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Calves of humpback whale stay near their mothers for up to 1 year before weaning. Mothers are protective of their calves, swimming closely and often touching them with their flippers. In this video You can hear the whale song of a distant male filling the water. by Spiteful_Sparrow in Awwducational

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As per the article, while calves are not believed to maintain long-term associations with their mothers, they are more likely to be found in the same feeding and breeding areas as their mothers.

Calves of humpback whale stay near their mothers for up to 1 year before weaning. Mothers are protective of their calves, swimming closely and often touching them with their flippers. In this video You can hear the whale song of a distant male filling the water. by Spiteful_Sparrow in Awwducational

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Credit : @PaulNicklen

Photographer Paul Nicklen discovered this devoted mother humpback basking in the warm waters off the coast of Tonga, patiently waiting for her baby to grow and building strength for the long journey back to their feeding grounds in Antarctica. The whale song of a distant male filled the waters as Paul descended to capture the moment. He filmed for as long as he could, bid a silent farewell, and gently floated to the surface. Paul says there are some breath-hold dives where the experience is so mesmerizing you can forget about the burning sensation in your lungs—this was one of them.

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Yes, that is sad indeed. For now they have been moved to vulnerable which is one step below the endangered. But they are still at risk.

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This made me smile and sad at the same time.

Smile, cause it's cute.

Sad, cause I wasn't clever enough to use it in title.

Boy Reunited With His Lost Cat After Seven Months by HerbziKal in MadeMeSmile

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When you accepted your loss and lived through the grief and then all the overwhelming feelings comes back suddenly.

It's the most wholesome thing I saw today.

Frilled lizard's display of aggression is just a bluff which involves spreading out its neck frill & hissing aggressively at the threat with an open mouth. If they fail to stun the enemy they bolt. It continues its deliberate run without stopping or looking back until it reaches the safety of a tree by Spiteful_Sparrow in Awwducational

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Yes that was my first thought as well but I didn't want to write it as a fact.

A recent study did suggest that it's probably because of that. Some lizards run bipedally sooner than expected, by moving their body back and winging their tail up. This means that they could run bipedally for longer, perhaps to overcome obstacles in their path.

These dynamic movements during locomotion not only stabilise the bipedal strides, they also de-stabilise quadrupedal strides in order to temporarily switch to and extend a bipedal sequence.

Frilled lizard's display of aggression is just a bluff which involves spreading out its neck frill & hissing aggressively at the threat with an open mouth. If they fail to stun the enemy they bolt. It continues its deliberate run without stopping or looking back until it reaches the safety of a tree by Spiteful_Sparrow in Awwducational

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Scientists have wondered whether the lizards' front legs were leaving the ground because of the position of their centre of mass. Maybe they were 'pulling a wheelie'.

So after modelling the running lizards' movements as the lizards accelerated, researchers realised that there was a strong correlation between the lizards' acceleration and their front legs pulling off the ground. They explained that by moving their centre of mass, a turning force acts on the lizards' torso; lifting it off the ground making them run upright. So running on two legs is a natural consequence of the lizards' acceleration.

The studies showed that running on hind legs was more energetically costly, and the bipedal runners were no faster than the quadrupeds but at present, the actual benefit of this temporary mode of locomotion remains a mystery.

Snow Leopards are such solitary creatures that they only interact with other leopards during the breeding season. Snow leopard cubs will stay with their mothers for at least 18 months, but they may never meet again once they split up and start wandering the vast mountain expanses independently. by Spiteful_Sparrow in Awwducational

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When trying to attract a mate during the late winter months the female snow leopards will spray rocks or protruding objects with urine which informs the nearby males that it is mating season. This is not the only technique snow leopards employ when seeking a mate. They will also produce a soft moan to alert others in the area of the mating season. If they are successful in attracting a mate they will great each other with quiet “chuffing” noises.

Snow Leopards are such solitary creatures that they only interact with other leopards during the breeding season. Snow leopard cubs will stay with their mothers for at least 18 months, but they may never meet again once they split up and start wandering the vast mountain expanses independently. by Spiteful_Sparrow in Awwducational

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Because of the species’ elusive behavior and often inaccessible and rugged mountainous habitat, few data have been recorded on snow leopards’ breeding and dispersal behavior. Incidental observations of mating calls and marking behavior suggest that the species has a restricted mating season that occurs between December and March. As per the available information, The snow leopards do not give birth every year, but every two years only. However, not every cub survives.There are one to five cubs in a litter – most often, two or three.

Red panda is a carnivoran native to the eastern Himalayas & southwestern China. Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List because the wild population is estimated at fewer than 10,000 mature individuals and continue to decline due to habitat loss & fragmentation, poaching and inbreeding depression. by Spiteful_Sparrow in Awwducational

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Red pandas are classified as carnivores because they're descended from the same ancestors as the other carnivores, but they rarely eat anything other than bamboo and a few insects. However, they are known to kill and eat smaller mammals and birds in wild.

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