Earth has some truly wacky creatures that will surely make your jaw drop. From the book WTF, Evolution?!
The creatures can lay between 24,100 and 43,800 eggs at a time, all encased in a gelatinous tube that can grow up to 6 feet (1.8 m) long, according to Helm. The tube's pinkish glow comes from the color of the eggs themselves, Helm said, though it's not clear what makes the...
Found in tropical Africa, the tsetse fly is responsible for spreading sleeping sickness. But this isn’t what makes it weird, as many insects are disease vectors. Instead, what makes this fly unusual is that the larva develops in the mother’s uterus, and the mother feeds it with milk. T...
One of the top weirdest places across the world is located in Potosí and Oruro departments, this is the world’s largest salt pan and one of the strange places in the world. And when a thin film of water gathers on the surface it is also the world’s largest natural mirror. The best...
Togatercreates a beautiful AR world filled with colorful creatures. Augmented reality was surprisingly thin on the ground at TGS. One of the few AR experiences wasTogater, a game withMonument Valley-aesthetics and a “Where’s Waldo” premise. Point your phone at the wall and a tiny world ...
Researchers found that catfish mucus was very effective in inhibiting the growth of E. Coli. 4FR/Vetta/Getty Images As bottom feeders that root around in the muck for smaller creatures to eat, catfish continually are exposed to all sorts of disease-causing microorganisms. But that doesn't...
in this lake have been able to evolve under the ice for more than 15 million years under complete darkness. They further think that the creatures in this lake would not have been witnessed before. Struggles are being made to extract the water from this lake. Scientists claim to be ...
Fortunately, the war in North Africa had moved on and no pilot ever actually had to risk his life on Operation Dung Goat Drop. 3 Terrifying New York With Radioactive Fox Ghosts The year was 1943 and New York under siege by Japanese fox ghosts. The creatures raced through the city'...
An entomology curator from theAmerican Museum of Natural History told ABC Newsat the time that such a tiny find would make a big impact —helping scientists better determine the diets of living creatures some 90 million years ago. To be fair — it appears this record has since been broken,...
“People have found it a very positive way to improve intimacy in communications with their partners when they are apart,” claims Hooman Samani of Singapore-based Lovotics, which developed the device. The device is a prototype and Samani says it will not be commercialised until “all the et...