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    Dog Thought He Was Home Alone


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    Strong language (can't understand most of "conversation" anyway) - remarkable dog though

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    Tiny Chicken Learns To Walk By Wearing Boots

    A wonderful, heart-warming video about a chicken called Nubz. Nubz has more shoes than I have

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    https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/s...227222037?s=20

    I don't believe anything, but I have many suspicions. - Robert Anton Wilson

    The present as you think of it, and in practical working terms, is that point at which you select your physical experience from all those events that could be materialized. - Seth (The Nature of Personal Reality - Session 656, Page 293)

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    Animals ( & little humans ) are magical




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    I seem to remember there have been other videos about cats confronting bears, but this cat will ABSOLUTELY NOT be moved.

    https://twitter.com/i/status/1658105652542152705

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    Some people mistake these mammals for bats others for Lemurs that can fly but they are Colugos found in Southeast Asia. They are closely related to both primates and tree shrews.





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    --28 min-

    Imagine a civilization that outnumbers humanity by six orders of magnitude. By one and a half million times.
    And it's not some bacteria.
    These creatures have created a fully functional social order.
    They have a clear hierarchy, professions, and career ladders.
    They are long past the hunting and gathering stage and have successfully transitioned to agriculture and animal husbandry.
    They teach the youth, take care of the elderly and the disabled, and bury their dead.
    They can even reproduce by cloning.
    They have easily outlived every single species that prevailed on their planet in the last hundred million years.
    But at the same time, a simple infection can turn them into real zombies.
    Does it seem like some post-apocalyptic science fiction to you?
    And yet, it's not.
    It’s all about ants.
    In this video, you’ll find out how many ants there are on Earth, how much they weigh, when they emerged, how they live, how they practice agriculture, why their society resembles human civilization, and much more that will surprise and even shock you!
    Ants.

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    DONKEY CHAT - Is Ronnie broken?
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    (Watch for Ronnie's sensitive trembling lip, drooping ears and flaring nostrils as he studies his reflection, and then the change to approving expression with the addition of the jaunty hat/fashion statement.)



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    What happens when you tell an animal that you love them?
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    "Scientists have discovered that animals understand and react positively to being told that they are loved."

    (Though in the case of donkeys, it may cause them to get a bit overly affectionate...



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    Magical encounter with a whale:

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    The Longest Living Animals on Earth

    The longest-living animals can survive for centuries and millennia, even pausing the aging process altogether. Here are the longest-living animals in the world.

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    12. Seychelles giant tortoise: 190+ years old

    Tortoises are famed for their longevity. The oldest living land animal is a 190-year-old Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa) named Jonathan.




    11. Red sea urchins: 200 years old

    Researchers used to assume that red sea urchins grew quickly and had modest life spans of up to about 10 years, but as scientists studied the species in more detail, they realized these urchins continue to grow very slowly and, in some locations, will survive for centuries if they can avoid predators, disease and fishers.  The red sea urchins found off Washington and Alaska probably live more than 100 years, and the longest-living individuals in British Columbia, Canada, may be around 200 years old.




    10. Bowhead whale: potentially 200+ years old

    Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) are the longest-living mammals. The Arctic and sub-Arctic whales' exact life span is unknown, but stone harpoon tips found in some harvested individuals prove that they comfortably live over 100 years and may live more than 200 years.




    9. Rougheye rockfish: 200+ years old

    The rougheye rockfish (Sebastes aleutianus) is one of the longest-living fish, with a maximum life span of at least 205 years. These pink or brownish fish live in the Pacific Ocean from California to Japan. They grow up to 38 inches (97 centimeters) long and eat other animals, such as shrimp and smaller fish.




    8. Freshwater pearl mussel: 250+ years old

    Freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) are bivalves that filter particles of food from the water. They live mainly in rivers and streams and can be found in Europe and North America. The oldest known freshwater pearl mussel was 280 years old. These invertebrates have long life spans thanks to their low metabolism.




