Amazing Animal Defenses

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Animal Camouflage

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Inca Tern

Inca Tern, a species of bird, lives in the Pacific coastline from northern Peru south to central Chile. The birds are famous for their manly "mustache".

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Goldfish Facts

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The Lonely Dodo

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Chameleon Sticky Tongue In Slow Motion

Chameleons feed by ballistically projecting their long tongues from their mouths to capture prey located some distance away. The chameleon tongue apparatus consists of highly modified hyoid bones, tongue muscles and collagenous elements. Tongue projection occurs at extremely high performance, reaching the prey in as little as 0.07 seconds, having been launched at accelerations exceeding 41 g.

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Birds of Paradise

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Feral Cat Hunting

Clip from BBC documentary series Earthflight showing a feral cat, a wild descendant of a domestic cat, hunting birds. As the narrator explains, her hunting skills equal that of any tiger.

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Guppies And The Value Of Ugly Friends

Researchers at Italy's University of Padua have found that guppies find true value in hanging out with ugly friends. It's all part of a natural selection process that the fish use to ensure procreation and the survival of the species. No male wants to face a lot of tough competition when he can look like Prince Charming among the dwarfs. According to an article published this week by Britain's Royal Society male guppies purposely position themselves among drabber, less colorful comrades to get the girl.

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Immersion

The sheep had drowned while trying to cross a small canal in the meadow-swamp ‘Tøndermasken’ in southern Jylland in Denmark. Birds had eaten every part above the surface and everything under was left totally untouched. from the National Geographic Photo Contest 2012.

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THE SUPERB OWL

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A Mouse Revelation

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Underwater Fish Tornado

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Requiem 2019

The last remaining blue whale comes eye to eye with its only enemy; mankind. The film was directed by Dutch video director Sil van der Woerd and Dutch actor Rutger Hauer (who is also starring), who felt an urge to bring attention to the ongoing whaling.

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Caterpillar Caravan

When caterpillars come out to feed they form a procession, one following the other, head to tail in a creepy crawly line.

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Mice Don’t Like Cheese

Myth: Mice love cheese and it makes a great bait for mouse traps. In fact, as any pest exterminator or pet shop owner knows, mice don’t really like cheese at all and they’ll even actively shy away from certain types of cheese (they have a very sensitive sense of smell and certain cheeses give off odors that are repulsive to many types of mice). Read more at http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/09/mice-dont-like-cheese/#iLJseIO2ET4Kc2mK.99

The Life And Times Of Naked Mole-Rats

Biologists from the University of Illinois at Chicago believe the subterranean lifestyle of the blind, buck-toothed, finger-sized naked mole-rat may yield clues to keeping brain cells alive after heart attack or stroke

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Pig rescues baby goat

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Tracking Ants

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Time of The Year

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