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10 most intelligent animals
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10 most intelligent animals

Elephants recognize themselves in the mirror, crows create tools to get food, monkeys have altruism, sympathy and sharing ... These are animals with high intelligence, o…

December 15, 2018
Mother and child in the animal world
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Mother and child in the animal world

Tigers tuck their children up with their mouths, monkeys grab their babies on their backs or hang under their stomachs ... each animal has its own way of caring for its…

December 15, 2018
Colors on the bottom of the sea
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Colors on the bottom of the sea

Small creatures like shrimps, crabs, sea slugs, sea cucumbers ... are also enough to create a colorful picture of the ocean world.

December 15, 2018
10 new species of organisms discovered in 2007
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10 new species of organisms discovered in 2007

International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University in collaboration with the International Classification Committee of Science published a list…

December 15, 2018
Stone carvings
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Stone carvings

Ancient petroglyphs around the world.

December 15, 2018
Pairs of idea birds are different
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Pairs of idea birds are different

Birds with the same appearance or behavior are not necessarily related relatives, and vice versa. That is the conclusion drawn from a recently published study of the bir…

December 15, 2018
Portrait of 12 living fossils
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Portrait of 12 living fossils

These strange creatures still exist today, although their shape is almost no evolutionary than hundreds of millions of years ago.

December 15, 2018
Wild colors
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Wild colors

Wild nature still makes us overwhelmed by the vivid colorful animals. From the notorious ferocious piranha to the blue-green butterfly and agra

December 15, 2018
'Recorders' in the animal world
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'Recorders' in the animal world

Rhino beetles can carry 850 times the mass of the body, while the flagfish are capable of moving at 109 km / h ... These are called recorders in the animal world. .

December 15, 2018
Best science photo 2008
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Best science photo 2008

The award is awarded annually by the US National Science Foundation and Science magazine, for photographs using modern technology to realize complex scientific topics.

December 15, 2018
10 marine animals we have never seen
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10 marine animals we have never seen

Oceanographers have discovered hundreds of new marine animals in the Great Barrier reef and a reef in northwestern Australia.

December 15, 2018