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Deep Sea Research Centre/inkfish/Kelpie Geoscience A Shark Was Filmed in Antarctic Waters for the First Time Ever
Now that researchers know this shark is there, they have a slightly better idea as to where to place their cameras.
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You Have to Watch This Very Good Dog Try to Win an Olympic Ski Race
Maybe the best part is that the dog was captured by the high-speed photo finish cameras.
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bauhaus1000/Getty Images Archaeologists Found Proof of 2,200-Year-Old War Elephants in Spain
If real, it would finally give us the first tangible relic of the elephants that helped reshape Mediterranean history.
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Anastassiya Bezhekeneva/Getty Images Brazil Passed a New Law Inspired by a Dog’s 10-Year Grave Vigil. Here’s What It Does.
In the southeastern state of São Paulo, a hyper-loyal dog has helped rewrite local laws.
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Avalon/Contributor/Getty Images Why Scientists Just Shot Lasers at Charles Darwin’s Priceless Specimens
Museums around the world hold more than 100 million fluid-preserved specimens, many of which are too fragile or dangerous to open.
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Xinhua News Agency/Contributor/Getty Images Everything We Know About the Butterfly Scientists Just Grew in Space
The butterfly hatched while aboard the station and then lived in orbit, adapting to microgravity with seemingly no trouble.
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Pito Kung/Getty Images This Giant Python in Indonesia Is Officially the Longest Snake Ever Recorded
A snake so long it practically breaks the human brain has officially entered the record books.
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Humberto Ramirez/Getty Images 7 Animals That Do Truly Disgusting Things to Defend Themselves
Because nature is metal as heck.
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Nicole Marschall/Getty Images The 6 Deadliest Snakes on Earth (and Why You Shouldn’t Panic About Them)
As real as the reputation may be, super venomous snakes aren’t out to get you.
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diegograndi/Getty Images The 10 Scariest Sea Creatures That Actually Exist
These 10 sea creatures that are very real, very strange, and more bizarre the longer you think about them.
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