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Pigs aren’t an animal you’d consider to be intelligent, and they often don’t get enough credit for how intelligent they really are. Despite this, these mud loving animals have shocked scientists, as they have recently documented a group of pigs using tools for the first time. While observing the pigs at Ménagerie du Jardin des…
10. Cape Buffalo Cape buffalo are found in Saharan Africa and are a relatively mild species when left alone, preferring to travel in massive herds to graze in the early morning and late afternoon hours or to gather around watering holes to stay hydrated. However, if an individual (or its calf) is threatened or wounded,…
On Monday, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi announced that tiger populations in India have increased by one third, growing from 2,226 in 2014 to 2,967 in 2018. India now harbours up to 70 percent of all the tigers on the planet. In 2006, there were only 1,411 tigers in the wild in the…
The Ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus has one goal; self-propagation and dispersal. Researchers think the fungus, found in tropical forests, infects a foraging ant through spores that attach and penetrate the exoskeleton and slowly takes over its behaviour. As the infection advances, the ant is compelled to leave its nest, (although they are sometimes more interestingly removed…
This post on Facebook shows a huge olive python devouring an entire freshwater crocodile in one huge mouthful. These photos were taken in Australia by Martin Muller who spotted the two battling animals while kayaking around the swamps of Mount Isa in Queensland. Somehow not terrified by the grisly sight, he stuck around long enough…
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