Animals are Magical

[Eva2]

Sad - the beautiful melancholy song of the last bird of its species calling for a mate - he is now extinct.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3pqz_ZCjWkc

[RunningDeer]

Dog Copies Exercises From The Television

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VuecGZCRjZ8

Doberman Joins in on Exercise Routine

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ceQKxdWkg3Y

[mountain_jim]

https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/s...qskVIXnv44Hzpg

[rgray222]

[Bluegreen]

Crossota Norvegica Jellyfish



No one knows what they eat
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Squidworm



Not from Spongebob
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Sea Angel



Fierce predators
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Marrus Orthocanna



Multi-stage rocket?
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Bioluminescent Octopus



Glo-In-The-Dark
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Flamingo Tongue Snail



Floorbed fashionista
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Vampire Squid



I vant to d-r-r-ink your blood.

[Eva2]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tdnjmdMMkNA

[mountain_jim]

no so magical but

https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/s...04vHSsXGiIhoYQ

[Eva2]

Skateboard King

https://fb.watch/fvwCPjMmGp/

[Johnnycomelately]

Posted by Eva2 (here)
Skateboard King

https://fb.watch/fvwCPjMmGp/

Speaking as a cruiserboarder, as this little good dog is, that is [I]so cool![I]. Thank you. I messaged and emailed it to a half dozen friends and family, and got one amazed reply so far. Woo hoo!

[RunningDeer]

I’ve lost count on how many times I've watched this first one.

[Kryztian]

[Kryztian]

An alpine ibex, relaxing on a cliff.



The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), also known as the steinbock, bouquetin, or simply ibex, is a species of wild goat that lives in the mountains of the European Alps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_ibex

[Kryztian]

The Hundredth Cockatiel Effect

Sydney residents in cultural evolution war with bin-raiding cockatoos

Sulphur-crested cockatoos are defying human efforts to keep them out of bins by copying each other’s tricks, but more effective strategies to thwart them are passed on between humans too
https://www.newscientist.com/article...ing-cockatoos/

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=yfVpk-ZdJCI

Residents of Sydney, Australia, are caught in a battle of wits with cockatoos, as they try to stop the crafty birds raiding their rubbish bins for food.

As fast as they come up with new ways to stop the sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) from opening the bins, the birds are working out ways to defeat them. It is a classic example of an arms race in cultural evolution, says Barbara Klump at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Radolfzell, Germany.

The saga began when cockatoos discovered that people’s bins often contain food, with bread and fruit being particular favourites. The lids are heavy, but a few birds found they could pry them open at the front, grip the lid in their beak while walking around the rim towards the hinge, and flip the lid over.

The trick was seen in only three suburbs of Sydney in 2018, but by 2019 it had spread to 44 suburbs as cockatoos learned the trick by copying each other, Klump’s team reported previously. The behaviour is a nuisance for residents since the birds often toss rubbish over their front yards and streets.

The team has continued studying this culture war – this time focusing on the human side of the conflict.

The researchers observed the protection strategies being used on 3283 bins in four suburbs where bin-raiding by cockatoos had been reported, and gathered responses from 1134 residents in an online survey.

Some residents started putting bricks and other items on top of their bin lids, but some of the hungry birds figured out they could nudge the bricks off with their heads.

A more sophisticated tactic – which hasn’t yet been defeated – is to wedge a stick or a pair of trainers between the hinges and the bin to stop the lid from flipping over.

“Bricks seemed to work for a while, but cockies got too clever,” one resident told the researchers. “Neighbours on [the] other side of [the] highway suggested sticks. They work.”

The researchers found that protection tactics tended to cluster among neighbouring houses, leading them to conclude that they are copying each other’s tactics just like the birds do.

Once it was thought that only humans have culture, in terms of innovations that spread between groups, but examples have now been seen in several animals, such as chimpanzees, whales and even insects. “We know that a lot of animals are similar to us in the way they learn [from each other] and have their own local traditions,” says Klump.

[RunningDeer]

In the fall of 1994, I saw a white squirrel and the following spring, I saw the little guy again. I got a knowing to look out the window and that’s when the white squirrel scurried across a branch. It was after I called out to Source for help.

A few days later a blue jay touched down where I was sitting by the window only a few feet away. It was white where it’s typically blue, and it had purple feathers where they’re usually white. And when I doubted my request to Source another blue jay landed next to the white one with a squawk as if to say, “Now to do believe?”

July, 2010, I put out another call and shortly after a white crow caw-cawed in the pine tree outside my window. An hour later, I told my mail carrier when white crow did a fly-by one last time. Then September, 2010, I reached out again and there was a black deer in the country road. When I first signed on to Avalon my avatar name was WhiteCrowBlackDeer.

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[Eva2]

[RunningDeer]

Leaf mimicry is an especially clever form of camouflage. For some animals, looking like a leaf serves as protection from hungry predators. For others, it is a useful way to wait in plain sight for unwitting prey. The adaptation is most common among insects but can also be found in reptiles, amphibians, and even fish!

Leaf butterfly lives in the tropical zones of Asia and Africa. When danger is detected, the butterfly snaps its wings and instantly becomes like a dry leaf.

[RunningDeer]

The liger is a hybrid offspring of a male lion and a female tiger. The liger has parents in the same genus but of different species. The liger is distinct from the similar hybrid called the tigon, and is the largest of all known extant felines.

Length: 9.8 ft. (2.98 m) – 11 ft. (3.35 m) (Male, Adult)
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[rgray222]

[RunningDeer]

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[Inversion]

Posted by RunningDeer (here)

Leaf butterfly lives in the tropical zones of Asia and Africa. When danger is detected, the butterfly snaps its wings and instantly becomes like a dry leaf.

Wow! That incredible.

Kallima inachus

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qq2hIS4ogYM