Bing Xing the giant panda, the Madrid Zoo's most famous resident, relished watermelon popsicles on Wednesday that keepers offered to keep him and other animals cool as temperatures in Spain soared past 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) amid a searing heatwave. Bing Xing, whose name means "star of ice," excitedly chewed on frozen fruit on a stick in addition to his daily quota of 50 … [Read more...] about Animals in the Madrid Zoo Eat Popsicles to Cool Themselves During The Heat Wave
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In Case of Extreme Heat, Bees Ejaculate Themselves to Death
It turns out that when drones die in intense heat, their last move is to ejaculate out a section of their own abdomen, so if you've ever seen a dead bee that looks like it has partly exploded, there's a strong chance it died a more NSFW death than you're envisioning. Dr. Alison McAfee, a postdoctoral scholar at UBC's Michael Smith Laboratories and an authority on bee health, … [Read more...] about In Case of Extreme Heat, Bees Ejaculate Themselves to Death