This is both touching and amazing.
Category: Nature
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The Underwater Hiking Trail
No, this isn’t a hiking trail that was flooded during a natural disaster, it’s an Austrian area actually always under a lake during the summer. Then, during the winter, the park is dry and a favorite hiking location for locals.
Aren’t hippos simply precious? Don’t you just want to hug one? Too bad they are the single deadliest animal in all of Africa. Learn more about the beasts and other horribly deadly cuties here.
This gull is puking foul smelling oil that will actually kill most sea birds. Shockingly, that’s not even one of the top 5 grossest animal defenses in this Cracked article.
Some of the animals on this Discovery list are new, many aren’t, but they’re all utterly weird.
Vampire bats are given a bad name, partially because they survive on blood, but partially because they share their moniker with a certain Hollywood monster. But really, they live fascinating lives that rely on the altruism of the other bats they share a home with. Learn more over on The Proceedings of the Ever So Strange.
When the island of Monterrat was victimized by a volcanic explosion, everyone in the town of Plymouth was ordered to evacuate and the town was declared an exclusion zone. Since that time, the residents still have not been able to visit their homes. Unsurprisingly, images of the damage are striking and utterly fascinating.
Why make your kiddos the same boring plushies they could buy at the store, when you could make them an awesome light-up plush angler fish instead? It is not only cute, it will also get them more interested in science and double as a nightlight. Not bad for a plushie, huh?
I don’t know about you, but I have always found carnivorous plants to be fascinating. Unfortunately, it seems all we ever hear about are pitcher plants and Venus fly traps. This great article on WebEcoist covers seven different plants of this type, each of which are just as fascinating as the best known of the group.