Giraffes on the African plain primarily eat the leaves and buds of the Acacia tree. The tree has developed sharp thorns along its branches to try to fend off the herds, but the Giraffe has kept pace, evolving a long and dexterous tongue. A giraffe’s tongue will be about 18 to 20 inches in length. [...]
The Paradox Frog, Pseudis paradoxa, is native to South America found in the warm tropical lowlands of the Amazon forest, and other regions in the neighbourhood. It is considered a paradox after it thoroughly confused early biologists who happened upon it. They first decided that a young frog grew into an old tadpole, which would [...]
The Atlantic Hagfish is a uniquely gross sea creature which has been called the Slime Eel for its special ability to be very very icky. One hagfish, which is a snake-like fish, not an eel, about 18 inches long, can produce enough thick gooey slime to fill a milk jug in one go. The slime [...]
Nine ladies dancing is a rather peculiar Christmas gift, unless we’re talking about a ticket to the Folies Bergère in Paris. Other than those crazy humans, it’s very rare to see ladies dancing at all in nature. Usually it’s up to the male of the species to dance. Just look at the Birds of Paradise. [...]
On the sixth day of Christmas we’re here to talk about geese. However, I find geese a’flying more interesting than geese just a’sitting around, so let’s take a look at that. Particulary the epic journey that the Canada Goose makes for their annual migration. In the winter, geese live primarily in Canada. Things are green, [...]
For the third fact of Christmas, let’s learn about three French hens. Now, the song mentions hens, but doesn’t go into any more detail. That’s ambiguous, as a “hen” could refer to a female game bird (duck, chicken, turkey), or just as easily mean a female octopus or lobster. Or perhaps the song is being [...]
For the second fact of Christmas, we have two turtle doves. My first question… how do these doves have anything to do with turtles? Turns out it has no connection whatsoever to the reptile, but it’s merely a coincidence of Latin language origins. The turtle of the turtle dove comes from turtur in Latin, which [...]