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Moby Dick’s ship found
There has been a discovery of a shipwrecked whaling vessel in the waters of Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, 600 miles north of Honolulu. Did the whale really trap Moby Dick? The name of the vessel was the Two Brothers, from Nantucket. The ship slammed against a shallow reef and was sunk...
Read more →One Digit Dinosaur Unearthed
On the border between Mongolia and China there has been a discovery of a new species of dinosaur. Found near the city of Linhe, the new discovery was given the name Linhenykus monodactylus. This dinosaur belongs in the carnivorous group of Theropoda which also include the Tyrannosaurus and...
Read more →If 2012 won’t kill us, 2036 sure will
A cataclysm of enormous measure will face the world on April 13, 2036. That is if you believe in scientists and gravitational keyholes. The head of NASA’s Near Earth Object Program, Donald Yeomans, says the collision does not have a good chance of happening. He has been studying an asteroid named...
Read more →Ancient Rock Art found in Australia
While searching for the fossils of an old giant rat species, scientists from Australia discover some ancient faces called petroglyphs looking back at them from the walls of a cave in East Timor. These petroglyphs were found in a large cave on the northeast tip of East Timor and are thought to be...
Read more →Oysters on the Brink of Extinction
Extinction is in the future for oysters from around the world. Once an industry to rely on economically, 85% of oyster reefs are now in trouble. Scientists found two reasons for this decline. One is the fact that the oyster population is being diminished by diseases. Introducing non-native species...
Read more →Giraffes triumphant return home
These giraffes looked more like sailors as they floated across Lake Baringo, Kenya to their new home; you would never guess that they would actually prefer munching leaves from tall trees with their feet planted firmly on dry ground. giraffes return home They disappeared from their native habitat...
Read more →UFOs zoom over Peru
So here we are again, amongst yet another peculiar UFO sighting. On this occasion we get to speculate over footage taken from an aircraft that was flying over the Nazca Lines. The Nazca Lines While watching this video found on YouTube (see below), one cannot help but think of the many hoaxes that...
Read more →Eat a cow and take it home too
Meat lovers rejoice: A new American restaurant in Brooklyn, New York has come up with an innovative way for you to have you cow and eat it too. Marlow & Sons restaurant offers leather fashion items that have just come from the cow that was on a customer’s plate only moments before. Leather handbag,...
Read more →National Birds of the World
Without a doubt, most if not all nature lovers out there truly love their birds. Migratory or non-migratory, it is always pleasant when there is a bird that makes a beautiful call, or a non-vagrant bird visits your back yard. This medium-sized bird is so famous across its range, that it is the...
Read more →A Whopper of a Whale Shark
Scientists studying the elusive whale shark have discovered that it could potentially be larger than previously thought. Whale sharks may be larger than previously thought The whale shark is the largest fish in the world, and it was previously believed that they grew only up to an enormous 20...
Read more →Going Batty is a Good Thing
It may be a bad thing to ‘go batty’. But real bats actually make lifelong friendships similar to how humans can have lifelong friendships. Bats make friends for life According to Scientists, these nocturnal creatures that are the only mammals with the ability to fly, keep family and friends close...
Read more →Sheep Raising the Baa of Intelligence
Think you pull the wool over a sheep’s eye? It turns out that sheep are just not as stupid as we previously thought, according to researchers from the University of Cambridge. Lone sheep raise the bar of animal intelligence http://www.itsnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/lamb.jpg Although sheep...
Read more →Aquatic Mammals Return to New York City
Dolphins, whales, and seals have made a triumphant return to the waters outside of New York Harbour. This spells great news for sightseers and has sparked seal and whale watching tours. Underwater animals have returned to New York Harbour According to Tom Paladino who is the Captain of 2 ferry...
Read more →Deformed Humpback Whale Spotted off Kauai
Experts believe that they have recently spotted a badly deformed humpback whale off the idyllic Hawaiian island of Kauai. It is thought that the whale in question has scoliosis, which is the curvature of the spine. A Humpback whale with scoliosis needs your help David Schofield, who is the Marine...
Read more →Hotel for dogs seeking for romance
Amorous dogs all around the world will definitely be jealous of its own kind who live in Sao Paolo. A love motel for amorous dogs has just opened to cater for their affection needs. It is reported that the love motel for amorous dogs opened in Brazil’s richest and largest city, Sao Paolo, is the...
Read more →Germany Crowns Deer-Calling Champion
There are some really zany contests in the world. Fortunately (or unfortunately?) Germany is not immune to this. On the weekend, the battle for the German deer calling champion heated up. Using snail shells, plant stems, and ox horns, 8 men and 1 woman battled it out for the title of the German...
Read more →Beauty Competition for Horses Announced
If you own or ride a beautiful horse, why not enter your beloved 4-legged creature in a beauty contest? President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan has just announced a national beauty contest – for horses only. Horses were once prized by the late Alexander the Great for their stamina in...
Read more →Protesting? Eat Rats!
If you are in Uganda and want to bring a change in the political landscape, consider eating a rat. The man who ate a rat in front of President Yoweri Museveni in 2005 is once again threatening to do what he has done, in what he claims is a traditional form of protesting used to bring change. 79...
Read more →Hunter sues Travel Company
Be careful what you advertise. This is what a German-based travel company has learned, after a Polish hunter who dreamed of shooting elephants sent the hunter to Africa in a part where no elephants were found. African Elephant Hunted According to the travel company, Jaworski Jagdreisen, it...
Read more →Parrots are Left-Handed
Just like humans, parrots favour one side of the body than the other. Lefties worldwide can rejoice, as they are joined by parrots as being more left handed – or rather, more left footed than anything else. It is also known that some species do try both sides before deciding whether they want to be...
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