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Animals
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Read This Carefully: Scientists Are About To Resurrect An Extinct Animal
20 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Geneticists in Australia believe they are closer to resurrecting the extinct gastric-brooding frog. This after the team had successfully revived its genome in embryo form using the dead cell samples, in what has been named the “Lazarus Project.” Yes! Science! We might be lucky enough to experience the joys of witnessing the amphibian give birth […]
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Life Is Thriving 12 Kilometres Down In The Ocean
19 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A new study published in the Nature Geoscience magazine reports finds of abundant bacteria communities growing in the depths of the Mariana Trench. There are organisms living at densities 10 times greater than that of the Mariana Trench’s rim, which is a considerably less hostile environment for life as we know it. The bottom of […]
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Mountain Biker Smashes A Duiker In The Cape Epic [VIDEO]
18 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Footage of mountain bikers smashing into antelope, and vice versa is becoming a bit of a thing in South Africa. The video above shows Robert Mennen of Team Topeak Ergon, cycling into a duiker (a species of small antelope) during Stage One of the Absa Cape Epic cycle race in Citrusdal, in the Western Cape. […]
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Bat Eating Spiders Exist – Be Disgusted [PICS]
15 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oh, I feel sick. There’s nothing on the top of your shoulders right now, is there? If arachnids don’t terrify you enough, you should know that somewhere, right now, one is feasting on the warm blood of a mammal. A study published on 13 March 2013 reports that the ratio of existing spiders to spiders who […]
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Beaten Tiger Cub Found Dead In Benoni Drive Way
15 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
In news that has taken an astonishingly long time to be picked up by anyone, a dead tiger cub has been found dead in a Benoni drive way. Benoni resident, Chantal Kingsmill came home on Saturday night to find the 10-week old cub lying dead in her drive way. The animal didn’t appear to have […]
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Weasel Brings Football Match To A Grinding Halt [VIDEO]
12 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Look at this adorable Pine Marten. Just look at it. A match between Thun and FC Zurich in Switzerland’s top football league, a pine marten (a close relation to the weasel) invaded the pitch, running between the legs of players and officials, and bring the game to a complete stand still. The marten had wandered […]
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Just In Time For Your Lunch Break – Goats Screaming Like People [VIDEO]
15 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
In pre-school we were all taught what sounds certain animals make. A cow moos, a horse nays, a cat meows, and so on. But what they failed to teach us was that goats sound scarily like humans. Seriously. That was terrifying. [Source: Gawker]
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SA Blocks Total Ban On Rhino Trophy Exports, As 2013 Death Toll Nears 100
14 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
South Africa has halted the total ban on rhino trophies, while 96 Rhinos have already been poached in South Africa this year. The United Nations Wildlife Trade Regulator (CITES) secretariat’s proposal halting the trade of rhino trophies and rejecting rhino products, is now being backed by Government. Environment Minister, Edna Molewa said in a statement, […]
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Truck Crash In USA Spills Elephants On To Interstate Highway [PICS]
01 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Three elephants were unloaded on to interstate 70 yesterday, after the vehicle that was transporting them slid off the road. Due to the elephants weighty stature, they had to be unloaded before the truck could be pulled back onto the road. None of the elephants were harmed. Still, none of them are going to forget this. […]
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Sam The Cat Has Awesome Eyebrows
30 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sam is a cat, and Sam has awesome eyebrows. As a result, in the space of just over a month, Sam and his eyebrows have attracted a few thousand followers on Instagram.
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15 000 Crocodiles On The Loose In Limpopo – Invading Schools, Farms
24 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Heavy rains and extensive flooding in Limpopo have caused havoc in that region. At least six people have died, but now thousands of crocodiles are also on the loose.
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Today’s Unavoidably Funny Internet Cat Video [VIDEO]
21 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A video of a young cat in the UK enjoying snow for the first time has gone viral.
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Couple Told To Stand Closer To Rhinos For Photo, Get Attacked
16 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Wild animals are unpredictable. You can train them to do things, but they will always remain unpredictable. Even a fluffy pet cat is unpredictable. But at least a fluffy pet cat doesn’t have a horn that can literally pierce your body.
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Driver Teaches Falcon To Fly Faster Via 110 Km/h Car Stunt [VIDEO]
16 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A video of a falcon flying at 110 km/h next to a car has gone viral.
