Not only canwalruses go up to 84 hours without sleeping, but they also find some bizarre ways to crash when they finally get around to taking a nap. Walruses can sleep at the bottom of an ocean floor or while bobbing on top of the water's surface. These animals have even been observ...
Not only canwalruses go up to 84 hours without sleeping, but they also find some bizarre ways to crash when they finally get around to taking a nap. Walruses can sleep at the bottom of an ocean floor or while bobbing on top of the water's surface. These animals have even been observ...
The appearance of flowers drew animals into the plant reproduction game as carriers for pollen – not for the first time, as a small number of gymnosperms are known to be insect pollinated – but at a level of control and specificity never before seen. Angiosperms have recruited ants, bees,...
You chattered and shared stories about your stuffed animals. You loved your little sister. Enjoyed cookies and finger painting. That was all pretty normal. But you also started to count to one thousand on our walks. And you started to call out the store names as we drove around. And you...
synthetic joy but would certainly not be sacked, and wouldn't let her children be sacked either, not even young Michael as he crept ostentatiously under Mary's carpet bag (the term "carpet-bagger" is a post-civil war term denoting the meddling of the victor in the ways of the vanquished...
Many animals have hooves, but did you know that tapirs have multiple hooves on each foot? Tapirs, which are native to South America and parts of Asia and are closely related to rhinos, are known for their prehensile, elephant-like mini-trunks. But their feet are also very unusual. They ...
73. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. This sounds like a great idea for a math project. Source:Kids Environment Kids Healthat National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 74. Someone held their breath underwater for almost 25 minutes. ...
Perhaps it is true that the ways of the early zoos throughout the world were less than ideal given the comparison to the natural environment these creature's ancestors roamed. I believe there were far worse environments that the displaced offspring of the ancestors of previously wild animals ...
“We can wake up the crone. She knows how to help animals, she can save him.” Una suggested to the wise Salamander Chief. “We can’t wake up a human!” screeched a cricket. The whole crowd erupted with commotion over the idea. “She can’t be serious. If we made a bunch of...
When snails die in ways that leave behind perfectly good shells on the beach, these guys literally queue up for the chance to move in. Hermit crabs are part of the decapod order of crustaceans, as crabs are, but are not in fact true crabs, and unlike most other crustaceans, they lack ...