By Spooky on November 24th, 2023 Category: Animals The blue-tongued skink, a lizard native to the Australian continent, has a rather bizarre defense mechanism – it sticks its bright-blue tongue out to predators and they actually run away, sometimes. A subspecies of Tiliqua scincoides, the blue-tongued skink is one of only five animals known to…
Dashy Crashy developer Dumpling Design is back with another big update for Mr Traffic (Free) with this one bringing in a lot of new content including preparations for next month’s major update. The Mr Traffic Cosy Collection update version 2.3.0 brings in three new unlocks like Rainyday Ted and Walkies Ted, Animal traffic, items to…
The serotine bat does not use its strangely large penis for penetration but as a 'copulatory arm' during mating. Scientists have solved the mystery of one of the animal kingdom's most disproportionately large penises thanks to a Dutch retiree recording bat sex in a church attic. The serotine bat does not use its strangely large…
Health Mice that were deprived of sleep before surgery experienced more pain and inflammation afterwards than animals that had slept enough By Grace Wade Getting enough sleep before surgery may help recoverymarvent/Shutterstock Not getting enough sleep before having surgery may increase post-operative pain. This suggests that improvements in recovery time may require good amounts of…
“Claimed?” one of the others, Randy or Bambino, might ask, rising unsteadily back to his feet. “That’s like calling the front seat before even leaving the house. You can’t do that!”“Oh, can’t I? I claimed all these weeds. At birth. So they’re mine.”The second most powerful ram bullies everyone beneath him, as does the third…
Sacrificed equids from the courtyard of Casas del Turuñuelo site (Badajoz, Spain). Iron Age Tartessian Culture. Yard discovered and excavated since 2017. Credit: Construyendo Tarteso, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The Iron Age site of Casas del Turuñuelo was used repeatedly for ritualized animal sacrifice, according to a multidisciplinary study published November 22, 2023 in the open-access…
Human-driven climate change is increasingly shaping the Earth’s living environments. Rising temperatures, rapid shifts in rainfall and seasonality, and ocean acidification are presenting altered environments to many animal species. How do animals adjust to these new, often extreme, conditions?Animal nervous systems play a central role in both enabling and limiting how they respond to changing climates.…
ByMelissa HobsonPublished November 20, 2023• 7 min readSplashes at the surface give an indication of the commotion below. Beneath the waves, a tornado of hundreds of devil rays swirl in a dizzying dance that goes on for hours.This is a “courtship vortex”: a previously undescribed behavior among munk’s devil rays (Mobula munkiana) that has now…
ByDina Fine MaronPublished November 20, 2023• 5 min readAmerica’s town names often venerate famous historical figures and benefactors, or borrow place names from the country where settlers originated.Yet dozens of locales across the United States have monikers that match animal names. Take Bat Cave, North Carolina. After the movie Batman was released in 1989, mail…
Astrology has become an integral part of our modern-day zeitgeist. It is widely believed that your sun sign determines many aspects of your personality traits, so it should come as no surprise that many people turn to their astrological signs when choosing a new tattoo. Astrology tattoos are a timeless choice, meaning you're less likely…
