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A polar bear retains heat so well that it cannot be detected by a thermal imager.
Читать полностью…Lunch of the African giant snail, whose shell can reach the size of an adult's fist.
Читать полностью…Cassowaries are one of the closest relatives of dinosaurs.
Читать полностью…Brazilian jabiru Jabiru mycteria is in search of a delicacy, and it's a marbled marsh eel!
The yabir belongs to the storks and is distributed in tropical America from southern Mexico to Uruguay and northern Argentina, but in this vast area there are only small patches of individual nesting sites of birds.
Yabiru chooses coastal areas of rivers, lakes, ponds and wetlands as habitats. In their habitats, yabiru form large colonies consisting of several hundred birds.
The body length of this stork reaches 1.2 m, and the wingspan is 2.6 m, the beak is up to 30 cm. The plumage is predominantly white, contrasting with black legs, beak, black bare scalp and part of the neck.
It is noteworthy that the eye color of the females is yellow, and the males are black. The Brazilian yabiru is able to inflate the air bag on the neck with a bulky bubble.
Yabiru feed on fish, shellfish and amphibians, sometimes reptiles and small mammals also fall into their menu.
In China, the little panda is considered a fire fox.
So Mozilla developers have placed the image of a panda, not a fox, as the Firefox logo.
It is almost impossible to tame a wild otter.
But a captive-born animal can still make friends with a human
No, it's not a Pokemon, it's a giant flying squirrel. The average body length of these squirrels is 42 cm, and they live in the northern part of South Asia, in southern China and in Southeast Asia.
Читать полностью…Orphneca tarantulas found in the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.
Читать полностью…Among all stork marabou, it is distinguished by the most impressive size. The marabou is divided into three subspecies: Indian, African, and Javanese. Here we see the African marabou Leptoptilos crumeniferus. These birds have a memorable appearance, but prosaically they often live near large landfills, where they look for food, and a bare neck and head without feathers helps to keep their bodies clean.
The African marabou reaches a height of more than one and a half meters and weighs 8.5-10 kg.
There is a peculiar sac in the neck area that connects to the nostrils. It can inflate and reach 40 cm in diameter. In young individuals, it is practically absent, its growth occurs during the growth of the bird. Previously, it was believed that birds put food in it in reserve, but it turned out that this outgrowth is used only during mating games and so that the bird can put its head on it at rest.
The bright bird Selasforus Allen is wintering in Mexico.
Читать полностью…Every year from November to March in Michoacan, Mexico, you can see a real miracle: the migration of monarch butterflies.
Читать полностью…Owls love the game of hide-and-seek and masterfully blend in with their surroundings.
Читать полностью…Giraffes have the largest heart among all land mammals, its weight reaches 11 kg.
Читать полностью…Although squirrels live longer in captivity than in nature, they do not reproduce.
Читать полностью…Meeting with a curious young cassowary on the beach. Everything worked out this time!
The cassowary Casuarius casuarius looks completely harmless, but it is original and "elegant" - but sensing a threat (or just seeing a person on the territory of its possessions), this flightless inhabitant of the rainforests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia immediately attacks.
The main weapon of this bird is huge legs and powerful long claws. Cassowaries can reach speeds of up to 50 km / h, so a person cannot hide from such an enemy. It is man who is the only potential enemy of cassowaries.
It is worth noting that under normal conditions these birds prefer to eat fruits, mushrooms, snails, insects, frogs, snakes and other small animals. Nevertheless, in 2004, the cassowary was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the most dangerous bird on Earth.
Fact of the day: little turtles get tickled when they are brushed with a toothbrush.
Читать полностью…If you were hoping that you could swim away from the tarantula.
Читать полностью…Eastern sialia sialia sialis belongs to the thrush and lives in eastern North and Central America. There it inhabits fields, open forest landscapes, forest edges and parks.
The body length is about 18 cm . The plumage of the upper body is bright blue, the throat, chest and sides are chestnut brown, the belly and underside are painted white.
Sialia feeds on insects, spiders and berries.
This is the national bird of the states of Missouri and New York, there are even many songs about it