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Swallow birds fly fast beyond imagination
How fast is swallow swallow? This question has recently been answered by Canadian scientists.
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Animal world
Plastic bags kill alligators
A crocodile that once threatened tourists near the Great Barrier Reef just lost its life by swallowing too many plastic bags.
Animal world
The secret of the magic mine in waterbirds
Almost 150 years ago Charles Darwin revealed a slender bird's beak due to its adaptation to its environment. Now, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) team of…
Animal world
The coat makes up the bravery of male swallows
A new study conducted by the University of Colorado at Boulder showed that sex hormones in male North American swallows skyrocketed during the breeding season when resea…
Animal world
A fish choked ... a basketball
Imagine, how long the greedy fish has been ... tired of the jaw when it comes to sucking the oversized rubber ball. Can't release it but can't swallow it in the stomach…
Animal world
Flying bird swallow: Model for modern aircraft
Scientists have demonstrated how the swallow swallow changes the shape of its wings to improve its flying ability. Thanks to that, it is possible to help aircraft manufa…
Animal world
Eat snakes by compressing prey
Snakes can eat prey larger than it ... But how do snakes eat prey? The mechanism of snake feeding has just been found: It compresses the prey and slowly digests it.
Animal world
Pythons digest even prey bones
A new study found that these pythons are capable of absorbing calcium from the bones of prey that they swallow before, and that is a source of nutrients to supplement th…
Animal world
The color of the shell changes color to the body
Tiny green shells change color to avoid swallowing by birds of prey. From blue, they change to a darker color.
Animal world
Pelican eating pigeons
A lot of people at London's St James Park park were stunned when they saw a pelican grab a pigeon and swallow it. This unusual phenomenon of pelicans was obtained by Cat…
Animal world
Why do crocodiles swallow stones in the stomach?
Crocodile has a sharp teeth to chew on bait. But they also mimic birds, swallowing chickens in the stomach to digest food. Why so?
Animal world
Teeth in the throat
Most other types of snakes usually only eat soft-shelled eggs (such as lizard eggs, solid eggs), because they do not have a 'specialized tool' to break hard eggshell. Bu…
Environment
The asphalt road melted
The lifeguards were called to rescue a guy in England, 24 years old with asphalt
Environment
The mystery of the specialized stream
Bolton Strid between the Barden and Bolton Abbey towers in Yorkshire (England), Bolton Strid (also known as Strid stream) looks like a small stream flowing in the middle…
Environment
Discover 58 new caves in Phong Nha
Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park (Quang Binh) discovered 58 new caves, some of them had shells and arts stage from the war.