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Archive for April, 2010

A Swarm of Bees

Swarm of Bees

When a lady that lives in Australia went out to bring in her laundry that she had hung out earlier to dry, she had quite a surprise. On the socks and pants that she had hanging on the line, were bees.They estimated there were  20,000 of them. The clothing looked rather colorful with all the bees ...

Beware of Entrapping Animals

trapped fox cub

A cricket club in Norfolk accidentally trapped a baby fox in it's cricket net. The little fox got tangled up in the net that had been laying too much on the ground. A kind good citizen, saw the trapped baby fox and got ahold of the RSPCA. The RSPCA acted quickly and got the little fox out ...

Rare All Black-King Penguin

All Black King Penguin

Andrew Evans, an National Geographic Traveler contributor, has seen and recorded a rare sight. A black king penguin. The bird is thought to be one in a zillion of it's type. The totally black penguin was seen and recorded on the Sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia on an expedition. There is normally some difference in the feathers of ...

The Hard to See Creatures of the Oceans

Anemone Larva

Our oceans comprises about 90% of the living area on the earth.The huge size of the oceans lets it be able to support all types of living forms life. Here we see a creature with many legs that resembles an octopus. It isn't though, It is an early form or a larva  form of a tube ...

The Golden Monkey Baby

Golden Infant Monkey

The golden monkey is an infant Phayre leaf monkey. Baby Phayre's are raised by the entire community of Phayre monkeys. They get lots of attention from all the other members of group. A group can consist of 40 mature monkeys. They all take turns looking after the infants. If a threat enters the area the monkeys are ...

Talking Caterpillars

Birch Caterpillar

No they don' t talk to people, but through extensive research,  have been found to talk to one another. They even tell each other to bug off, that's my leaf you are eating. They use little hairs on their legs to emit a sound to the other caterpillars. The hairs vibrate against each other. They pull ...

Blue Stork Nesting In German Town

Blue and white Storks

Most storks are white, but this storks feathers vary from a pale blue to a rich dark blue. It has been discovered living in a nest at the top of a very high chimney in Beigen, Germany. The stork is believed to be searching for a mate. Read more.

How Bees Make Honey

Honey Bees

I never really thought about it before. The bees are always on the flowers collecting the nectar with their rather long tongue, but what are they doing with it? Apparently, bees have what is referred to as a honey stomach. A special stomach just for storing honey in. As they are collecting the nectar, it goes into ...

A Nine Legged Octopus

9 legged Octopus

In Tarpon Springs which is located in Florida, I guess they eat octopus. The Head Chef, Emmanuel Psomas was in the process of cooking th octopus on Thursday, when something just didn't seem right. The octopus seemed to have more legs then normal. This is the first 9 legged octopus that he has run across in his ...

UK’s Ruddy Ducks

Ruddy Duck

The Ruddy Duck is seeing it's final days in the UK. The birds which have expanded their  flocks all over the UK and into Spain are now going to be killed. The government declared that £3.3million dollars of state-supported funds would be used to massacre the ducks which have become a nuisance. The ducks which now live ...

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