    7. Greenland shark: 272+ years old

    Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) live deep in the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans. They can grow to be 24 feet (7.3 meters) long and have a diet that includes a variety of other animals, including fish and marine mammals such as seals, according to the St. Lawrence Shark Observatory in Canada. A 2016 study of Greenland shark eye tissue, published in the journal Science, estimated that these sharks can have a maximum life span of at least 272 years. The biggest shark in that study was estimated to be about 392 years old, and the researchers suggested that the sharks could have been up to 512 years old,




    6. Tubeworm: 300+ years old

    Tube worms are invertebrates that live on the ocean floor. Bacteria in their tubes create sugars from chemicals, which they absorb as food. A 2017 study published in the journal The Science of Nature found that Escarpia laminata, a cold-seep species of tube worm in the Gulf of Mexico, regularly lives up to 200 years, and some specimens survive for more than 300 years.




    5. Ocean quahog clam: 500+ years old

    Ocean quahog clams (Arctica islandica) inhabit the North Atlantic Ocean. One ocean quahog clam found off the coast of Iceland in 2006 was 507 years old, according to National Museum Wales in the U.K. The ancient clam was nicknamed Ming because it was born in 1499, when the Ming dynasty ruled China (from 1368 to 1644).




    4. Black coral: 4,000+ years old

    Corals look like colorful, underwater rocks and plants, but they are actually made up of the exoskeletons of invertebrates called polyps. These polyps continually multiply and replace themselves by creating a genetically identical copy, which over time causes the coral exoskeleton structure to grow bigger and bigger. Corals are therefore made up of multiple identical organisms rather than being a single organism, so a coral's life span is more of a team effort. Deep-water black corals are among the longest-living corals. Black coral specimens found off the coast of Hawaii have been radiocarbon dated to be 4,265 years old,




    3. Glass sponge: 10,000+ years old

    Sponges are made up of colonies of animals, similar to corals, and can also live for thousands of years. Glass sponges are among the longest-living sponges on Earth. Members of this group are often found in the deep ocean and have skeletons that resemble glass, hence their name. A 2012 study published in the journal Chemical Geology estimated that a glass sponge belonging to the species Monorhaphis chuni was about 11,000 years old. Other sponge species may be able to live even longer. 




    2. Turritopsis dohrnii: potentially immortal

    Turritopsis dohrnii is called the immortal jellyfish because it can potentially live forever. Jellyfish start life as larvae before establishing themselves on the seafloor and transforming into polyps. These polyps then produce free-swimming medusas, or jellyfish. Mature T. dohrnii are special in that they can turn back into polyps if they are physically damaged or starving, according to the American Museum of Natural History, and then later return to their jellyfish state. The jellyfish, which are native to the Mediterranean Sea, can repeat this feat of reversing their life cycle multiple times and therefore may never die of old age under the right conditions.




    1. Hydra: potentially immortal

    Hydra is a group of small invertebrates with soft bodies that slightly resemble jellyfish and, like T. dohrnii, have the potential to live forever. These invertebrates are largely made up of stem cells, which continually regenerate through duplication or cloning, so these animals don't deteriorate as they get older. They do die under natural conditions because of threats such as predators and disease, but without these external dangers, they could keep regenerating forever.



    Published 9th November 2022 by Patrick Pester – Live Science
    https://www.livescience.com/longest-living-animals.html

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    Does it surprise that a shark would bring a turtle to people for help?


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    Just beautiful



    So cute



    A diving Jaguar, just amazing

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    This is a lovely story of the interaction between Orangutans and Otters that came about accidently.

    During the time of the Covid Lockdown, the Belgium zoo was closed and the Oragutans became very sad and bored as they had no interacion with the usual visitors and eventually became withdrawn and ill, before they accidently met their neighbours in the zoo, the Otters.

    Now, the permanent waterway connects the Otter and the Orangutan enclosures so they interact on a daily basis and have lots of fun.




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    Tarantulas can actually walk on water


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    This made me happy tonight


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    What just a little caring can do!

    We have parades of migrating tarantulas through the woods where I live on occasion.
    Quite a spectacle, but I have never seen them swim!
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