It may appear counterintuitive that an 8-inch wide defensive tarantula would choose to share its life and burrow with a half-inch slimy frog, yet nature permits the most beneficial relationships to evolve between the most unexpected species. Several types of interesting biological interactions occur between different species in nature, although the most common ones are … [Read more...] about These Giant Tarantulas Are Best Friends With Little Frogs, And Their Bond Is One Of Nature’s Most Beautiful
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”The most gentle snake”: 7-year-old girl has tea parties with her 16 ft-long pet python Cher
For most of us who aren’t familiar with snakes the sight of 7-year-old Emi having tea parties with a 16-foot-long python could be quite shocking. But Emi, from Surrey, England, has been playing alongside her pet snake Cher since she was two years old. At the time her Lavender Motley Sunfire Tiger reticulated python was tiny and Emi could carry her around her neck. Now … [Read more...] about ”The most gentle snake”: 7-year-old girl has tea parties with her 16 ft-long pet python Cher
Trolls target Sir David Attenborough with a shouting and ranting AI voice clone
Harry Potter star Emma Watson was also targeted After trolls utilized a swearing Sir David Attenborough on a new voice cloning system, security measures will be tightened. The living Leicester icon was one of many well-known figures targeted over the weekend, and as a result, the people behind the technology are now working to tighten security. Following its introduction … [Read more...] about Trolls target Sir David Attenborough with a shouting and ranting AI voice clone
1 Hen, 76 Ducklings: What’s The Deal With This Photo?
“It was mind blowing,” the photographer, Brent Cizek, said. Where she goes, they follow. All 76 of them. A female duck in Minnesota has about six dozen ducklings in her care, a remarkable image that an amateur wildlife photographer captured on a recent trip to Lake Bemidji, about 150 miles northwest of Duluth, Minnesota. “It was mind blowing,” the photographer, Brent … [Read more...] about 1 Hen, 76 Ducklings: What’s The Deal With This Photo?
Digging Deep: How to Feed the World With Perennial Food Crops
A leading researcher dishes the dirt on potentially sustainable agriculture for a growing global population More than 9 billion people will live on Earth by 2050. They’ll need to eat somehow, but we’re already running out of arable land. And many types of agriculture — including conventional farming of annual crops, which need to be replanted each year — leave fields … [Read more...] about Digging Deep: How to Feed the World With Perennial Food Crops