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The Himalayas The highest mountain range in the world, the Himalayan range is far-reaching, spanning thousands of miles, and holds within it an exceptionally diverse ecology. Coniferous and subtropical forests, wetlands, and montane grasslands are as much a part of this world as the inhospitable, frozen mountaintops that tower above. The word Himalaya is Sanskrit for “abode of snow” –...
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Cuttlefish Use Humanlike Vision to Choose... →
Here’s a tongue-twister for you: Crafty cuttlefish can complete contours to carefully choose camouflage. What this means, without all the alliteration, is that the visual systems of these squidlike creatures are more sophisticated than previously realized. In fact, cuttlefish can pick the perfect camouflage even without seeing the entirety of what they intend to blend in with, much as...
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What You See When You Turn a Fish Inside Out →
The longnose batfish (Ogcocephalus corniger) has a triangular body and an upturned nose similar to a bat’s. The species is found at depths of 100 to 820 feet in waters along the southeastern United States and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. (Sandra J. Raredon, Division of Fishes, NMNH) Sandra Raredon calls up onto her computer screen a digital X-ray of a longnose batfish. The creature,...
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Violent Monkey Takeover Caught on Camera February 9, 2012—”This doesn’t look good,” says National Geographic Young Explorer Shayna Liberman. Young rivals are menacing a wild gelada monkey patriarch in Ethiopia, eager for control of his females and offspring. Hours pass, blood spills, and power changes hands.
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Spiders Jump With Deadly Accuracy in Green Light © 2012 National Geographic; some video courtesy Science/AAAS  January 26, 2012—Researchers have discovered a unique visual attribute that jumping spiders use in attacking and catching prey. The arachnids use what is called image defocus-proven in part by videos that show spiders jumping with deadly accuracy in green light (and fumbling in...
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cog-nito replied to your post: just as a suggestion, you might want to limit your posts to once or twice a day since they’re pretty text heavy Hell, I LOVE all your informative posts. The more the merrier! Thanks for the support.  :)
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greeniestapple asked: just as a suggestion, you might want to limit your posts to once or twice a day since they're pretty text heavy
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