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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Oct 28, 2021 20:58:13 GMT -5
Arctodus is still the champion. I am not surprise if another bigger short faced bear is discovered.
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Post by brobear on Oct 30, 2021 10:15:39 GMT -5
Ever wonder why only mammals have tusks? www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211027085329.htm Fossil dental exams reveal how tusks first evolved and why they are unique only to mammals. Most people picture an elephant when imagining animals with tusks. But many other animals have tusks including warthogs, hippopotamuses, Arctic-dwelling walruses, and even a five-pound, guinea pig looking animal called hyraxes. Though the size of the animal and their tusks can vary they all have one unique thing in common in that they are only found on mammals -- there are no known fish, reptiles, or birds with tusks. Despite being an iconic feature of modern and fossil mammals the mystery remains of what evolutionary steps led to the development of this dental phenomenon and why are mammals the only animals today with tusks?
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Post by brobear on Nov 4, 2021 2:42:22 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Nov 13, 2021 4:24:33 GMT -5
earthlymission.com/wild-lioness-nursing-leopard-cub-captured-first-time-ever/?fbclid=IwAR3X6Ks3vt_iL3JzcyR7Su3qjWBI1HZdqcohbaQWjgdYnF_t4ifgbZG_IaU Wild Lioness Spotted Nursing a Leopard Cub for the First Time Ever. Photographs released from a Tanzanian wildlife area show a leopard cub suckling on a lioness. Yes, you have read that right. The photographs were taken by a guest at a lodge in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a United Nations World Heritage site, back in 2017. (Since then another instance of a lioness nursing a leopard cub has been observed, which you can read about below) Ingela Jansson, head of the KopeLion conservation group, told Associated Press that the lactating lion may have lost her own cubs and so was open to feeding the leopard cub. The leopard, meanwhile, appeared to have lost its mother. “To observe a thing like this is very unusual,” Jansson remarked, jokingly describing the extraordinary instance of cross-species nursing as a case of “confusion at the supermarket” in which the lion “picked up the wrong kid.”
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Dec 13, 2021 6:10:24 GMT -5
Invertebrates have killed vertebrates.
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Post by brobear on Dec 30, 2021 11:25:14 GMT -5
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10355527/Tiger-shot-killed-Florida-zoo-biting-cleaners-arm.html Tiger is shot and killed at Florida zoo after BITING a cleaner's arm when he entered the animal enclosure and stuck his hand through the fence to pet it. An endangered tiger was shot and killed in its zoo enclosure after biting a cleaner who had entered an 'unauthorized area' next to its cage. Deputies arrived at Naples Zoo in Florida to find the animal with the man's arm in its mouth and said they were 'forced to shoot' to free him. The maintenance worker was airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries. *NOTE: Every zoo has veterinarians on duty with dart-guns with knock-out drugs.
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Post by brobear on Dec 30, 2021 13:06:37 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Apr 3, 2022 2:43:44 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Oct 19, 2022 2:55:46 GMT -5
Sheep vs Goat - www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221017081920.htm The study revealed that mountain goats with their saber-like horns emerged victorious over bighorn sheep in more than 98 percent of contests at three sites along a 900-mile gradient of above-treeline mountainous habitat from Colorado to Alberta, Canada.
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Post by brobear on Jan 2, 2023 5:31:21 GMT -5
5 reasons hyenas like Harley Quinn's 'Bruce' are amazing By Mindy Weisberger published February 08, 2020 www.livescience.com/awesome-hyenas.html D.C. Comics' manic pixie criminal Harley Quinn gets it: Hyenas are delightful. In the movie "Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)" (2020, Warner Bros. Pictures), Ms. Quinn (Margot Robbie) acquires some new partners in crime, including a large and very intimidating hyena that she bestows with a pink collar and names Bruce — "after that hunky Wayne guy," Quinn says. While hyenas are ill-suited to be pets in real life, they are nonetheless fascinating animals that have complex social lives and astounding physical capabilities that even a supervillain would envy. *Read more on site provided.
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