Snowy T Ballard
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Did you know moles can swim? I didn’t, until I saw this photo by Andrew Kirby of a mole taking a dip in an English lake.
June 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Did you know moles can swim? I didn’t, until I saw this photo by Andrew Kirby of a mole taking a dip in an English lake.
Iconic documentary maker Werner Herzog makes his views on Trumpian America clear.
June 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Iconic documentary maker Werner Herzog makes his views on Trumpian America clear.
In South Korea 🇰🇷, the sea opens twice a year for just 1 hour. This is the miracle of Jindo, when thousands of people cross the sea on foot. In South Korea, a special tidal phenomenon causes the sea to open twice a year, allowing free passage between Jingo and Modo islands for a short period of time.
May 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
In South Korea 🇰🇷, the sea opens twice a year for just 1 hour. This is the miracle of Jindo, when thousands of people cross the sea on foot. In South Korea, a special tidal phenomenon causes the sea to open twice a year, allowing free passage between Jingo and Modo islands for a short period of time.
The woodpecker’s tongue is one of nature’s most astonishing adaptations. As the bird slams its beak into wood at speeds of up to 20 times per second, the tongue’s unique path acts like a biological seatbelt, distributing impact forces and helping to protect the brain from trauma.
May 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The woodpecker’s tongue is one of nature’s most astonishing adaptations. As the bird slams its beak into wood at speeds of up to 20 times per second, the tongue’s unique path acts like a biological seatbelt, distributing impact forces and helping to protect the brain from trauma.
A bee pulling a masonry nail out of a brick. All on its own. Yes, really! Nature is incredible.
April 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A bee pulling a masonry nail out of a brick. All on its own. Yes, really! Nature is incredible.
By using glasses that distort the visitor's gaze zoos replicate natural interactions in the wild. In their natural habitat, gorillas avoid prolonged eye contact to maintain group harmony. This prioritizes the gorillas' mental well-being and promotes safer, more respectful human-animal interactions.
March 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
By using glasses that distort the visitor's gaze zoos replicate natural interactions in the wild. In their natural habitat, gorillas avoid prolonged eye contact to maintain group harmony. This prioritizes the gorillas' mental well-being and promotes safer, more respectful human-animal interactions.
Baby alligator practicing its death roll.
February 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Baby alligator practicing its death roll.
If you could blend all people on Earth into a meatball…it would look like this in Central Park. Just under 1 km wide and fits easily.Reddit user kiwi2703 created this visualization based on a world population of 7.88 billion people.
February 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If you could blend all people on Earth into a meatball…it would look like this in Central Park. Just under 1 km wide and fits easily.Reddit user kiwi2703 created this visualization based on a world population of 7.88 billion people.
When whales need a nap, they take a deep breath, dive about 15 meters and place themselves in perfectly level vertical patterns. No one knew that whales slept vertically until a 2008 study. And nobody captured really good photographs until French photographr Stephane Granzotto in 2017
February 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
When whales need a nap, they take a deep breath, dive about 15 meters and place themselves in perfectly level vertical patterns. No one knew that whales slept vertically until a 2008 study. And nobody captured really good photographs until French photographr Stephane Granzotto in 2017
