In the drone footage, professional surfer Matt Wilkinson is narrowly rescued from a huge white shark about 2.5 meters off the coast of Bali in northern New South Wales. The World Championship Tour surfer was paddling on his board near Sharps Beach on Wednesday when a shark sped forward behind …
Read More »The whale ‘takes the wrong turn,’ gets lost in a river full of crocodiles
This whale needs to check Google Maps. What experts say is a very rare occurrence, a humpback whale getting lost in a crocodile-affected Australian Australian river on its way to Antarctica. It is unclear how or why, when the whale lost its way, scientists suspect it took the “wrong turn”. …
Read More »The ‘soft’ bat ticks were first found in New Jersey and this is not what we need right now
Live larvae bat ticks (Carrie Kelly) Found on a large brown bat in New Jersey.Image: J.O.C./Rutors Center for Vector Biology As if we didn’t have enough bad news to share right now, a tick species associated with bats has been spotted for the first time in New Jersey. The health …
Read More »Are Tarigrades the most indestructible animal on earth? There is a close competitor
Humans may not survive in space for even two minutes, but in 2007, two species were released into space and then reassembled – still alive. Tarigrades are a group of small incredible animals that live all over the world – you may find yourself on a piece of moss in …
Read More »This supernatural creature we know about is hibernated
Animals hibernate for long periods of time, a new study shows. Researchers have analyzed fossils 250 million years old and found evidence that a pig-sized mammal is called a genus. Listrosorus, Today hibernated like bears and bats. Under normal conditions it is almost impossible to detect signs of a change …
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