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A research ship off Brazil filmed a giant Haliphron octopus almost never seen alive

By BeckhamLangford

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Orcas off Mexico flip great white sharks upside down and tear out the liver

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Whale sharks return to the same Indonesian tuna waters every June, a 10-year study found

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The flesh-eating screwworm turned up in a Texas calf, the first U.S. case this outbreak

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The screwworm has now hit four Texas cases, including a dog, as it pushes north

By BeckhamLangford

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Elephants can talk over miles using rumbles too low for human ears

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Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so the current cannot drift them apart

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A flock of flamingos is called a flamboyance, a group of crows a murder

By BeckhamLangford

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A single whale shark swam 1,200 kilometers from Madagascar to the Seychelles, the first time the world’s biggest fish has been tracked making the crossing

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A shark can smell a single drop of blood in a pool of water

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Wombats are the only animals known to produce cube-shaped droppings

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Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins by slowing their heart rate

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A single honeybee colony can visit 50 million flowers in one day

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Male pufferfish carve perfect seven-foot circles into the seabed to attract a mate, redrawing them grain by grain

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A shark can smell a single drop of blood diluted in a swimming pool of water

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The Mariana Trench is so deep that Mount Everest could sink into it and still leave more than a mile of water overhead

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A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance, and their pink comes entirely from food

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A blue whale’s heart is roughly the size of a small car

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Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so the current cannot drift them apart

By BeckhamLangford

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Scientists described a new, cryptic fantail bird hiding in the forests of Indonesia’s remote Babar Islands, a species no one had ever named

By BeckhamLangford

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