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Fun Fact of the Day: April 29, 2012

Back to animals with the Aye-Aye. And I’m not misusing pirate slang here. Nope. I’m talking about the threatened omnivorous mammal only found on the island Madagascar. These nocturnal creatures spend their days curled up in ball-like collections of leaves and branches and their nights …


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Fun Fact of the Day: April 7, 2012

If you ever plan a trip to the Arctic and you run out of food, think twice before fixing yourself  some deep fried polar bear liver. Besides the fact that the Ursus maritimus is listed an endangered species, there’s the part about it possibly being …


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Animal Senses

We think of the five senses as the only way to experience the world but it turns out that many animals have entirely different abilities to perceive the world than we do. For example, crabs have hairs on their claws that can detect water movement …


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