Nature

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Medium sized African Rock python (it was only four metres long they can grow to double that length) swallows a Hyena.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017 ... yena-kill/

http://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-w ... ch-a-hyena

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The ghost of the Thylacine?

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid ... &tbm=nws&*

[Vicky]

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There are some really beautiful photos in this article.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017 ... -at-night/

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Intriguing new footage of the massive deep-sea octopus Haliphron atlanticus.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/21 ... its-owner/

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-new ... 180962734/

http://gizmodo.com/this-elusive-giant-o ... 1793768429



Who needs heroin when this little bugger bites you?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39445664

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Yet more on the soft alien intelligence beneath the waves.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/ ... ilip-hoare

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... ephalopods

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-te ... v8r9l.html

I may well purchase this book.

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A new article on the magnificent Snow leopard.


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017 ... servation/

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This is fascinating - a great article on venomous weaponry in the natural world.

https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural- ... -weaponry/

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A beautiful big new species of cave spider has been discovered in Mexico.

http://www.sdnhm.org/blog/blog_details/ ... spider/80/

http://www.livescience.com/58644-big-fu ... -cave.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-new ... 180962848/

I will not post an image because I know some people suffer from Arachnophobia on here.

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At long last scientists have examined specimens of the almost mythical Giant Shipworm (Kuphus polythalamia).

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017 ... -bacteria/

https://www.seeker.com/earth/animals/my ... d-bacteria

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... pworm.html

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The Ghost and the Darkness.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017 ... eth-kenya/

http://www.livescience.com/58735-man-ea ... lyzed.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-n ... 180962961/

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-tale-teet ... lions.html

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Twenty five lost species that conservationists are searching for.

https://www.seeker.com/earth/animals/th ... vationists

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The remarkable life of the Star-Nosed Mole.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017 ... in-senses/

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The animals that can survive being eaten alive!

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170424 ... eing-eaten