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  This newly discovered snake species in Ethiopia feasts exclusively on birds'eggs https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/reptiles/dasypeltis-albigularis-snake?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  People started building artificial beaver dams in California. Now something "mind blowing" is happening https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/artificial-beaver-dams-california?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  How to help a beached, stranded whale or dolphin - and help save its life https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/help-a-beached-whale-or-dolphin?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  "People risk being attacked, mauled and possibly killed…" The rise and rise of the reckless wildlife tourist https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/reckless-wildlife-tourist?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  Watch agonising BBC footage of deadly crocodiles attacking animals oblivious to the danger – not once, but twice... You will be yelling at the screen https://www.discoverwildlife.com/tv/wildebeest-bbc-crocodile-predator-footage?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  How to grow an oak tree from a single acorn (it's easier than you think…) https://www.discoverwildlife.com/plant-facts/trees/grow-oak-tree-from-acorn?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  These giants are thriving on a remote island in the Indian Ocean. But there's a problem – their eggs aren't hatching https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/reptiles/aldabra-giant-tortoise-hatching-success?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  It’s 4,500 years old, 180km across and cloned itself from a single seedling – meet the largest, most humongous plant on the planet https://www.discoverwildlife.com/plant-facts/water-plants/poseidons-ribbon-weed?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  "Marine animals were mysteriously dropping dead: around 1 million were wiped out." Scientists now know the reason why – and it's terrifying https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/deadliest-algal-bloom?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  "It can handle the ionising radiation of space, exist in suspended animation for 30 years & will be the last beast standing in a nuclear holocaust" https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/tardigrades-water-bears?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Insects and invertebrates @insects-and-invertebrates-BBCWildlife

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  "It kills prey by wrapping around its body and squeezing until the victim has a heart attack…" The 10 most dangerous, deadliest animals in Borneo https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/deadliest-animals-in-borneo?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  Camera traps hidden in Amazon rainforest. They just captured an elusive animal doing something unprecedented https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/short-eared-dog-camera-trap?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  It looks like a tomato, has a very weird tongue, and can produce some extremely nasty secretions https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/amphibians/tomato-frog-guide?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  "If a person inadvertently touches this larva's bristles, they can suffer massive internal haemorrhaging, renal failure, haemolysis – and even death" https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/assassin-caterpillar?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  When 1,500m of fencing was removed from the Trans-Mongolian Railway, a long-lost animal reclaimed its native lands https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/asiatic-wild-ass-recolonisation?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  Fungi may survive extreme conditions of Mars and space, say scientists https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/fungi-mars?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  5.5 million bees found beneath New York State cemetery. It's one of the largest populations ever recorded https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/bees-new-york-state-cemetery?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Insects and invertebrates @insects-and-invertebrates-BBCWildlife

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  5.5 million bees found beneath New York State cemetery. It's one of the largest populations ever recorded https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/bees-new-york-state-cemetery?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  It can be seen from space, is the size of Morocco and home to animals found nowhere else on Earth https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/red-sea?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  “Rearing up, each reveals its two-pronged penis.” Meet the creature that fences with an unusual body part https://www.discoverwildlife.com/tv/persian-carpet-flatworm-mating?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  This diver was exploring the Great Barrier Reef, when he noticed something strange… https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/surgeonfish-colour-change?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  Millions of years old and still here... What exactly is a living fossil? https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/whats-a-living-fossil?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  "It had big eyes, a large head, chubby cheeks, and short, stumpy legs." The 6 dinosaurs that would make the very best pets - if humans had been around https://www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/bestdinosaur-pets?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  "Then there's those long, fang-tipped jaws..." 6 most cunning, devious spiders that manipulate, seduce and stalk their way to a successful kill https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/most-cunning-spiders?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Insects and invertebrates @insects-and-invertebrates-BBCWildlife

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  "Then there's those long, fang-tipped jaws..." 6 most cunning, devious spiders that manipulate, seduce and stalk their way to a successful kill https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/most-cunning-spiders?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  “Imagine a rainbow-coloured kitten, shrink it down to the size of your fingertip and add a few more legs.” It’s time to rethink these tiny and cute killers https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/jumping-spiders?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Insects and invertebrates @insects-and-invertebrates-BBCWildlife

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  “Imagine a rainbow-coloured kitten, shrink it down to the size of your fingertip and add a few more legs.” It’s time to rethink these tiny and cute killers https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/jumping-spiders?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  The Colorado River vanished for 5 million years. Scientists may have just figured out where it went https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/colorado-river-disappearance?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  Two spiders were sent to the International Space Station. Scientists were surprised to see what happened next https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/jumping-spiders-space?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into BBC Wildlife Magazine @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife

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  Two spiders were sent to the International Space Station. Scientists were surprised to see what happened next https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/insects-invertebrates/jumping-spiders-space?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Insects and invertebrates @insects-and-invertebrates-BBCWildlife