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Wunderpus photogenicus was discovered in the 1980s & only officially described in detail in 2006. This one strolling among garden eels, appears to compose a sci-fi movie scene
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1102
Trawling destroys the natural seafloor habitat by rototilling the seabed. All of the bottom-dwelling plants and animals are affected, if not outright destroyed, by tearing up root systems or animal burrows
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La Plata is a planned city, urban planning paradigm of the late 19th century, designed in a very strict grid-pattern form, and with many avenues and diagonals
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1104
This clip by YouTube channel McGybeer shows a time-lapse of a 3D printing process of an articulated dragon
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This optical illusion gallery lets you directly test several optical effects. Learn more about each one of them.
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Crown shyness, the phenomenon in which the crowns of trees do not touch each other, is usually shown from below. This is what it looks like from above
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Fun fact: in 2013, almost all computers on the International Space Station migrated from Windows XP to Linux Debian, still used today. Even SpaceX Crew Dragon is “powered by liquid oxygen, rocket-grade kerosene, and Linux” [read more: buff.ly/34OQHdw]
1108
Winged manakin males have evolved adaptations to suit the females' attraction towards sound. They shake their wings 100 times a second producing a high-pitched note: an effect known as sonation [full video by birding ecu: buff.ly/3o7Mxs6-]
1109
This photo of a disassembled 1988 VW Golf CL version was taken by Hans Hansen and shows 6843 parts of the car [read more: buff.ly/2vOCAGX]
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An average wastewater treatment plant serving 400,000 residents will discharge up to 2,000,000 microplastic particles a day into the environment. Now, researchers found that microplastics can become 'hubs' for antibiotic-resistant bacteria and pathogens buff.ly/3twa3iy
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The Pallas's cat is a small wild cat with a broad but fragmented distribution in the grasslands and montane steppes of Central Asia. The combination of its stocky posture and long, dense fur makes it appear stout and plush [read more: buff.ly/2HH2Cki]
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Particularly harsh and cold winters can turn a geyser into a 'frozen volcano', as happened to this geyser in a pond near the Glen Iris Inn at Letchworth State Park, New York in February 2015 [source, read more: ow.ly/omRR50E2uzY]
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Oysters are able to filter (and ultimately clean out) water through their digestive system
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Orcas are so smart that they swim sideways while hunting seals, in order to hide their dorsal fins: this is a pod of orcas sneakily swimming along a beach in Patagonia [source, full video by George R. Gaitanos: ow.ly/qVGP30no1Zt]
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Unlike other varanids, the emerald tree monitor defends its tail rather than lashing with it for defense when threatened. And from this short video, you can understand why ow.ly/WCYs30nnxtM [source of the gif: buff.ly/3d03BKr]
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Our Sun is a huge, massive object, containing about 99.8% of all the matter in our Solar System. It has a mass of 2.192 · 10²⁷ tons, 333,000 times that of the Earth, and it converts 600 million tons of hydrogen into 596 million tons of helium every second ow.ly/Y3qw30np4FN
1117
The Largest crane from Liebherr, "LR13000" can lift 3,000 tons. The second largest "LR11350" can lift 1350 tons. The third largest "LR 1350" 350 tons. And the "smallest" "LTR 1100" 100 tons. This was done on Customer Days 2012 [how it was done, video: buff.ly/2nxCO20]
1118
Not only is this duckling adorable, but the photograph wonderfully illustrates the waterproof abilities of ducks. A special gland called the uropygial gland produces an oil that the ducks spread over their bodies to make their feathers water-repellent buff.ly/2Klx3ei
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We steadily "dry out" as we age. A newborn human baby is 75 percent water, adult men are about 60 percent, adult women 55 percent, and elderly people are roughly half [read more: buff.ly/2FmXwVf]
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Paper cuts are so painful because at a microscopic level paper is quite rough. A knife makes a straight cut, but paper acts like a saw blade and does more damage to nerve endings. Paper also leaves behind tiny fibres, irritating the wound even more ow.ly/P6XY30nrjiu
1121
This popular photo by Terri Babers (Jam Press) is an example of how optical illusion mess with your mind. First you see a man running into the snow and then... [source: buff.ly/3Egt8ee]
1122
Methane bubbles in lake Baikal freeze in layers one over the other, and their size can grow up to 1.5 meters (5ft). This video by Stanislav Tolstnev shared by Siberian Times shows the beauty of the lake's western shore [read more: buff.ly/31ghy4f]
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One of the most stunning reports of our visit of a comet is probably this view of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko among dust, stars and cosmic ray hits, as captured by @ESA_Rosetta on June 1, 2016 and processed by @landru79 from these raw data: buff.ly/2vCPDLO
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The average life span of a wombat in the wild is estimated to be 15 years and 20 years in captivity. Patrick, a wombat of the Ballarat Wildlife Park in Australia, lived for 31 years, which is like a human that lived for about 130 years [read more: buff.ly/2qXwSOr]
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The earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis) is a semiaquatic, brown lizard native to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. It is the only living species in the family Lanthanotidae and their appearance recalls that of a real life dragon ow.ly/oPTy30noXEM
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