nature
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Watching A Butterfly Hatch Looks Beautifully Alien
Video: One of the wildest things that happens in nature is caterpillars go to sleep one day and then transform into a damn butterfly after a month. I thought that as a kid, and I still think it now. Like, that’s the closest thing we have to actual sorcery on Earth.
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Sloths Are Amazingly Fast Swimmers When They’re Chasing Sex
Yesterday was the first episode of Planet Earth II, hosted by universally beloved nonagenarian David Attenborough. The six-episode series was filmed in 40 countries over three years, and whatever it cost, it was worth every damn penny.
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What Hiking From Mexico To Canada Does To Your Shoes
Hiking from Mexico through the United States and all the way up to Canada on the Pacific Coast Trail is just a little bit beyond a stroll in the park. It took Andrew Holzscuh, the hiker in the video, 166 days to take on over 4,184km. He got it done with only four pairs of…
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Why The Heck Does This Hummingbird’s Face Look Like A Shiny Purple Octopus?
Man, this Costa’s hummingbird legitimately looks like it has a shiny purple baby octopus attached to its face like the facehugger in Alien. I mean, look at how wacky it looks, it almost seems as if the octopus was digitally slapped onto the face. But it’s not. It looks that way because male Costa’s hummingbirds…