Wow, That's Interesting

[Punk_M0nitor]

There is a such thing as legless lizards. They are not considered snakes because they have both eyelids and earholes, notched tongues, two equal lungs, and lack broad ventral (belly) scales. Some do have limbs, but they are nonfunctional in locomotion (meaning they can't use them to walk). There are seven lizard families with legless varieties, including skinks and geckoes.

They are also not to be confused with worm lizards (Amphisbaenia), another suborder of lizard, family Amphisbaenidae

 

[Borophagus Metropolis]

Different sand colors of the Sahara Desert.
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An aquarium elevator in Berlin, Germany

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An amazing look at bee honeycomb. It seems like a labyrinth

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Also, Sea Wolves are a thing :0

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Sea Wolves are real!? In that case, I am their ancestor!

 

[Punji]

 

[Nexus Cabler]

An unaltered image of a rarely captured aerial phenomena called a "Red Sprite", which only lasts a few milliseconds. Credit: Stephen Hummel

 

[Nexus Cabler]

A front facing Toucan. Glorious.

Dynamite Trees, or sandbox trees, are covered with poisonous spikes, and grow fruits that when ripe and mature, literally explode, making a loud sound and sending seeds everywhere.

Hans Island is a disputed territory between Canada and Denmark. The militaries of both countries periodically visit and removes the others flags and leave a bottle of Danish Schnapps or Canadian Whiskey.

Possibly the most civil and least violent battle for land in all of human history.

An Oasis in Libya. A work of art by nature.

 

[Nexus Cabler]

Night vision goggles are green because the human eye differentiates more shades of green than any other color.
The human eye is most sensitive to wavelengths of light of around 555 nm, which turn green.

 

[ben909]

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Night vision goggles are green because the human eye differentiates more shades of green than any other color.
The human eye is most sensitive to wavelengths of light of around 555 nm, which turn green.

knew that one

A front facing Toucan. Glorious.

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Dynamite Trees, or sandbox trees, are covered with poisonous spikes, and grow fruits that when ripe and mature, literally explode, making a loud sound and sending seeds everywhere.

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Hans Island is a disputed territory between Canada and Denmark. The militaries of both countries periodically visit and removes the others flags and leave a bottle of Danish Schnapps or Canadian Whiskey.

Possibly the most civil and least violent battle for land in all of human history.

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An Oasis in Libya. A work of art by nature.

more evidence that creepers are plants, not just exploding peat

 

[Nexus Cabler]

A beautiful cabin in Norway

One of the rarest horse breeds in the world, Akhal-Teke horses have unique hair structure that gives them a metallic sheen, which is why they are nicknamed "Golden Horses."

A photo of 21,000 year old footprints in North America.

 

[Baron Tredegar]

I present to you the most chill national anthem to ever exist.

 

[Kumali]

VERY cool. In exchange for that, I present to you the Grateful Dead (or three members, anyway - the vocal contingent) performing the US National Anthem.

 

[Nexus Cabler]

Spilled coffee art

Reichsburg Castle, Cochem, Germany

The size of this ammonite fossil

Scientists using bacteria on petri dishes to make art.

 

[Fallowfox]

@Zippy! I have been to the exact place where that ammonite fossil is from; I recognise them.

Black Ven - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Nexus Cabler]

@Zippy! I have been to the exact place where that ammonite fossil is from; I recognise them.

Black Ven - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That's really cool that it's frequent mudslide events allow new fossils to emerge to the surface.

Geology can work in our favor sometimes.

 

[Fallowfox]

That's really cool that it's frequent mudslide events allow new fossils to emerge to the surface.

Geology can work in our favor sometimes.

I'm uncertain whether the wiki page mentions it, but cliffs in this area sometimes spontaneously catch fire.

The geology is composed of older carbon-rich layers of rocks, which are heavily faulted and capped overlying mudstones, chalk and clays.
Oils and natural gas from the carbon-rich layers creep up the faults to the surface, and when there are cliff-slides it ignites the fumes.

 

[Nexus Cabler]

FBI fingerprint files back in 1944

Sometimes, if the heat and humidity are high, corn can be infected by a fungus that causes the kernels to expand and become the delicious delicacy known as huitlacoche, which is eaten, usually as a filling, in quesadillas and other tortilla-based foods, and in soups.

 

[Flamingo]

I bless this thread.

 

[Nexus Cabler]

I bless this thread.

I found you something

Flamingos gathered in the shape of a flamingo. Location is Yucatan Peninsula

 

[Fallowfox]

Some fruit bats can produce sonic clicks with their wings, which might be used as a rudimentary form of echolocation.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982214014250

 

[Yastreb]

The first ever picture of Moon's far side, this photo has a story worth telling. In 1959 when a Soviet space probe took it digital photgraphy barely existed so it was taken on film. The film used for this mission was stolen from an American spy balloon which the Soviets shot down, because only Americans had the right kind of film and they wouldn't knowingly give it to Soviets. Once the probe was in space and had taken the pictures it had to automatically reel the film out of the camera and develop, fix and dry it, all this in microgravity. Then it was scanned with a kind of analog fax machine and sent to Earth by radio.

 

[Fallowfox]

Anurognathid pterosaurs are a distinctive small-bodied group of pterosaurs that resembled modern nightjar birds.

 

[Borophagus Metropolis]

If you lay a dog on their right side and pull their left elbow back, that spot on the chest is where their heart is.

 

[TyraWadman]

If you lay a dog on their right side and pull their left elbow back, that spot on the chest is where their heart is.

Lay down, Boro I wanna test this

 

[JuniperW]

There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way.
It's estimated that there are 100 billion stars in our galaxy — which is more than 50,000 light years across.
And yet our planet, absolutely minute in comparison, is estimated to be home to 3.04 trillion trees.
Let that sink in for a second.

 

[JuniperW]

Anurognathid pterosaurs are a distinctive small-bodied group of pterosaurs that resembled modern nightjar birds.

On the subject of pterosaurs, there were some that could grow to the height of giraffes, with wingspans as large as fighter jets. As they were remarkably light for their size, they were still easily capable of powered flight, but are thought to have lived lifestyles similar to that of modern birds such as storks.
Hatzegopteryx (on the left) was the apex predator of Hateg Island, which was inhabited by multiple species of dinosaurs that had diminished in size over time due to an evolutionary process known as insular dwarfism. Those dinosaurs were its prey.

Speaking of insular dwarfism, did you know that there is a converse process known as insular gigantism? The dodo is a good example of this, being a giant flightless pigeon confined to the island of Mauritius.

 

[Nexus Cabler]

A 3,000-year-old Assyrian relief of a soldier diving under a river using an inflatable goatskin bag.

We humans have been exploring the ocean longer than we thought.

1938 Dymaxion

A domesticated strawberry on the left, and a wild strawberry on the right.