animals
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Arctic Sponges Discovered Eating Corpses of Long-Dead Worms
Researchers have discovered a vast garden of giant sponges living close to the North Pole. It might seem like nothing could survive in the cold, dark depths of the Arctic Ocean, but these porous animals have come up with a unique source of nutrients: the bodies of their long-dead marine neighbours.
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Horrific Observations Confirm That Orcas Feed on Blue Whales
As apex predators, orcas can basically feed on whichever marine animal they want, but biologists weren’t entirely sure if these aquatic killers feast on the biggest of them all: blue whales. New evidence suggests they very much do, and it ain’t pretty.
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Monkeys Figure Out How To Play Crane Games
A crane game filled with raisins was left in the monkey pen at Japanese zoo Nagasaki Bio Park to see if the animals could figure out how to use the redemption game to get snacks.
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The Metaverse Is Already Here for Cows and It’s Very Sad
In Turkey, a rancher has begun putting virtual reality headsets on some of his cattle to see if the animals produce more milk when they believe they are outside in a nice, sunny field. Early results from the experiment are positive, but the actual sight of seeing a cow living in the metaverse so it…