GeoBeats Animals paid a visit to John of Ruff Riders Animal Transport in Toronto to learn more about Larry, a senior husky who was rescued from a remote community. Larry had been abandoned by his first family, but luckily he was looked after by a neighbor. The neighbor, John, drove for hours in a snowstorm to get Larry and give him a loving home where he could live out the rest … [Read more...] about A Kind Man Rescues A Senior Husky In A Snowstorm In Order To Provide Him With A Loving Home For The Rest Of His Life
A wild parrot flies away with a family’s GoPro camera, capturing stunning footage of a New Zealand National Park
Alex Verheul and his family had left a GoPro on the balcony of the Luxmore Hut in New Zealand's Fiordland National Park. It didn't take long for a cheeky Kea (alpine parrot) to appear, grab the camera by the strap, and fly away. In doing so, the bird captured stunning footage of the park that the family would not have gotten otherwise if the bird had not come by. Verheul … [Read more...] about A wild parrot flies away with a family’s GoPro camera, capturing stunning footage of a New Zealand National Park
A Smartly Designed Milk Bottle Feeding Rack That Can Feed Multiple Baby Goats at Once
Feeding a tribe of hungry baby goats can be difficult at best. Many farmers built or installed a very cleverly designed wooden rack that holds up to 20 bottles of milk to feed them all at once in order to efficiently address the needs of these persistent children. … [Read more...] about A Smartly Designed Milk Bottle Feeding Rack That Can Feed Multiple Baby Goats at Once
Researchers Look At Plants That Have Been Resurrected From 32,000-Year-Old Seeds
Researchers in Siberia were able to establish viable Silene stenophylla plants from 32,000-year-old seeds thanks to the efforts of squirrels. This amazing incident, which occurred in 2012, continues to have a major impact on the scientific world, with Austrian experts currently attempting to decode the plant's DNA in order to determine how it was able to survive for so … [Read more...] about Researchers Look At Plants That Have Been Resurrected From 32,000-Year-Old Seeds
The World’s Smallest Chameleon Has Been Found, And It Is “Surprisingly” Endowed
Camouflage is a useful trait for both predators and prey, but it may be a pain in the neck for field biologists trying to increase their taxonomic contributions. When you're dealing with an animal the size of your fingertip, like the chameleon detailed in a new study published in Scientific Reports, finding new species becomes much more challenging. So, where does one look … [Read more...] about The World’s Smallest Chameleon Has Been Found, And It Is “Surprisingly” Endowed