Category: Biology
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Fun Facts about Hummingbirds
Hummingbirds are nature’s avian helicopter. Admiringly watched by birdwatchers of North and South America, those small birds flutter their wings at an amazing 50 to 200 flaps per second — creating a humming sound. Comes in a wide variety of wonderful colors, they have the ability to feed from the nectar of flowers while flying…
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What Animal Causes the Most Human Deaths
From tiny insects to venomous snakes to huge elephants, the most deadliest animals on Earth came in all shape and sizes. Death causes by animal-related attacks is above national average of each state in the United States. Around 400 species are killers of humans and many of them located everywhere. Let’s find out the odds…
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How does the Human Brain Store and Retrieve Memories
There are many parts in the human brain that are involved in memory retrieval or remembering past events. One complex part of our brain is the long-term memory, where new information and experience from our short-term memory gets transmitted through the hippocampus – found under the cerebral cortex. This important limbic system structure has been…
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How Do Fish and Plants Survive a Cold Winter?
Ever wonder how do fish and plants survive the icy cold of winter season? Both adopt various processes to make it through the freezing months. All those species that can’t withstand an extreme weather condition became extinct long time ago. So how do they do it? Here’s Pat Graziosi to explain how fish and plants…
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The Sleeping Time of Different Animals
Animal’s sleep habits and resting time differ among species including human beings. Some mammals can sleep for almost a whole day and some for less than an hour that they can’t experience REM(Rapid Eye Movement). Some of them, like cows and horses, can do napping while standing up. Giraffes can stay awake for weeks without…
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Extinct and Endangered Species of Vertebrate Animals
Sometimes the vanishing of animals into extinction can be traced back to one single cause. In today’s rapidly changing world, extinct species are caused by a number of contributing factors like natural selection, predation by other species, endemic diseases and effects of human activity. The following data visualization reveals the decade-by-decade extinction of vertebrate animals,…
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Megalodon Shark: The Largest Predator That Ever Lived
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50 Interesting Animal Facts that will Blow Your Mind
Welcome to the marvelous, humorous and gorgeous world of the animal kingdom. Our understanding of these creatures has been drastically improved by evolutionary biology. Did you know that a starving mouse will eventually eat its own tail? Or that an octopus has 3 hearts? These and many more fun-tastic and interesting facts about animals and…
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What’s Happening Inside Your Brain on LSD Trip?
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Animal Hearing Ranges Compared to Human
Not only can some animals hear low frequency sounds three times that of human ears, they can as well hear sounds close to four times farther than human hearing range. Humans hear best somewhere between the audible frequency range of 20Hz to 20,000 Hz. We can listen to the rumble of a faraway thunder but…