The fish that swim in schools do so primarily for protection. Although in some species, such as salmon, there is a sexual imperative component. Larger marine mammals, particularly cetaceans of the whale, dolphin and porpoise species, swim together in pods…
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Aside from the hammerhead shark the goblin shark has to be one of the more bizarre-looking sharks in the world’s oceans. A deep-sea shark, the goblin was first discovered off the shores of Japan in the 1800s by Japanese fishermen…
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Why marsupials are confined to only Australia and South America? This is a common misconception. Their present distribution may be just limited two these southern continents, but if we crank back the geologic time a little further back, perhaps some…
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The Asian elephant, much like the African elephant is struggling as a species with reproduction issues. So many of the world’s Asian elephants are in captivity in wild life preserves or in zoos. The Asian elephant does not reproduce well…
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The silhouette of the Hammerhead shark is one of the most recognizable shapes in the entire ocean. There are nine known species of Hammerhead shark, all extremely aggressive predators. Three of the species can be dangerous to humans because of…
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“Phasmids” is the term used to refer to the insect that is more commonly known as “stick insects”. Phasmids get their name for the fact that almost all of the variations of the species either look like sticks, twigs or…
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One of the most dangerous sharks to human beings – the bull shark. This feisty and extremely aggressive fish is among the three sharks most likely to attack a human being in the shallows, the other two being the great…
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Songbirds and parrots, and parrot related species, for example; communicate very similarly to the way humans communicate. The similarities of these birds, to humans, will be detailed in the following article. Perhaps you have seen videos on You’ve Been Framed…
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“Allie Algae and Freddy Fungus took a lichen to each other,” is a verbal device used to teach children the two component parts of lichen. Minus the human names, this is a pretty accurate statement. Lichen is a result of…
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Better known as ‘stick insects’ or ‘leaf insects’, phasmids appear in different shapes, sizes and colors which allows these insects to camouflage themselves amongst the leaves and the branches that they live in. Phasmids inhabit the warm parts of the…
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