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Google: “We Didn’t Harm That Donkey In Botswana During Street View Recording” [Incl. Footage]
15 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Many strange things have been seen on Google’s Street View application. Now they’ve been forced to answer about the fate of a donkey in Botswana that they may or may not have knocked over. They have of course denied knocking the donkey over.
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Shark Blamed For Decapitated Crocodile Head Washing Up On St. Lucia Beach [VIDEO]
14 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The discovery of a giant decapitated crocodile’s head on St. Lucia beach has sparked fears that a huge shark might be on the prowl.
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3,6M Python Spotted Under Plane Wing During Qantas Flight [VIDEO]
11 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Passengers on a Qantas flight over Australia got more than what they bargained for yesterday when they spotted a 3,6m-long python clinging on to one of the plane’s wings.
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Photographer Captures Incredible Human Quality To Animals [GALLERY]
10 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Tim Flach is a British photographer who is known for snapping incredible human-like photographs of animals. Going far beyond taking a simple photo, Flach also captures the emotions of wild creatures through intensely close-up shots.
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Giant 3M Squid Captured On Film For The First Time [VIDEO]
08 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A team of scientists has captured the world’s first live images of a giant squid in it’s natural habitat. This is the same mysterious creature thought to have inspired the myth of the “kraken” – a tentacled monster which was reputed to drag ships and sailors to their doom.
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MILESTONE: The First Rhino Killing Of 2013
08 Jan 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
And there it is – not 10 days into the new year, a dead, de-horned rhino has been found in the North West. Click for story.
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Kiwis Teach Dogs To Drive [VIDEO]
07 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For reasons that are not altogether clear, a group of New Zealanders have spent eight weeks teaching two abandoned dogs to drive. The ultimate tast is to have a dog drive a Mini Clubman around a track without human help.
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Shame, Poor Apes Also Suffer Midlife Crises
20 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Scientists have acknowledged that it’s not just us humans that suffer from midlife crises – apes do too. Except the apes might not go out and buy a Harley, or take up golf on their own accord.
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Surprised Red Panda Becomes Latest Cute Animal Internet Sensation [VIDEO]
20 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Internet loves cute animals doing cute things. And the latest video making people squeal “aawwww” across the globe is no different. Its star is a baby red panda from the Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Japan.
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Scientist Announces He Will Use A Blimp To Find Bigfoot
12 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Idaho State University professor of anatomy and anthropology, Jeffrey Meldrum, believes Bigfoot exists, and he has announced a project that will hopefully see him launch a blimp to prove his theory.
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World’s Rarest Whale Seen In The Flesh For The First Time
06 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is one of two whales which may be the only fully-preserved specimens of its species ever seen by human kind. Spade-toothed beaked whales were first discovered in 1872 when bone fragments were found on a remote Pacific island, but until now the species has remained entirely hidden from human view. In the 140 years […]
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Epic Imagery, A Photographer’s Friendly Encounter With Great Whites [PICS]
24 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sharks, particularly Great Whites, have a pretty bad rep. The apex predators are often labelled as man-eaters based on a handful of out of context events. Photographer Daniel Botelho spent two weeks with the ancient beasts and returned with what he calls “definitive proof” that they don’t deserve the label or association.
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Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Winners [PICS]
19 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
From “Bubble Jetting Emperors”, to an awe-inspiring shot of Peyto Lake in Canada’s Banff National Park, the winning photographs of this year’s Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition are truly astonishing, and not to be missed.
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How One Angry Hippo Halted Thousands Of Migrating Wildebeest [PICS]
16 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There are few things, let alone animals, that can stop a herd of thousands of wildebeest mid-migration, but it appears one angry two-ton hippo might just be enough.
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Amazing Footage Of A Thieving Octopus’s Cunning Skills [VIDEO]
02 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s generally accepted that octopi are very intelligent, clever creatures however the depths of their cunning has never truly been measured, until now. An underwater camera, in South Africa’s False Bay, captured footage of one of the molluscs stealing an entire bait cannister – that was attacehed with three cable ties – while keeping a shark at bay!
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Super-Pod Of Dolphins Off Cape Town [VIDEO]
02 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s not often you get to be close to dolphins as they swim, but imagine being close to thousands at one go? That’s what explorer Mike Horn and photographer Chase Jarvis did recently along the Cape Town coastline.
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