This Shrew Holds His Long Nose Up When He Eats
Category: insectivorae
This is one weird ass shrew
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In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.

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.
February 27, 2009
Category: insectivorae
This is one weird ass shrew
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February 26, 2009
Category: Crocodiles
Recent conservation efforts in the Florida Everglades to save the American crocodile from the brink of extinction have been effective: Good thing. Territorial crocodiles hanging out in Floridian's back yards, however: Bad thing. The worst part? Once a crocodile is removed from its desired spot, it will travel tens, sometimes even over a hundred miles to return, using the Earth's magnetic field as a guide. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has turned to an interesting method of deterring the crocs' return once they have been relocated - taping magnets to the crocodiles' heads to screw up their sense of electric field direction.
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February 25, 2009
Category: beetle
A new study of C. maculatus seed beetles has proven the worst case scenario for most men: size and in this case the number of painful, injuring spikes on their penises do in fact matter.
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February 24, 2009
Category: fish
This fish has a see through head.
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February 22, 2009
Category: zoos
As many of you know, I collect zoo and aquarium shot glasses. I have the world's largest and probably only collection and it is my pride and joy. When I die, my children will most likely be left poor in...
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February 17, 2009
Category: insect
Pink katydids. Delicious!
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February 16, 2009
Category: arctic
235 identical species thrive in the waters around the North and South Poles, despite the distance 11,000 kilometers between them.
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February 13, 2009
Category: bird
Bird gets freaky with a puppet.
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February 9, 2009
Category: monkey
Incredible new research on life spans of monkeys.
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Category: mollusk
A small floating sea slug, clionidae or "sea angels" are ferocious little predators that hunt the "sea butterfly," Limacina helicina. When tasty sea butterflies get close, sea angels shoot out tentacles, grasp the prey with hooks and extract the body...
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