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Pine Marten.
Photo: Brian Keating
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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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Once in a lifetime photo of bobcat pouncing on heron mid-flight.
A photographer captured a “once in a lifetime photo” when a bobcat appeared from nowhere to pounce and take down a giant blue heron. Jacob Hall captured the moment in coastal Texas while driving near Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge. In the first photo, the heron is flying in the center of the frame with the camouflaged bobcat in the lower right-hand side of the image. In Hall’s next frame, the bobcat is in the air with the heron in its grasp. The bobcat successfully caught the heron and brought it into the water.
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Photos: Jacob Hall
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Spring has arrived!
Enjoy the day outside if you can!
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Here is some cool geography for you: Greenland is farther north, south, east and west than Iceland.
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The ability of an organism to change its characteristics in response to environmental variations is known as pheno-typic plasticity and is a key factor in the evolution of a species. eg; If a Holly finds its leaves are being eaten by herbivores it switches genes to make them spiky when they regrow. So on taller Holly trees the upper leaves which are out of reach have smooth edges, while the lower leaves which where previously eaten and have regrown are prickly.
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The moth that could star in a horror film!
You might think this creature is out of a sci-fi movie, but it’s actually a real moth called Creatonotos gangis, or Australian horror moth. But the most amazing feature of this moth is its coremata. These are four long, hairy organs that the male can extend from its abdomen during mating season. The coremata are filled with air or blood, and can be longer than the moth’s body. They also produce a powerful pheromone that can attract female moths from far away. The pheromone is so strong that it can also repel predators who might find the moth too smelly to eat.
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The Sailing Stones of Death Valley.
Sailing stones (also called sliding rocks) are part of a geological phenomenon in which rocks move along Death Valley in California. The movement of the rocks occurs when rain or snow fills the valley floor and creates a shallow pool of water. Then, when night comes, the temperature drops below freezing and a thin layer of ice forms on the water. The next day, the ice melts and breaks into big floating panels. These panels get pushed by gentle winds which push the rocks steadily forward. Some stones move from 2 to 6 meters per minute or about 6.6 to 19.7 feet per minute. Remember, these conditions are rare and only happen for a few days or weeks every few years. But it does happen.
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Firefly Bioluminescence
Location: Pennsylvania’s Allegheny National Forest.
Photo: Radim Schreiber
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