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In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.

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Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.

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Read the super-informative "Interview with the Bleiman Brothers" here.

April 30, 2007

Swedish Celebrity: Bilbo the Bamboo Lemur

Category: sweden

Rejected by his parents at birth, Bilbo the bamboo lemur was raised by hand by zookeeper Veronica Lindberg. As a result, Bilbo thinks he is a human and refuses to leave Veronica's side. Clinging to her back, wrapped around her...

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April 27, 2007

Dog Tail Wagging Breakthrough

Category: dog

Everybody thinks a wagging tail is the sign of a happy dog. But researchers have recently made a telling discovery: a) not all tail wagging is necessarily positive and b) one can tell this by which side (left or right)...

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April 26, 2007

Spectacular Ant Nest Molds

Category: ants

Researchers in Florida poured a liquid plaster-metal mixture into the nests of the Florida harvester ant. The resulting casts display astonishing intricacy and depth. One interesting discovery was that the top heavy nature of the chambers reflects age distribution within...

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A Marvelous Spatula Tale

Category: endangered species

A nearly extinct species of hummingbird has been captured on film for the first time demonstrating its spatula-crazed mating dance. The aptly named Marvelous Spatuletail lives in a single, isolated valley in northern Peru. There are only 350 - 1,000...

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April 25, 2007

Rogue Elephant Seal Rampages, Menaces, Sparks Official Warning

Category: california

Are you talking to me? I said....Are you talking to me? Northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Sometime in late March, "Nibbles" --a 2,500 lb. elephant seal living on the Sonoma Coast in Northern California-- snapped. In the ensuing month, the...

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April 24, 2007

Termites Are High Society Cockroaches

Category: cockroaches

In an embarrassing revelation for termites everywhere, researchers from the Natural History Museum of London have determined that termites are actually a highly social form of cockroach. Although they appear more similar to ants, genetic testing confirmed the relationship and...

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April 23, 2007

Giant Prehistoric Organism Identified

Category: fungus

For over a century the nature of prototaxites has been a source of mystery and debate among scientists. Growing over 20 feet tall and a yard wide, the organism grew straight up like a tree trunk, but had no leaves...

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April 20, 2007

Cyborg Pigeon Makes Debut in China

Category: Uncategorized

Chinese scientists have made a remote controlled pigeon. By planting micro electrodes in the pigeon's brain, the scientists can make the bird fly up, down, left or right."I'm looking for a boy named John Conner. Have you seen him?"Chief scientist...

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April 19, 2007

Female Wasp Larvae Eat Brothers for the Good of Their Genes

Category: Uncategorized

Bear with us on this one...it might get a little complicated:Wasps from the genus Copidosoma lay two eggs into a host egg (for example a moth or butterfly egg). One of these two eggs is male and one is female....

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April 18, 2007

Narwhal Horns Laced with 10 Million Nerve Endings

Category: Uncategorized

A small pod of narwhals, Monodon MonocerosFor centuries, humans have speculated on narwhals' bizarre horns, believing them to be everything from supernatural appendages to spear fishing weapons to tools for poking around on the ocean floor. In 2005 a team...

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