Whales may be host to blood sucking fish
A study in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean has suggested that the blood-sucking sea lampreys, Petromyzon marinus, may be feeding on whales in the region. This parasitic species was photographed by observers in the region to be…
Eurasian Jays and the 6th Language of Love
Image 1: Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius) (Kaisla, 2012) There are five languages of love that the world know of today, but what do we know about the animals’ love languages? According to a recent research, the Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius),…
I welcome you to the world, gastric-brooding style.
The gastric-brooding frog, Rheobatrachus silus, was a species native to Southeast Queensland belonging to the class Anura. The species has been extinct since the mid-1980s years. They are medium in size, measuring an average of 55mm in body length….
Serenading the dolphins
Dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) Dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) are commonly found in the coastal waters in the Southern Hemisphere, more notably around New Zealand, South America and South Africa (Wursig & Wursig, 1980). They are known for having a…
Sloth; The Most (un)Deadly Sin
The sloth, scientifically known as Folivora, was one of the first creatures to make an existence high up in the tropical forest canopy of South America. It is a distant relative of the ant-eater and there are two kinds of…
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