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📷 Thomas Vijayan

Manas National Park in Assam, India

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Bonobos are found only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, south of the Congo River, making them one of the rarest great apes.

They survive in dense rainforests by eating mostly fruit, leaves, seeds, insects, and small animals, while using strong social bonds and female-led groups to reduce conflict.

Their exact wild number is uncertain, but estimates suggest only about 10,000–20,000 remain, and they are endangered because of hunting, habitat loss, and forest fragmentation.

Credit: Wild Wonders

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Banded hare-wallaby is a rare Australian marsupial now naturally found only on Bernier and Dorre Islands in Shark Bay, Western Australia.

It survives by hiding in dense shrubs during the day and feeding at night on grasses, leaves, and plants. Only about 2,000 to 9,000 mature individuals are estimated to remain.

Credit: Wild Wonders

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Asian palm civet is a nocturnal tree climber found across South and Southeast Asia. It uses its sharp claws, long tail, and excellent night vision to move through forests in search of fruits, insects, and small animals.

Though often seen alone, young civets stay close to their mother while learning how to climb, find food, and survive in the dense tropical forest.

Credit: Wild Wonders

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A Crafted Shelter, Yakushima, Kyushu, Kagoshima, Japan

Courtesy: V Taller

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The Cave, Astruptunet Visitor Center , Jølster, Norway.,

Selected from 164 submissions, the design is deeply inspired by the works of Nikolai Astrup, one of Norway’s most celebrated artists.

The project pays homage to Astrup’s connection with the landscape while reimagining his artistic legacy for modern audiences.

PAX Architects

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Anyway modern whales are so fascinating on their own but then you learn things about their evolution like how the first known whale species looked something like this

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Grey-headed albatross chicks

Photo: George Day

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have you guys heard about the greenland shark. some crazy shit happening there.

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they are sexually mature at ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OLD.

their (live!) young gestate for. wait for it. eight to eighteen (??) YEARS. can have up to 10 at a time. good grief.

longest lifespan of any vertebrate, up to five hundred years

toxic flesh

has giant eyes but is usually blind because of a weird little crustacean that's evolved to live on and eat their eyes. this doesn't seem to bother them much.

lives in deep cold water and has the lowest swim speed and tail-beat frequency for its size across all fish species. just generally lives life in extreme slow motion

largest genome of any shark

eats everything including moose and polar bears

ma'am you are delightfully strange and I'm privileged to share a planet with you

[fluorescentbrains]

this post prompted me to refresh my memory on Greenland Shark Facts and this detail about how they feed goes so hard

just vacuuming up their unsuspecting prey. whole !

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Good news good news good news! Recent research suggests the eye parasites do NOT blind them!

Eye-opening research: Greenland sharks maintain vision for centuries through DNA repair mechanism

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," says the UC Ir

I <3 you a normal amount Greenland sharks

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Axolotls look cute, but their repair system is wild. These salamanders can regrow lost limbs and repair damaged spinal cord, heart, and brain tissue. In many cases, they heal with little or no permanent scarring.

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Did you know? Fireflies aren’t flies at all: they're beetles! Of all of the insects in the world, fireflies are among the few to have evolved an extraordinary language of light. Many fireflies use a system of flashes in some of the same ways we use words: to attract, to say, “Here I am,” even to deceive. They emit light from a tiny organ, called a lantern, on the underside of their abdomen, where a biochemical reaction takes place within specialized cells called photocytes. The reaction releases energy in the form of light.

Photo: Jessica Lucia, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, flickr

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