Tag: adaptation
The Most Traumatic Mating in the Animal Kingdom
When the terms “sex” “mating” or “copulation” are mentioned, those various images and thoughts that flash through our minds are often pleasant and exciting. Unfortunately, for one animal the word ‘pleasant’ is definitely not the case, and in fact the poor female experiences the most traumatic insemination known. The ill-fated victim is the common bedbug [...]
5 Wonderful Things Inspired by Nature
“Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher” ~William Wordsworth With increasing awareness of our surroundings, we have begun massively exploring how we can manipulate and adapt our surroundings to evolve around us, rather than slowly adapting to our environment. Nevertheless, many impressive breakthroughs of technology that propel changes towards medicine, [...]
The Deadliest Plant in the World
A plant that appears green and a little unique in appearance easily hides the potent toxicity behind it. Like all the others, its fresh star shaped leaves often invite many passing herbivores – no wonder many animals stop to ingest and the danger behind these plants are too well hidden to be seen. Resting with [...]
5 Animals with Parachutes
Animals are marvelous creatures that have learnt how to flee when necessary. Just as swimming moves creatures through the water, flying moves them through the air. The use of flight takes animals to a new food source, fleeing from predators and makes possible long distance migrations. Birds have become the most evolved representatives in becoming [...]
The Beautiful World of Scales
The world of Scales – most are small, plate like outgrowths from an animal’s skin or body covering. They are key features of many animals that deliver protection, whilst allowing handy flexibility and unique visual appearances. Diverse patterns, shapes and colours of Scales influence remarkable behaviours of courtship, defence and camouflage. Here are ten extraordinary [...]
5 Remarkable and Formidable Horny Skeletons
Strong, tough, resilient and an exceptionally impressive evolutionary adaptation welcomes the masters that are compressed, flexed and composed of horny skeletons. Working like a personalized body of armour – powerful and protective delivers us a wide range of revolutionary horny species. ExoSkeletons that are Tough ExoSkeletons – so its sound strange to think that an [...]
The World’s Largest Cave – Home to Bizzare and Beautiful Wonders
Welcome to the world’s largest natural rock chamber – accessible by a beautiful planked walk through the buzzing jungle of Mulu, and home to some of the most bizarrely adapted cave species is Deer Cave. Imagine it, its 5pm and the sun is rising in the exciting air of Borneo. The sky dangerously suddenly becomes [...]
The Longest Fin in the World
The thresher shark is an extremely ferocious predator that’s well known for its remarkable impressive elongated tail fin. Despite having small jaws, their deadly tails corral and kill fish in the depths of the sea with such power. Image Source Why so powerful? Like all marine creatures life in the blue is extreme and harsh. [...]
5 Extraordinary Animals with Eyes in the Back of their Heads.
The animal kingdom dances, paints and misleads others with various forms of colorfully frightening eyespots. These lurk at the back of animal’s heads, tails, and backs and are washed in deceit – an intelligent evolutionary adaptation and one of the most creative forms of defense! Often tricking, shocking and scaring the most ferocious predators, those [...]
The Coldest Animal in the World
Have you ever heard of an animal that has a liver functioning as antifreeze? An animal that can miraculously become an icicle and still survive? The most freeze tolerant animal in the world is an incredibly impressive adapted species of frog – the Wood frog. Image Source This tiny remarkable frog lives further north than [...]
