Animal

Pretty Mysterious Creature, Called “The Blob,” Which Appears To Be A Fungi But Behaves Like An Animal. The Blob Is Said To Have About 720 Sexes, And With Some Degree Of Intelligence For Resolving Problems. The Salt Hating Creature Is Also Said To Be Able To Transmit Knowledge With One Another When Fused Together.

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The Right Whale, An Endangered Species With Only 500 Known Species Left, Is Said To Make Sounds That Could Be Heard A Km Away. But The Pairs Of Calves And Mother Reduce This Long Distance Sounds To A Whisper (Audible Within 100m Range) To Avoid Eavesdropping By Predators, E.G, Orcas, Which Are Known To Attack The Calves.

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Many Elephants Are Held In Captivity For Research, Conservation, And Tourism. But, According To A Recent Study, Asian Elephants Held In Captivity Are Hindered In Reproduction For Over A Decade. And Calves, From Captured Females, Have Lower Survival Rates. ~16,000 Asian Elephants Are Held In Captivity In Countries Like Myanmar And India.

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California Is At The Forefront Of Major Changes Including Those That Relate To Animal Rights. It Became The First US State To Ban The Sale And Manufacture Of Animal Furs. The Ban Exempts Leather, Cow Hides And The Full Skin Of Deer, Sheep, And Goats. A Bill Has Also Been Signed To Ban Most Animals From Circus Use.

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The Previous Studies That Indicated That Flies Are Less Likely To Land On Black And White Surfaces Seem To Be True As Japanese Researchers Have Discovered Via Their Cow Experiment. The Researchers Found That Painting Cows With Zebra-Like Stripes Can Reduce, By Nearly 50%, The Number Of Biting Flies That Attack Cows.

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A New Nematode Species Was Discovered In Mono Lake, CA, Where High PH (10), Salt Conc. And Arsenic Levels, Which Can Kill A Person 500X Over, Exist. The Nematode, Auanema Sp., Has 3 Sexes And Carries Its Offspring Like A Kangaroo. And It Could Teach Humans To Better Adapt To Stress And Arsenic-Contaminated Drinking Water.

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Birds Are Disappearing From North America, And It Is Not Because They Are Migrating Elsewhere. A Recent Report Is Indicating That The Bird Population In The US And Canada Has Declined By 3 billion, Or 29% In The Last 50 Years. And This Is Due To Many Factors, Including Important Ones Like Habitat Loss And Wider Use Of Pesticides.

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A New Species Of Salamander, Said To Be The Biggest Amphibian In The World, May Have Been Discovered. The Discovery Was Made From A Salamander, Known As China Giant Salamander, Which Lived In London Zoo For 20 Years Before Being Preserved, For 74 Years, At The Natural History Museum. The Species Is Presumed To Still Live In The Wild.

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It Would Have Been Weird To Find 15 Dead Cows And 8 Calves In A Straight Line Along A Wire Fence If The Discovery Was Not Made A Few Days After A Lighting Storm. The Lighting, Via The Fence Wire, Probably Shocked The Animals To Death. The Incident Happened In Northeast Texas, On A Farm, Just Outside Of Annona.

A Fisherman Caught An Extremely Rare Lobster Off The Coast Of Maine, USA. The Odds Of Finding This Rare Two-Toned Lobster, With A Red And Brown Split-Color, Are 1 In 50 Million. While The Odds Of Finding An Albino Lobster Are 1 In 100 Million. The Two-Toned Lobster Is On Display At Discovery Wharf In Stonington, Maine. Cool!