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Chameleons can change color blind?
Gecko's ability to discolor is considered a camouflage technique: It analyzes the surrounding color to imitate. So when the gecko is broken, can it change color?
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Funny science mysteries (end part)
Why do cats hate being wet? When caught standing in the shower, cats run away not because they don't like water, but maybe they are scared. Scientists believe that less…
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Can't be loved because it's too hot
Hot, dry summers are making it difficult for animals and plants in the American island of Antelope, Salt Lake, to prevent them from reproducing.
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Cats only remember for 10 minutes
A new study found that cats can only remember certain information within 10 minutes. Initial research compared cats' memory with visual memory and found cats to remember…
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Mice use specialized neurons to detect carbon dioxide in the air
For rats, carbon dioxide means danger. New research from Rockefeller University proves that mice have a way to identify carbon dioxide related to a particular olfactory…
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Detecting deadly virus in the bat
Scientists have found deadly Marburg virus in a fruit-eating bat in Africa. This is the first time this virus has been detected in an animal other than the monkey.
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Too hungry, snakes eat their hearts
Some snakes can survive without food for two years, by digesting their own hearts, a new study reveals. Others survive by hatching their heads to increase their chances…
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Bridge collapsed because ... bird droppings
Overload traffic, steel rust and the lost points caused the bridge across the Mississippi River in the United States to break. But now a new culprit has been found: pige…
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The sudden birth of a panda
The first panda was born in Europe 25 years ago in a special situation: zoo worker Schoenbrunn, Austria, spotted him on a surveillance camera after hearing a small cry n…
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2-head calf in America
The calf is born with a neck, two ears, two snouts and four eyes always open and closed at the same time. That's why the boss of the two-headed calf gave it the name Bli…
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My mother also 'snapped' me
The rhesus macaques are very nice to come and cuddle with the newborn babies of other mothers in a colorful, melodious voice, like people often babble babies.
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Horse flu flare up in Australia
The new outbreak of swine flu in Australia last week has caused the ranching industry to fall into a widespread crisis, when hundreds of horses show symptoms of the dise…
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Vietnamese forest animals (1)
Vietnam is considered one of the countries in Southeast Asia rich in biodiversity. In Vietnam, due to the great climate difference from the area near the Equator to the…
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Detecting dolphins Yangtze river
Yangtze River dolphin, also known as baiji, is a rare endangered dolphin at an extremely dangerous level just seen in eastern China.
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Can shells survive?
Can the snail's life continue if its shell breaks? The answer is yes, provided the break is not too big and far from the top.