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Telegraph’s picture of the day shows why you should never teach a lion stuff

Monday, November 16, 2009

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Yeah, that’s a lion trying to open a car door with it’s teeth; picture taken in Johannesburg, South Africa via The Telegraph

Mermaid sightings in Israel lead to 1.000.000$ reward

Saturday, August 15, 2009

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Locals, fishermen and tourists in the Israelian town of Kiryat Yam have been reporting repeated sightings of what they believe to be a mermaid, the mythological creature most often describe as half female, half fish. Shlomo Cohen is one of the first who reported such a sighting. Here’s what he had to say: “I was with friends [...]

Top 10 new animals of 2008

Monday, May 25, 2009

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Every year, the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists announce the top 10 new species described in the past year, and this year was a good one. We have among others the bacteria that lives in hairspray, the oldest known vertebrate (fossilized), an insect 56 cm [...]

6 record holding animals you’ll never be as good as

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

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  Photo by bocavermelha Sometimes, animals are better than humans. Quite a lot of times actually, but that’s not the point here. We’re going to take a look at some record holding animals that are (or do things that are) just unbelievable! The biggest - the blue whale. Photo by Dan Shapiro. Credit: NOAA via pingnews It’s the biggest creature [...]

7 animals that lived along with your grandparents but not with you

Monday, April 14, 2008

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More and more animals are becoming extinct each day, due to hunting, destruction of habitat, pollution, and so on. In the past 100 years, a significant number of animals have become extinct and you will never get the chance of seeing one, no matter what you do. Take a moment and think about what animals [...]

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