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Fascinating 1 year ago
The otherworldly Fingal's Cave in Scotland, its hexagonally shaped basalt columns are the result of volcanic activity during the Paleocene epoch, around 60 million years ago. [๐Ÿ“น Verginia Hristova]
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Check out this ruthless deep-sea predator: *Phronima sedentaria*. Unlike typical parasites that feed continuously on a living host, this amphipod is a parasitoid. Females attack salps, pyrosomes, and cnidarians, hollowing them out from the inside. They consume the soft tissues, leaving behind the gelatinous tunic as a makeshift nursery. Each female can lay up to 600 eggs inside this "barrel," using it as both shelter and transport. By beating their powerful pleopods, they propel the structure through the water until the larvae are fully developed and ready to continue the cycle on their own. With its eerie life cycle and alien-like appearance, *Phronima* even inspired the design of the Xenomorph Queen in *Aliens* (1986). [๐Ÿ“น bobtec]
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Fascinating 1 year ago
3D Cinema in Romance Park, Hainan Island, China [๐Ÿ“นirenuz]
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A380 speed 950 km/h vs Boeing 777 speed 800 km/h
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A peculiar, closed wing paper plane [๐Ÿ“น paper_plane_2.o]
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Extinct creatures brought back to life using AI [๐ŸŽž๏ธ hashem.alghaili]
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A team of scientists has discovered a new species of green anaconda in the Amazon rain forest. Prof. Freek Vonk has recorded a video of a 26-feet-long green anaconda, believed to be the biggest snake in the world.
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Majestic bald eagle [๐Ÿ“น nickloveswildlife]
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Siemens c60 with its camera [๐Ÿ“น retro_mobile_35]
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A baby sheep in the snow [๐ŸŽž๏ธ furbabiesplus]
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