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Shark Snorkel: Guide to Swimming with Sharks in HNL
Shark Snorkel: Guide to Swimming with Sharks in HNL

1K views · Aug 29, 2024 itsnature.org

Snorkeling with sharks in Honolulu.

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10 of the World’s ‘Spikiest’ Living Things
10 of the World’s ‘Spikiest’ Living Things

259 views · Nov 18, 2023 itsnature.org

Not all creatures or plants have a guaranteed way to defend themselves against others who want to harm them. Nature has given many species a built-in safeguard from their predators, and some have no protection at all. An earthworm, for example has no guard against the birds that would scoop them up and swallow them

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10 of the World’s Scariest Sharks
10 of the World’s Scariest Sharks

3K views · Jul 1, 2022 itsnature.org

10 of the World’s Scariest Sharks.. Generally, most people would describe a shark as a huge, fierce carnivorous fish with very sharp teeth. However, this is just a generic description which cannot include all the 370 different kinds of sharks whose sizes differ a lot. The largest of all is the whale shark (forty feet long) whereas the smallest is the spined pygmy shark (six inches).

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Edible Dormouse
Edible Dormouse

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Edible Dormouse.. It’s not often that an animal is named “edible”, and although it may seem rather barbaric, the truth is that in Ancient Rome these Dormice were deliberately bred in special farms. And when a celebration was coming near, they were fed with acorns and chestnuts and then served as a delicacy. Nowadays, this animal, also known as the “Fat Dormouse” inhabits central, eastern and southern Europe, as well as the Middle East.