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Interesting facts at the Indonesian bull racing festival
Every year, the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia hold a bull racing festival to celebrate the harvest at the end of the season. This fierce bull racing fest…
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Animal world
1001 wondering: How much does the world's largest mouse weigh?
Capybara water guinea pigs are the largest rodents in the world. As noted, there has been an individual weighing nearly 100kg in Brazil.
Environment
Boxing Day 2004 - the deadliest disaster in the 21st century
The massive earthquake that caused a massive tsunami across the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004 has become the deadliest and most devastating natural disaster of this…
Animal world
The heartbreaking truth behind the images of orangutans stood alone in the middle of the burning forest
Images of orangutans in the middle of the burning forest make people feel sorry.
Animal world
The island was suddenly invaded by an army of wild boars
These pigs are about to outnumber the island's human population.
Animal world
The last Sumatra rhino in Malaysia died
Malaysia's last male Sumatra rhino died, there is only one female living in captivity in the country.
Oceanography
Massive coral death after an earthquake in Indonesia
A strong earthquake in Indonesia's Sumatra Islands two years ago caused mass death of corals. The earthquake then killed nearly 1,000 people on Nias Island, off the west…
Biology
Two scavengers blooming at the same time in America
Two blooming scavenger flowers in a botanical garden in the US are extremely rare events, attracting the attention of the scientific and public.
Biology
Flowers rarely smell rotten fish in Australia
The two-meter-high flower tree emits a rotting smell of meat in an Australian botanical garden, attracting many people to come and smell it.
Biology
Domestic dog virus threatens Asian tigers
Wildlife experts have issued a warning about the risk of a virus from a domestic dog massively killing the Asian tiger.
Biology
Horror rat carnivore
This is a plant close to Nepenthes spathulata, a carnivorous pitcher plant found on Indonesian and Sumatra islands of Indonesia. This plant can grow to more than 5 meter…
Biology
The scavenger flowers bloom again
This exotic flower originates from equatorial tropical forests in Sumatra Province, western Indonesia, and is technically named Indonesia's Giant Calf Tree (Amorphophall…
Animal world
Tiger is slaughtered by Indonesian villagers hanging on rafters
Indonesian villagers killed and slaughtered a Sumatra tiger on March 4, believing it to be a demon possessing supernatural powers, according to Fox News.
Animal world
Rhino exceeds 10,000 miles in search of mating partners
A rare Sumatran male rhino has been flown by plane from Cincinnati Zoo (USA) to Indonesia to find a mating mate before extinction, the Telegraph reported on November 2.
Animal world
Mysterious dead fish on volcanic lake in Indonesia
According to local fisheries officials, the phenomenon of mass mortality may be caused by sudden changes in weather conditions.