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Giant snail inflicting in America
Animal world

Giant snail inflicting in America

With a body as big as a mouse, giant snails in the US and the Caribbean countries become a threat to trees, vehicles, construction and people.

December 16, 2018
Marine animals die again in Peru
Animal world

Marine animals die again in Peru

The bodies of animals washed up on Pucusana beach, a place about 37km south of the capital Lima. The incident was discovered on 25/5. The Peruvian Navy said it had sent…

December 16, 2018
Octopus is smarter than we thought
Animal world

Octopus is smarter than we thought

Recently, scientists at Hebrew University, in Jerusalem, Israel, discovered octopus not only smart, but they could also do some pretty good coordination.

December 16, 2018
Find out why the giant squid died after 11 years
Animal world

Find out why the giant squid died after 11 years

When the corpses of giant squid were found in Spain more than a decade ago, scientists suspected that loud noises from boats damaged them. Now, it has been clarified.

December 16, 2018
Antarctic penguins fell seriously
Animal world

Antarctic penguins fell seriously

The loss of half of the penguins in the past three decades shows the crisis in the Antarctic marine life, including phytoplankton, mollusks, penguins and whales.

December 16, 2018
Is the big animal head good?
Animal world

Is the big animal head good?

In 1871, zoologist Edward D. KePu came to the conclusion: The larger the organism, the more dominant it is in resisting the enemy, food and locality. So, about the job

December 16, 2018
Jet propulsion system based on the shape of mollusks
Scientific application

Jet propulsion system based on the shape of mollusks

Squids, jellyfish and mollusks are thought to be very versatile in moving. Therefore, researchers at Boulder University of Colorado are relying on their shape to create…

December 16, 2018
Unbelievably strange sea animals
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Unbelievably strange sea animals

The mollusks, especially those living on the deep sea are species with diverse shapes, strange to incredible.

December 16, 2018
Track the world's largest octopus
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Track the world's largest octopus

Dr. David Scheel, a researcher from Alaska Pacific University in the US, and his colleagues followed the octopus Enteroctopus dofleini, the world's largest size octopus.…

December 15, 2018
Beautiful sea creatures are discreet
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Beautiful sea creatures are discreet

Brown algae, glass sponges ... and a number of other mollusks living modestly under the ocean were submarine of American oceanographer Sylvia A. Earle photographed and i…

December 15, 2018