Dogs can typically hold their breath for up to 5-10 seconds. But they can learn to hold their breath underwater for longer and swim with proper training and patience.
This dog, for example, stayed undewater for 45-50 seconds.
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A pop-up book with poses for yoga, illustrated and engineered by Marion Bataille.
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Cats are fascinating creatures that display a wide range of behaviors that can sometimes be difficult to interpret.
One such behavior is the opening and closing of their paws when they are being petted.
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The Last 11 km of main land India, where the Indian Ocean meets the Bay of Bengal.
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An estimated 400–800 million tons of prey are annually killed by the global spider community, which approximately means the double of what humans consume in a year in meat and fish.
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How deep are some of the best known sunken ships?
Some of them are shown in this 3D animation, including some submarines and airplanes.
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Watch as a Heart Attack unfolds 🫀🚨
The process starts with plaque rupturing, and a clot begins to form. The clot reduces the blood flow to the heart, which starves the heart of oxygen.
Heart cells begin to die, resulting in various symptoms, such as intense chest pain.
Next, the heart beats uncontrollably fast, also known as Ventricular Tachycardia. This can spiral into Cardiac Arrest, where the heart seizes to beat.
Remember: this is a medical emergency and can require immediate intervention to save someone’s life.
Time = heart muscle saved
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Frilled shark.
It's considered a living fossil, because of its primitive, anguilliform (eel-like) physical traits. It can reach 2 meters in length.
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Madagascar has been isolated for about 88 million years and is home to an abundance of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth: 90% them are found only there.
It literally looks like another world.
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Border collies are a breed of herding dog, and typically outstanding sheepdogs. They've been doing this job along the English-Scottish border for about 300 years always with extreme efficiency and precision.
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Most people don't know the complicated process required for New York City to obtain drinking water.
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The lyrebird of the genus Menura can imitate the calls of at least 20 species of birds and even more interestingly, nearly all the sounds it hears.
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Leafcutter bees cut and harvest leaves to line their nests. Each female constructs her own nest without the help of a colony, but they are significant pollinators.
This is one at work.
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HKB Heuqueville is one of the most remarkable WWII bunker sites remaining on the Atlantikwall in Normandy, but also one of the most dangerous to visit.
Overhanging the 100 m high cliffs due to years of erosion, it's precariously balanced.
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