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Snakes have legs in China
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Snakes have legs in China

Dean Qiongxiu - a 66-year-old woman in Suining, Sichuan Province - saw an animal clinging to the wall of the bedroom at midnight.

December 16, 2018
A thrilling sight of predatory kingfisher
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A thrilling sight of predatory kingfisher

Examining and evaluating the situation, dive into the water, after a moment the fish was in the middle of a kingfisher mine. Below is a picture of the king of fortune-te…

December 16, 2018
For the first time, rare turtles live in nature
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For the first time, rare turtles live in nature

Arakan forest turtles are one of the world's rarest turtles, often known only through museum specimens and a few captive individuals. Recently, for the first time, it wa…

December 16, 2018
Secretly put the lyrics on the wings
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Secretly put the lyrics on the wings

Scientists have recently discovered in some birds, the sound they produce while flying is more like singing than the usual swarming calls.

December 16, 2018
Flirt with a foul smell
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Flirt with a foul smell

Dog face bats emit melodious melodies and bad smells to find partners during the breeding season. Their love songs are quite complex and have a clear rhythm.

December 16, 2018
Image of mixed war eagle
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Image of mixed war eagle

The moment the three bald eagle in America hit each other in the air to scramble for a fish that was recorded by the camera.

December 16, 2018
Saving 34 lives of rare turtles
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Saving 34 lives of rare turtles

From Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park (Quang Binh Province), the park has released 9 rare turtles to the forest and handed over 25 other individuals to Cuc Phuong Turtl…

December 16, 2018
Gene-encoded mouse cells are controlled by light
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Gene-encoded mouse cells are controlled by light

Experts at the University of California in San Francisco have made gene-encoded cells in mice react to light, producing cells that obey the signal of a light or stop at…

December 16, 2018
Why do flamingo stand on one leg?
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Why do flamingo stand on one leg?

It is a very simple thing, but it is also the most mysterious thing of nature, why only the new flamingos stand on one leg?

December 16, 2018
Mushrooms are unlucky
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Mushrooms are unlucky

A fungus has the ability to turn ants to chisel wood into walking corpses and make them come to remove corpses in a convenient location for this mushroom to grow and rep…

December 16, 2018
Lions in Kenya are about to become extinct
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Lions in Kenya are about to become extinct

The population of lion species in Kenya has declined by an average of 100 animals per year since 2002 and with this decline they will be extinct in just two more decades…

December 16, 2018