Some people have installed anti-bird spikes on the ledge to prevent them nesting and pooping on buildings. However, this solution was failed by a crafty and smart cockatoo, who quickly found a way to make a fool out of humans and destroy the spiky anti-bird setup. A man named Isaac Sherring-Tito was walking down a street in Katoomba, …
A species of palm tree is perhaps the only mobile tree on this planet. Image source: Reddit Socratea Exorrhiza, a tree that grows in a remote part of Ecuador can, reportedly, walk – yupp, like Ents do in The Lord of the Rings. OK, these leafy giants might not be able to wage war on …
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Some of the elongated blocks of crystals are up to 37 feet long and 5 feet wide. Gypsum crystals at the Naica cave. Person for scale. Image credit: Alexander Van Driessche Fittingly known as the Cave of the Crystals or Giant Crystal Cave (Spanish: Cueva de los cristales), this fascinating cavern connected to a zinc …
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You’re probably thinking we’ve gotten our images mixed up and this is a bird’s nest – there’s no way it came out of a volcano. But it did, from Hawaii’s Mt. Kilauea. Pele’s hair & Pele’s tears from the Holocene of Hawaii, USA. Image credit: James St. John Named after Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele, “Pele’s …
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Moonbows, also called lunar rainbows, differ from your average rainbow in that they are created by the shimmers of moon rays rather than the sun. A 10pm blood red night rainbow over Scotland! Image credit: Stefan Lee Goodwin A moonbow (also known as a moon rainbow or lunar rainbow) is a rainbow produced by moonlight …
We All Know Rainbows But Have You Ever Seen a Moonbow – A Night Rainbow Lit By the Moon? Read More »
Slope Point, the southernmost point of the South Island of New Zealand, is a truly unique place. Due to the strong Antarctic winds, the trees here stretch sideways rather than upwards. Image credit: Seabird NZ At Slope Point, which lies approximately 24 kms from the small settlement of Waikawa, cold air whirls around the Antarctic …
The unlikely friends cuddle together at night. Image credit: Care For Wild Rhino Sanctuary In the wild, the little zebra called Modjadji and the baby rhino called Daisy would probably have never met, let alone make friends. But at the Care For Wild Rhino Sanctuary, the two orphaned animals have made an unusual friendship and …
Orphaned Baby Zebra and Rhino Help Each Other Heal and Become Best Friends Read More »
Situated near the Armenian capital, this amazing natural formation looks as if the gods wanted to play music. Image credit: Vahag851 23 km east of Yerevan, Armenia, just below the village of the same name, lies the breathtaking Garni Gorge, with cliff walls of well-preserved basalt columns carved out by the Goght River on its …
The ‘Symphony of the Stones’ in Armenia Looks Like a Giant Organ With Countless Pipes Read More »
Do you see a bat or the devil’s face? Image credit: nandasithu The devil pod, also known as bat nut, goat head, buffalo nut and bull nut, is the seed pod of Trapa bicornis, one of three extant species of water caltrop, an Asian aquatic plant. Glossy and black, it measures 2 1/2 – 3 …
This Devilish-Looking Thing is Called a Bat Nut and It Is Edible Read More »
See the potatoes under the tomatoes? They all come from one plant. Image credit: SuperNaturals Yes, this means that you can have ketchup and fries from the same plant and that’s what this amazing variety is actually called: the Ketchup ‘n’ Fries plant (known as “TomTato” in the UK). It’s a hybrid that has a …
