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A zombie snail
It's been taken over by a parasite controlling its motor functions & eye stalks, mimicking caterpillars. The parasitic worm wants the snail to be eaten by birds, in whose intestines it will reproduce
[read more: buff.ly/2ro2Nap]
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One pretty cool geological fun fact is that the Scottish Highlands, the Appalachians, and the Atlas are the same mountain range, once connected as the Central Pangean Mountains
[source: buff.ly/3oAZuKP]
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The giant Pacific octopus is the largest octopus species, based on a scientific record of a 71-kilogram (157-pound) individual weighed live. Its arm can reach 4 meters in length
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[📹brookesirah: buff.ly/3I9brCd]
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Apples are generally red, green, yellow, but if the right geographical conditions are met, they can apparently grow dark purple, almost black, as well. These rare apples are called Black Diamond and they are currently only grown in the mountains of Tibet ow.ly/790C30odBsT
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The largest-ever fossil of a giant millipede—as big as a car—has been found on a beach in the north of England. The fossil—the remains of a creature called Arthropleura—dates from the Carboniferous Period, about 326 million years ago [read more: buff.ly/3qbNY8N]
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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
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All objects, big or small, cast shadows and so do mountains. However, one particular peak displays a peculiar behavior – it cast shadows not only on the ground, but also up in the clouds. This photo of Mt Rainier was captured by Lisa Bishop
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This popular experiment by Youtuber brusspup shows 24hz sine waves in a water flow using a speaker, sound and a 24 fps camera
[full video, read more: buff.ly/33orYAe]
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«While spacewalking I realized something: I used to think I was scared of heights but now I know I was just scared of gravity»
— NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman
[source: buff.ly/3ilOqz0]
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An immense fever of rays. These large groups can reach up to 10,000 individuals. They come together for breeding and migration, swimming to feeding grounds each year
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[📹 Paul Nicklen: buff.ly/3QJvLf5]
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Designed by The Archimeded ‘LIAM F1 UWT is a new generation of wind turbine for domestic use capable of generating an average of 1,500 kilowatt-hours of energy with a wind speed of 5 m/s—enough for a family home
[read more: buff.ly/3OFPhJ8]
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This performance by dancer and coreographer Yoann Bourgeois ("Success isn't linear") is also a good visualization of how potential, kinetic and elastic energy are exchanged
[animated scheme: buff.ly/2qhkllZ]
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This jaguar demonstrated the meaning of the term power, dragging this 8 ft long, armour plated, 74 toothed, chunk of contracting muscle out of the water. Jaguars are estimated to have the 5th strongest bite in the entire animal kingdom [source: buff.ly/2ubjlH4]
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A 360° camera view from the top of Mt Everest
[source: buff.ly/3hEv8a6]
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For the past decade, Simon Beck has been decorating the Alps with his stunning mathematical drawings, created by running in snowshoes across freshly laid snow [read more: ow.ly/3bU930outWj] [video by Golem13: buff.ly/3tluTV8]
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To prevent drying out in the hot sun of the dry season, the giant monkey frog secretes a form of organic ‘sun screen’ and applies it to its body [source, full video, BBC: buff.ly/2lhLK6Q]
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Cystisoma is a crustacean that lives between 600-1000 m deep in the ocean. Its body is totally transparent: only its eyes are pigmented. This one has a brooding pouch full of orange eggs
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[📹 Alejandro Damian-Serrano]
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This is not a real animal (pheew!) but the video shows how they made the little bugs in Guillermo Del Toro's 'Pacific Rim' (2013). If you assumed most of the bugs were CGI, you will be impressed by the reality level of these mechanical toys [source: ow.ly/rK1t30nrEjE]
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Photographer Toogee Sielsch filmed a badger and coyote strolling together in a forest in South Lake Tahoe, California. They've been spotted together before: buff.ly/3mdYknN-, even hunting: buff.ly/37ZyI4I- [source: buff.ly/2ZlOLKO-]
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What looks like a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie, actually shows how a reforestation session in British Columbia takes place after wildfires. Leslie Dart planted 4,545 trees in a day
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The heights of the statues around the world
[📹 Metaball Studios: buff.ly/3JXCUEj]
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This is the moment paraglider Yanis Terzis captures a close-up aerial footage of one of the ancient pyramids of Egypt [source: buff.ly/3QjnPAQ]
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This is called the 'Blue Jellyfish Shot' and you obtain it by layering drinks with different densities and specific gravities
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How a book written in 1910 could teach you calculus better than several books of today
[Calculus Made Easy, by Silvanus P. Thompson, 1910 - full text pdf: bit.ly/2pThkf1 or with the table of contents: calculusmadeeasy.org]
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