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.
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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 5 most mysterious mysteries in the animal world
Among aquatic creatures, perhaps African eels are the only species capable ... terrestrial predators. Just discover the fat prey - usually small insects, they immediatel…
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
Why can a cat owl correctly locate a prey?
Even in the dark night, the owl can easily locate the position on the prey, thanks to the very sophisticated sound signal processing system in its brain.
Animal world
Wild predators: Need 111kg of bait to increase 1kg
Different from omnivores or domestic pets, to increase weight by 1kg, wild carnivores need to consume up to 111kg of meat of prey!
Animal world
The civet is open to hunting class
The researchers found that the large civet carried the bait to return to its young. As the baby grows older, the older one will help the child disable the prey. And fina…
Animal world
Why do newspapers move food to trees?
Newspaper is a very aggressive carnivore. It works mainly in the early morning, late afternoon and midnight. It relies on the sensitivity of sight and hearing to find pr…
Animal world
Bats catch prey with technology ... missiles
When the baseball player chases the flying ball, he keeps a constant angle between the run and the ball, in a straight line. The task of bats is much more difficult, the…
Animal world
Find fish jumping on land to hunt
Scientists have discovered a fish that can hunt and catch land on land. Channallabes apus eel species, found in muddy swamps in tropical West Africa.
Animal world
Effect of animal saliva
Many animals also have saliva like humans. But due to the life characteristics of different species, their saliva also has many wonderful effects that are not the same.
Animal world
Shoe stork Balaeniceps rex
In Africa, there is a very unique bird called the shoe stork, the scientific name is Balaeniceps rex. This bird is found only in Africa. Looking at the outside, it was a…
Animal world
Frog fish
The frog fish Histriohistrio belongs to the family of finfish - the lower fins look like legs. However, while most of the housefishes live on the bottom of the sea, frog…
Animal world
Dog fish Esox lucius
The scientific name is Esox lucius, a type of ferocious fish that likes to live in low-flow water, along river banks, with lakes and trees. Dogfish is one of the most ad…
Animal world
Electric fish killed by electricity
Some fish know to cause or kill prey with electrical impulses, which are electric rays and electric eels. Electric catfish is also called catfish, causing an enchantment…