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Nara Park, Japan is home to over 1200 wild sika deer. This clipcaptured by Kazuki Ikeda in March 2020 shows some of them relaxing by cherry blossom trees when the park was closed to tourists due to the pandemic [source, read more: buff.ly/3czFK4L, buff.ly/3m3luf3]
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These two snails live in different oceans, but their shell coils are identically inverted
Thatcheria mirabilis and Architectonica perspectiva fit together because their coils follow math rule known as Raup’s model
[read more: buff.ly/3XNKkly]
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On January, 15th, 2019, Ocean Ramsey and her team encountered what is possibly the largest great white shark ever recorded, approximately 6 meters long (~ 20 feet)
[full video + read more: buff.ly/2DDv033]
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Archerfish shoot their prey down with water droplets from their mouths. They are remarkably accurate and can bring down insects and other small animals up to 3 m above the water's surface
[📹 buff.ly/3RfpGqz]
[read more: buff.ly/3Kn98uh]
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Platysternon megacephalum (or big headed turtle) is a very odd-shaped turtle with a huge head and a long tail that are almost the same size as its body.
[read more: buff.ly/3hzA93q]
[📹 47ruacanhphongthuybmt: buff.ly/3O1XmY3]
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Boxabl folding house is 40 square meters—about the size of a studio apartment—and they’re calling it the Casita. It costs $49,500 and can be set up in a day once it’s delivered
[read more: buff.ly/37bRNle]
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In 1951, Adelbert Ames created the mind-boggling ‘Ames Window’. It’s so effective that even when you know how it works you can’t break the illusion [video from The Curiosity Show: buff.ly/36DvRNs]
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How to create a mesmerizing (and scary) well in your living room table using the infinity mirror principle.
[what's an infinity mirror: buff.ly/3VErviX]
[source: buff.ly/3B0ucU4]
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This Japanese technique to fold shirts in 2 seconds seems to find a secret topology hidden inside clothes
[full video, HD, DaveHax: buff.ly/37sSeXf]
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Ospreys have vision that is well adapted to detecting underwater objects from the air. Prey is first sighted from above the water, after which the bird hovers momentarily and then plunges feet first into the water
[📷 joinus12345: buff.ly/3BMEtDG]
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Static electricity
It requires a separation of positive and negative charges, often obtained by rubbing different materials together
[📹 buff.ly/3P05wAE]
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The number of finger joints on each hand (excluding the thumb) makes it possible to count to 12 by using the thumb. Egyptians and Babylonians were fond of counting in base twelve like this and this is why we have 24 hours in a day & 60 minutes in an hour ow.ly/H8jE30ndX0q
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This is a sturgeon from British Columbia: this kind of fish can reach a length of 6 meters (20 feet) and an age of 100 years.
[read more: buff.ly/3RU03fD]
[📹 Yves Bisson: buff.ly/3Scp5pT]
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In 1951, Adelbert Ames created the mind-boggling ‘Ames Window’. It’s so effective that even when you know how it works you can’t break the illusion
[video from The Curiosity Show: buff.ly/36DvRNs]
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This video shows how you can easily draw an illusory 3D stair using anamorphosis, or the view of a recognizable image only from a precise vantage point
[📹 refachero19: buff.ly/3WkRxZa]
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Vincent Bal is "shadowologist" and filmmaker: he uses the shadows of ordinary objects to complete his artwork [this and other amazing works on his Instagram account: buff.ly/2tsOhi4]
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This short clip shows a 22 million year old termite preserved in amber found in the Dominican Republic. It also presents water trapped inside its cavities
[📹 Rocks for the Spirit: buff.ly/3lz4y11]
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Colugos are arboreal gliding mammals that are native to Southeast Asia. A fur-covered membrane, called a patagium, connects to the face, paws, and tail, giving them an unusual body shape
[read more: buff.ly/3hAPkEn]
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If a plunging wave is not parallel to the beach, the breaking section (or curl) will move laterally across the face of the wave. This is the "tube" that is so highly sought after by surfers (also called a "barrel", a "pit")
[📹 buff.ly/3PpZmKz]
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Rocket size comparison and how big is SpaceX Starship
[📹 Red Side: buff.ly/3BrTXwQ]
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This now iconic 2014 footage by Aleksander Medveš shows Vali, a bear at the Budapest Zoo, pulling a drowning crow out of the water and then turning his attention back to his lunch of fruits and vegetables
[📹 Aleksander Medveš: buff.ly/3NhX4v8]
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The Math Dance
[source: buff.ly/3ATcW24]
twitter.com/UniverCurious/…
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Perhaps no animals have more of a reputation for their playful nature than river otters and this is true in any environment, be it water or snow. This one has been caught using its belly to slide on the snow
[📹riley_lethbridge: buff.ly/3WsCgFZ]
twitter.com/its_jessi_grac…
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Unitree Go1 is a new genertion robot dog that can reach a speed of 17 km/h, with adaptive joints and intelligent side follow system. This is a mass testing event in a Unitree factory
[read more: buff.ly/3u1QnG5]
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The first direct observation of gravitational waves captured the merging of 2 black holes which emitted 36 septillion yottawatts of power (3.6×10⁴⁹ watts), greater than the combined power of all light radiated by all the stars in the observable universe ow.ly/JGIh30mudbE
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