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One of the two remaining northern white rhinos in the world, guarded 24 hours a day.
World Uncovered
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World Uncovered
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Curated discoveries from Earth and beyond 🌍✨
Joined October 2023
- Replying to @AMAZlNGNATUREBuilding an oil platform entails assembling and installing the structure through various engineering and construction phases.
- Replying to @AMAZlNGNATUREIn 2016, scientists discovered a dinosaur tail perfectly preserved in amber. Photos: A feathered tail of a dinosaur that lived 99 million years ago. A Cretaceous-era ant and plant debris were also trapped in the resin.
- Replying to @AMAZlNGNATUREHe didn’t even put his Cigar down. What a legend.
- Replying to @AMAZlNGNATUREThe bear was protecting her cubs…
- Replying to @AMAZlNGNATUREThose are sand fleas also known as sand crabs. They migrate with the tides, feeding on plankton brought in by the waves. Despite their name, they are not actually fleas or insects. They are related to crabs and lobsters.
- Replying to @AMAZlNGNATUREDucks stay still in the rain to avoid getting wet. Their feathers are waterproof due to an oily substance secreted from a gland near their tail, which helps water slide off easily. Baby ducks don’t have this, so their mothers have to provide shelter:
- Replying to @AMAZlNGNATUREThis is what the face of a true King looks like. In the wild, hardly any reach this kind of age.
- Replying to @AMAZlNGNATURELuna, an optimistic owl, sought to be a mother for nearly two years. Unfortunately, despite her best attempts it didn't work out. Wildlife rehabilitator, Robert. E Fuller, gave her two orphaned chicks and she took to them immediately.
- Replying to @AMAZlNGNATUREThis is how squirrel give birth: x.com/i/status/18052…
- Replying to @AMAZlNGNATUREThis ferret did the same thing. It wanted to show the person its babies…
- Replying to @AMAZlNGNATUREThat’s a spider infected by fungi. As the fungus develops, it produces compounds that alter spider behaviour. Eventually, the afflicted spider is pushed to crawl to a high place, where it usually dies. From there, the fungus explodes from the spider's body, producing spores that
