Think your job is painful? Try spending a workday with Justin Schmidt, father of the Schmidt sting pain index. Just a normal day on the job for Justin Schmidt, who created the Schmidt sting pain index. Image credit: Justin Schmidt via Guiness World Records While most of us try to avoid insect stings at all …
What’s the most dangerous pet you’ve ever had? Whatever it is, it sure doesn’t even come close to a five-meter, 500-kilogram crocodile! Image credit: Adam C. Smith Photography Yet, this is exactly the pet this Costa Rica man, Gilberto Shedden, ended up with. He swam with the gigantic and scary-looking crocodile called Pocho in the …
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Is hatching an abandoned parakeet egg possible at all? Well, check this out. As if raising an abandoned kitten or puppy wasn’t difficult enough, a man decided to rescue and hatch a tiny parakeet egg and then take care of the little one coming out of it, boredpanda reports. A video recently posted by the …
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Also known as the Living Fossil, this rare species of deep-sea shark is the only extant representative of the Mitsukurinidae family which dates back over 125-million years. A living fossil. Photo: Dianne Bray The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) has many peculiar characteristics that help to describe precisely what the creature is like. It has a …
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The largest creatures on earth have a tendency to blow up when washed ashore, which can be rather nasty. A bloated whale washed ashore in Namibia. Image credits: Free pictures for conservation / CCsearch, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 This video of an exploding whale was captured in the Faroe Islands back in 2013. As a marine …
The cassowary is one of the most interesting bird species. Mostly known as the most dangerous bird on the planet. The cassowary is a type of flightless bird (ratite) that belongs to the order of Casuariiformes. These long-legged, large birds are cousins to the emus and have 3 subspecies, the most common being the southern …
18,000 Years Ago, Humans Raised World’s Most Dangerous Bird as Pets Read More »
The Knysna turaco (Tauraco corythaix), or, in South Africa, Knysna loerie, is a large turaco, one of a group of African musophagidae birds. It is a resident breeder in the mature evergreen forests of southern and eastern South Africa, and Swaziland. It was formerly sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the green turaco of …
Beautiful Colours Of Knysna Turaco Just Like A Rainbow Read More »
I’ve never thought of pigeons as anything more than fairly dull and ubiquitous creatures that leave a lot of poop behind. But some people are really into these creatures – and they come in a variety of shapes and colors, partly because they may be one of the first domesticated birds. In fact, people have …
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There are around 18,000 species of birds in the world. And we mostly know about the most popular ones. But this time let’s look at a unique bird that you’ve probably never heard of. It’s called a Coot and it’s too cool. 1 / 11 There are many species of bird that roam our planet. Most …
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The diversity of passerine birds never ceases to amaze us, humans. Putting on one-of-their-kind coats, these flying creatures shine brightly in nature. They add more brilliant colors to nature and liven it up with their songs. It’s understandable why many people are engaged in watching and photographing birds. 1 / 6 The more you think you’ve …
Meet Splendid Sunbird, This Bird Looks Like It Came Right From A Paradise Read More »
