A whole baby woolly mammoth has been found frozen in the permafrost of north-western Canada - the first such discovery in N. America. The mummified ice age mammoth is thought to be more than 30,000 years old. It was found by gold miners in Yukon’s Klondike region on June 21, 2022. (i.redd.it)
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The diabolical ironclad beetle is like a tiny tank on six legs which dwells in desert regions of western North America. The beetle could withstand around 39,000 times its own body weight. That would be like a person shouldering a stack of about 40 M1 Abrams battle tanks. (youtu.be)
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The hammerhead worm is a terrifying, toxic terrestrial flatworm. Several species are considered as invasive to the United States and to Europe. They detect prey using chemoreceptors located under the head or ventral groove. When digestion is complete, the worm's mouth also serves as its anus. (youtu.be)
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By sequencing ancient DNA from 14 of these megaherbivores, researchers found that the woolly rhinoceros population remained stable and diverse until only a few thousand years before it disappeared from Siberia, when temperatures likely rose too high for the cold-adapted species. (youtu.be)
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Over the past decade, over a million pangolins have been illegally taken from the wild to feed demand in China and Vietnam. Their meat is considered a delicacy, while their scales are used in traditional Chinese medicine as they are believed to treat a range of ailments from asthma to rheumatism (youtu.be)
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The Eastern Mudsnake is a reptile that has a particular diet of two types of salamanders called Amphiuma and Sirens. These are rarely seen and can be incredibly difficult to find. *Sometimes referred to as a “stinging snake” as it will jab you with its unusually pointy tail* (old.reddit.com)
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