the story In the 1990s, a lady crushed up a full black widow spider and injected it to get high and ended up having a really horrible time when the arachnid’s venom kicked in. She spent a few days in the intensive care unit (ICU) due to respiratory problems, muscular cramps, and suspected anaphylaxis. The […]
The story The blanket octopus (Tremoctopus spp.) certainly does, with a hypnotic swirl of billowing tentacles resembling a kaleidoscopic cloak. While the ordinary swimmer may fail to distinguish it from a wisp of drifting plastic, marine researcher Jactina Shackleton was ecstatic to identify this uncommon and lovely critter, as shown by the squeaks of delight
The story The Ayam Cemani chicken is one of the most colorful birds in the earth. The bird’s feathers, beak, comb, tongue, and toes, as well as its bones, are all a stunning blueish black. The chicken meat seems to have been marinated in squid ink as well. Scientists call it skin hyperpigmentation, and the
The Story It’s pouring cats and dogs” may be an idiom used to describe heavy rain, but last week at a seaside city in northeast China, it was so heavy that animals began to fall from the sky. The organisms in this instance were from the sea. The sea and its creatures are not new
It has been dubbed the most deadly avian on the planet. In fact, its lengthy, dagger-like digits caused the death of a man in Florida last year. The cassowary, a big, emu-like, flightless bird, attracts biologists because of its unusual appearance. Its black iridescent feathery body, blue, turquoise, magenta neck, and horned crown or casque
The story The world’s most lucrative parasite prefers ghost moth larvae, but it’s much too prevalent. The world’s most lucrative parasite lives within the larvae of ghost moths, which it infects throughout the summer when the caterpillars are underground. During the next several months, the body-snatching fungus will steadily eat away at its host before
the Story Andy Hackett knew he’d landed a huge one. The British fisherman tried for 25 minutes to land his catch while fishing in Bluewater Lakes in Champagne, France. He thought he’d caught “The Carrot,” a legendary huge goldfish. Hackett had, in fact, caught and reeled in the 67-pound leather carp and koi hybrid fish,
The story A stone-throwing onlooker repelled the hippo, and the youngster was transported to the hospital. Hippos are arguably the world’s most hazardous beasts, although few people in the West realize it. This is not easy to ignore for individuals who live in areas where amphibious animals wander freely — particularly when these frightening beasts
The Story The poisonous claws of the hairy frog were found about 1900, but it wasn’t until after the turn of the century that scientists learned how these unusual amphibians create them – or break them if you will. In fact, when irritated, the hairy frog (Trichobatrachus) destroys its own toe bones, resulting in a
the story Lauren and Will Powers of Ferndale, Michigan, don’t have to dust like the rest of us. Cygnus, their cat, does it for them just by wandering around and waving his extraordinarily long and fluffy tail. The 2018 Guinness Book of World Records says that Cygnus Regulus Powers has the “longest tail on a
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