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82How DID the Elephant get its Trunk
The elephant's trunk is it's arm and can pick up a pin or tear down a tree. The elephant can use it it to communicate, to smell a snake a mile away and as a snorkel. Creationists consider the Elephant's trunk a failure of the Theory of Evolution but this is because no one knows how the trunk arose. A scenario whereby the trunk could have evolved is given but is vulnerable to future fossil finds.
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80Wiped Out from Existence: 15 Extinct Bird Species
15 extinct bird species of the world. From the Mauritius Island's dodo to the recently extinct Bachman's warbler. Like most birds, these birds were wiped out of existence due to being hunted to extinction by man for their meat, colorful feathers or...
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80Wolves: Hunting Behaviour
Wolves are among nature's best hunters. Their co-operative strategy has inspired humans since prehistoric times. But how exactly do they do it? What sort of tactics do they have to employ to bring down animals much larger than themselves?
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81Rare Animals: Top 10 Rarest Birds in the World
Below are some of the rarest, and therefore endangered, bird species in the world. The Asian crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) originally nested in eastern Russia Japan and China but, presently, the only known remaining population of the...
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82The Extinct Dodo Bird
The Dodo bird was discovered on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean in 1507 by Portuguese explorers. By 1681, the Dodo was declared extinct. Portuguese sailors were the ones who named this friendly bird that had been isolated on the island...
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79How Smart are Elephants? Intellect, Social Life, and Emotions of the Largest Land Animals on Earth
What do human beings, dolphins, great apes and elephants have in common? As far as science has studied, these mammals are part of an exclusive group of animals who can recognize themselves in the mirror. Scientists at The Wildlife Conservation...
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79The rare Marsican Bears of Abruzzo in Italy
Yet another species which is being driven to extinction, this bear is almost gone.
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79ENDANGERED SPECIES IN AUSTRALIA
WHAT IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES? If too many animals or plants of the same species (type) die, or are killed, they could become endangered. for example, it was feared for many years that there were not enough Blue Whales being born to replace those...
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85videoThe Giant Panda: A Visit to the Chengdu Panda Reserve
The Giant Panda, or the panda bear, is a creature so mysterious that its reputation is beginning to take on a mythical status. One of the few large animals that does not fall anywhere into the normal food chain, the Giant Panda is neither a predator...
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83All the colors of the... Tiger?
When we think of a tiger, we automatically think of two different colors; orange and white. However, what most people do not realize is that there are in fact five different colors of tigers, and even more shades within those color variations. Some...
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