees get "drunk" and are not allowed back into the hive before they sober up
By Ellie
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animal
1999
The two-week long lion-hyena war
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A war over disputed territory in Ethiopia
By Ellie
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animal
2019
The blue whale heart rate
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It gets as low as 2 beats per minute
By Ellie
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animal
2019
A cannibalistic ant colony
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Found by scientists in an abandoned Soviet Bunker in Poland
By Ellie
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animal
2020
The 1700's London zoo admission deal
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Get admission by bringing a dog or cat to feed to the lions
By Ellie
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animal
2018
The power outage caused by an octopus named Otto
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It shot water at the 2000 watt spotlight over his tank which was seemingly annoying him
By Ellie
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animal
2020
The importance of a mother’s love for healthy childhood
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as experimented In a series of controversial experiments during the late 1950s and early 1960s
By Ellie
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animal
2020
Rufus The Wimbledon anty pigeon Hawk
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Has more than 10000 followers on Twitter
By Ellie
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animal
2020
Fields of Web
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An aftermath of the floods, this happens due to spiders that take shelter in the nearby fields
By Ellie
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animal
2020
Red Crab Migration, Christmas Island
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The roads in the island turns red.
By Ellie
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animal
2020
The Sardine Run
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From the month of May to July, billions and trillions of sardines swims across the Agulhas Bank
By Ellie
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animal
2020
Monarch Butterfly Migration
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a kaleidoscope of Monarch Butterflies migrating towards Mexico
By Ellie
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animal
2020
Cave in India, Krem Um Ladaw is where the largest cave fishes are found
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10 times bigger than the next one, and are blind
By Ellie
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animal
2019
Regenerative agriculture
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"In 1982 we reduced our numbers far too late and turned this place into a desert,"
By Matan
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animal
2017
Dogs can be right or left pawed
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Just like humans!
By Matan
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animal
2017
Scientists improved the intelligence of old mice
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by infusing them with blood from young humans.
By Naphtali
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animal
2020
Evidence for social hunting in Raptor Dinosaurs is basically nonexistent
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Scientists believe they behaved closer to crocodiles rather than wolves
By Naphtali
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animal
2013
In 2007, Iran arrested 14 squirrels
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They were suspiciously hanging around a nuclear enrichment plant
By Naphtali
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animal
2018
The NYPD has a beekeeping unit
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2 full time officers whose job it is to focus solely on any issues related to bees in the city.
By Naphtali
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animal
2013
lobsters can theoretically live forever
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because their ability to create perfect copies of cells never erodes.
By Naphtali
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animal
2016
An unknown species of spider
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That constructs Stonehenge-like structures out of silk
By Naphtali
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animal
2019
Scottish scientists were awarded £250,000 in funding to breed sheep who fart less
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They will attempt to create more animals who have the least impact on the environment
By Naphtali
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animal
2011
there is an all-female species of lizard
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They reproduce asexually
By Naphtali
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animal
2009
The best pet for an up and coming dictator
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Italian dictator Benito Mussolini had a pet lion
By Naphtali
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animal
2018
Might sharks prefer males?
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93% of shark attacks around the world between 1580 and 2010 were on males.
By Naphtali
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animal
2020
A female Goliath birdeater has a lifespan of 15-25 years
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That's more than enough to find where you live
By Naphtali
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animal
2020
Canada has a polar bear jail
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For disorderly polar bears
By Naphtali
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animal
2017
Animals in Gas masks
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A safety measure during WWI
By Naphtali
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animal
2019
Deer antlers grow more like bone cancer cells than like regular cells
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However, deer have one-fifth the cancer rate of other mammals
By Naphtali
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animal
2018
Sloths only poop once a week
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And when they do they lose up to 1/5th of their body weight.
By Naphtali
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animal
2014
Waldo, a grey parrot, lead singer of a death metal band
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Hatebeak doesn't tour/play live because it would be "absolute torture for the bird to experience decibels at those levels.”
By Matan
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animal
2016
Andrew Jackson's Loudly swearing pet parrot
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Had to be removed from his funeral
By Matan
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animal
2020
The oldest known Euphemism
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Proto-Germanic tribes created the word "bear" out of fear that using its true name, "Arkto" would cause it to appear.
By Matan
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animal
2020
1.25 BILLION Animals Lost
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estimated in Australia's bush fires.
By Matan
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animal
2020
Rorschach Markings of Finch Chicks
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These are thought to help their parents feed them
By Matan
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animal
2017
Frog pregnancy Tests
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Included injecting urine into a frog.
By Matan
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animal
2016
Diabetes Treatment in Platypus Venum
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Male platypus venom contains a hormone that promotes insulin release
By Matan
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animal
2020
Certain ant species commit suicide
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As stinging isn't effective against some predators
By Matan
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animal
2020
Tibs the Great, British Mail's Cat
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Was an official employee, his low salary was the subject of debate in the House of Commons
By Matan
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animal
2020
The Great Cat Massacre
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Apprentices, angered that they were treated worse than cats, held a trial and convicted the cats of witchcraft.
By Matan
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animal
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