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biotaBOOM: Why kangaroos don't need braces
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Why kangaroos don't need braces. I'm convinced my orthodontist was at least partially insane. He had a manic grin permanently fixed on his face, consistently commented on the colour of my (then blueish-purple) glasses frames, and seemed to enjoy injuring the delicate tissues inside my mouth - I never left without a bleeding gum, a cut lip, an ulcer-in-progress. If you have similar problems with your orthodontist - have you considered becoming a kangaroo? Why do their teeth get worn out so quickly? Nudibr...
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biotaBOOM: "Miniature puffskeins!"
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You might be forgiven for thinking there are some cotton plants sprouting up in the centre of this leaf. In fact, these tiny fluffballs are Honduran white bats (. Native to parts of Central America. They reminded me at first of pygmy puffs from Harry Potter. Except these are real. The bats grow to between a whopping 3.7cm - 4.7cm and are related to a species of bat known as the 'tent-making bat'. This is because they make tents. (The logic! Thanks to voguelady at Milk and Ink. What do you think? Three Bi...
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biotaBOOM: September 2009
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Why kangaroos don't need braces. I'm convinced my orthodontist was at least partially insane. He had a manic grin permanently fixed on his face, consistently commented on the colour of my (then blueish-purple) glasses frames, and seemed to enjoy injuring the delicate tissues inside my mouth - I never left without a bleeding gum, a cut lip, an ulcer-in-progress. If you have similar problems with your orthodontist - have you considered becoming a kangaroo? Why do their teeth get worn out so quickly?
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biotaBOOM: A fantasy nightmare come true
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A fantasy nightmare come true. Hold onto your desk chairs, arachnophobes. This is a real-life supermassive spider web in Lake Tawakoni National Park, in Texas. While you hyperventilate into a paper bag, I'll explain this monstrosity further. The web was built by a colony of millions of spiders as a hippie-style communal home and trap for prey. Normally, spiders are solitary creatures, so the discovery of the enormous web (covering several hectares of the park) has stunned scientists. What do you think?
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biotaBOOM: Three Bizarre Frog Facts: Part 3
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Three Bizarre Frog Facts: Part 3. Bizarre Frog Fact #3: This Frog Can Hold 50% Of Its Weight In Water. The Water-Holding Frog,. Is a weird Australian frog that lives in the desert and has a real thing for H 2. O Whenever there's a severe water shortage (and hey, it's the desert.there's pretty much always a water shortage), it:. Stores ridiculous amounts of water (up to 50% of its weight! In its bladder and pockets in its skin - this water is acquired when there's a sudden downpour of rain,. There was an ...
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biotaBOOM: A fish with no table manners
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A fish with no table manners. Here is a picture of a fish, called a 'sling jaw wrasse':. And this is how it eats its dinner:. Some more links for you. The fastest jaw in the west (Pacific)! Biodiversity of the Week: the sling-jaw wrasse. What do you think? October 12, 2009 at 9:46 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A fantasy nightmare come true. Whats in a name? What doesnt kill you, makes you stronger. Three Bizarre Frog Facts: Part 3. Three Bizarre Frog Facts: Part 2. A fish with no table manners.
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biotaBOOM: Three Bizarre Frog Facts: Part 1
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Three Bizarre Frog Facts: Part 1. Bizarre Frog Fact #1: Some Frogs Eat With Their Eyeballs. OK, no, they don't actually consume food. Their eyes. That would be a bit too bizarre. However, they do use their eyeballs to help push food down their throat. A brief article about this crazy behaviour was published in. Magazine recently, and it sums up the facts quite nicely:. For the northern leopard frog (. Don't try this at home, people. We are not frogs. Magazine, Issue 28 (Aug/Sept 2009), p.14.
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biotaBOOM: What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger...
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What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. And here is this popular saying, in animal form:. Seriously. Isn't that just incredible? Doing a Google image search on these. Is like confectionery for the eyes. You may have heard of it before - this entry is about nudibranchs, more commonly referred to as 'sea slugs'. They're smallish marine creatures with striking colouring and a truly awesome defence mechanism. But better still, the nudibranch then. A ridiculous amount of information about nudibranchs.
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biotaBOOM: Hey Nemo - watch out for that anomalocaris!
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Hey Nemo - watch out for that anomalocaris! So, you know the insane science fiction monsters and aliens that people invent? Turns out they're just WASTING THEIR TIME. There were stacks of weird things that lived here on Earth, during the Cambrian period.and this video introduces you to a few of them. What do you think? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A fantasy nightmare come true. Whats in a name? What doesnt kill you, makes you stronger. Three Bizarre Frog Facts: Part 3. A fish with no table manners.
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biotaBOOM: What's in a name?
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What's in a name? OK, multiple choice: which of the following are actual names of now-extinct species that once existed in Australia? A particular order of marsupials. An ancestor of the kangaroo which had fangs. C) The "Demon Duck of Doom", the nickname given to a fearsome-looking duck. D) None of the above - don't be stupid, this ain't science! Is it a trap? Is the correct answer 'd'? Is the nickname given to. A massive (2.5m! Carnivorous flightless bird with a skull larger than that of a small horse!
