Dwarf sperm whale: The ‘pint-size whales’ that gush gallons of intestinal fluid when surprised
Dwarf sperm whales launch their intestinal tract fluid when shocked, comparable to a squid launching ink. (Image credit: St Petersburg Times/ZUMAPRESS. com by means of Alamy) FAST FACTS Call: Dwarf…
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Dwarf Planet Ceres’ Organic Matter Was Originally Delivered by Impactors from Main Belt: Study
Ceres is the biggest item in the primary asteroid belt, and the only possible ocean world in the inner Solar System. An international scan for organic-rich websites on Ceres utilizing…
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Dancing dwarf: A 2,300-year-old ancient Egyptian statue of a godlike man with a muscular 6-pack
What it is: A marble statuette Where it is from: Alexandria, Egypt When it was made: At some point in between 332 and 150 B.C., throughout the Ptolemaic duration Related:…
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Orange dwarf cave crocodiles: The crocs that crawled into a cave, ate bats, and started mutating into a new species
Image revealing an orange cavern crocodile on the left, and a forest-dwelling crocodile on the. (Image credit: Olivier Testa, CC BY-SA 3.0, through Wikimedia Commons) Call: Cave-dwelling dwarf crocodiles (Osteolaemus…
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