Deadly poison in strange fruit shaped like doll eyes
Actaea pachypoda fruit is shaped like a doll’s eye with an average diameter of about 1 cm. Photo: discoverlife.org The flowers of the Doll’s Eye plant are white. They appear in clusters in spring. The length of each beam is up to 10 cm. Photo: Flickriver Body of…
Read moreThe Luna Moth: Nature’s Exquisite Insect
Despite its bright colors and wide wingspan, this is not a butterfly. The Luna Moth (Actias luna) is a giant butterfly that, although very common in its range, can be…
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Close-up of the ugly-but-rare goblin shark
At the bottom of the deep sea, there exist countless mysteries, rare and strange creatures. Among them is the Goblin Shark, one of the rarest sharks in the world and known as a “living fossil”. According to biologists,…
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Surprisingly, tiny sharks can attack even nuclear submarines
Cookie cutter shark. (Source: odditycentral.com) The cookie cutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis) is a small shark about the size of a house cat. They attack predators many times larger than themselves. They can even bite…
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The last Komodo dragons in the world
Terrifying scene of Komodo dragon devouring a mountain goat in an instant A shared video has attracted the attention of the online community when an adult Komodo dragon calmly swallows a mountain goat in front of the horror of viewers. . The video begins with…
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The mystery of the snake that grows horns all over its body
The spiny-scaled snake, also known as Atheris hispida, is a species of snake that lives in the rain forests of Central Africa. The small but very poisonous spiny-scaled snake is notable for its large eyes and sharp scales on its body that overlap like tiles, looking like fur (so…
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The magical beauty of the Bat flower – a strange flower
Tacca chantrieri, the black bat flower, is a species of flowering plant in the sweet potato family Dioscoreaceae. Tacca chantrieri is an unusual plant in that it has black flowers. These flowers are shaped like bats, up to 12 inches in diameter and long…
Read moreCannibalism in Prehistory Discovered? 1.45 million years ago, our relatives butchered each other
A human leg bone dating back to 1.45 million years ago is marked with 11 tiny cut marks. A new study shows that while two were made by an animal, probably a lion, the remaining 9 suggest another human butchered and ate the flesh. A study published in …
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‘Man-Eating Dinosaur’ Captured by Texas Man Crocodile Is Believed To Be A Myth
Photo: Getty Images A Texas man made the catch of a lifetime — and he only had to travel over 9,000 miles to do it. Garrett Wales was recently on a hunting trip in the Savé Valley of Zimbabwe, Africa, where he heard of the “legend of this croc” who reportedly …
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‘Mummified remains of a mysterious beast’ discovered in Yakutia
One theory is a wolverine, a carnivorous mammal that resembles a small bear. Picture: YSIA The strange ancient creature was found in diamond yielding sands in Udachny, Mirninsky district of Yakutia, also known as the Sakha Republic. The diamond miners …
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