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Like many whales, the Blue Whale or Gray Whale do not have teeth, but instead relies on baleen plates to catch its prey. These plates, which are a horny form of whalebone, act like a fence... or hair net, and filters massive amounts of sea water too ultimately catch its tiny prey in the plates.
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Shafts of sun highlight this amazing scene in the forests of the Andaman Islands as this elephant, named Rajan, takes his early morning walk in the jungle.
Photo: Jody MacDonald
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Bow Glacier Falls, Alberta, Canada.
Photo: Brian Van Tighem/Heart Waters
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Ever seen ice that looks like hair? Believe it or not, it's a real thing called hair ice! This phenomenon appears in cold, damp conditions on dead wood, resembling delicate strands of ice. It's so unique, it's also nicknamed 'beard ice' or 'ice wool.' While uncommon, hair ice can mostly be spotted in broadleaf forests between 45°N and 55°N. The secret ingredient? A special fungus called Exidiopsis effusa plays a crucial role!
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Photo: Matthew Nichols
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Fantastic creatures discovered 1,640 miles (2,600 km) beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean in a pristine area that’s earmarked as a site for deep-sea mining of critical and rare metals. The area is the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, and If deep-sea mining follows the same trajectory as offshore oil production, more than one-third of these critical metals will come from deep-ocean mines by 2065. Scientists believe many of the life-forms that call this environment home would unlikely recover from the extraction. It is estimated some 6,000 to 8,000 species could still be discovered in this deep water world. In these extreme ocean depths, there is no sunlight and the temperature is around 35 F (1.5 C), but life-forms such as this elegant 'glass sponge' thrive, which are thought to have the longest life span of any creature on the planet — up to 15,000 years. Along with the incredible transparent unicumber.
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Sidewinders are noted for their unique method of locomotion. Loops of the body are thrown across the sand so that only two points are in contact with the ground at any time. This prevents the snake from overheating due to excessive contact with the desert sand.
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Photo: Solvin Zanki
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Blind Mole Rat!.
Definitely one of the most bizarre creatures on planet earth!
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Dramatic mid-air battle between rabbits, captured by Japanese photographers Takayuki and Mora Nakamura.
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These travelers are massive! 150 ft. Iceberg passing through Iceberg Alley near Ferryland, Newfoundland, Canada.
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Photo: Jody Martin
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Its spring time and that means 'snake ball'. What is literally a ball of mating snakes (typically garters), between 10 and 100 male snakes will writhe around a single female (or sometimes a male posing as a female) in an attempt to mate... creating a wriggling, rubbing sphere of horny reptiles. After anywhere between an hour and as long as a day, only one male gets the chance to breed. The rest of the guys will have to wait till next year!
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