Tag: animals
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Anthropologist Grover Krantz donated his body to science with this one condition
Grover Krantz was one of the few anthropologists who dedicated their time to studying Sasquatch, aka Bigfoot. As a cryptozoologist, Krantz believed that Bigfoot might exist and did everything he could to research it. Five of his ten books explored the possible existence of the ape-like creature. Perhaps even more interestingly, the peculiar scientist donated […]
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Watch two Kangaroos fight it all out in the Australia Outback
What looks like it was taken out of a country western film, here are two Kangaroos fighting each other from the outback in Australia. Kangaroos usually loaf around most of the time — if they’re not eating or jumping around — so to see them duking it out like humans in a good old boxing […]
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How alligators freeze this time of year
With the polar vortex sweeping the Midwest and other parts of the nation, there are some animals like alligators that welcome the freeze. Crocodiles in North Carolina take in winter by letting their body freeze while allowing their nostrils to hang out in the air. The survival mechanism is called brumation, where there the reptile hibernates underwater […]
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The dead leaf butterfly
Known as the Kallima inachus, or dead leaf butterfly, the insect resembles the veins of a dry leaf when it’s in the closed position. This type of butterfly is prevalent from Southeast Asia to Japan. The upper side of the dead leaf butterfly is beautifully colored, with yellow and dark blue and blue patterns. Check […]