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From Bizarre Beasts. Braconid wasps are so intertwined with the survival of a virus that they partly share a genome. And this extreme teamwork is all for the sake of being better parasites. Find the full Ant Lab videos here! Subscribe to the pin club here: https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-subscription This month’s pin is designed by Sage Friss.…
From Bizarre Beasts. Try Rocket Money for FREE or unlock more features with premium at: https://RocketMoney.com/bizarrebeasts Ultra-black generally means a shade of black that reflects 0.5% of light or less. The most cutting edge nanotechnologies are only now starting to unravel how to create these void-like blacks, so how do animals like fish, butterflies, spiders,…
From Bizarre Beasts. The narwhal puts a curious spin on what it means to be classified as a “toothed whale.” The males’ left canine grows out in a long counterclockwise spiral, straight through its face. This tusk is a giant, inside-out, bendy tooth that feels everything and almost exclusively grows in males. But what is…
From Bizarre Beasts. One of the greatest conservation success stories begins with an extinction. The Lord Howe Island stick insect is an animal that came back from the dead. Endlings portrait illustrations are by Zoe Keller. You can find out more about her and her work here: https://www.zoekeller.com/ Find out more about the National Geographic…
From Bizarre Beasts. Dracunculiasis is a painful parasitic disease caused by the Guinea worm. Where it once affected millions of people, after years of effort in 2024 there were only 15 cases. We hope that soon there will be zero. Since the Guinea worm is a member of the animal kingdom, are we talking about…
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From Bizarre Beasts. Przewalski’s horse, also known as the takhi, roamed wild across Eurasia continuously for tens of thousands of years. And with their disappearance, Earth lost the last of its truly wild horses. But the story of the takhi actually has a happy ending. Endlings portrait illustrations are by Zoe Keller. You can find…
From Bizarre Beasts. Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers or Tasmanian wolves, went extinct in 1936. The conflict between them and settlers on the island is mostly to blame for loss of this marsupial, but the trade in thylacines for zoos, museums, and private collections also put a bounty on their heads. So, when it comes to…
From Bizarre Beasts. Get exclusive NordVPN deal here: https://NordVPN.com/bizarrebeasts It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee! The Mexican tetra, lives in freshwater streams and pools from Mexico up into the southern United States. But these fish also live in cave systems in at least 29 separate places in Mexico, where they have no…
From Bizarre Beasts. By the late 20th century, the Florida panther was down to just 20 to 30 individuals. Now, there are about 200 of them… Or are there? What if preserving an animal means changing it? Endlings portrait illustrations are by Zoe Keller. You can find out more about her and her work here:…
From Bizarre Beasts. Ancient texts described silphium as a remedy for everything from tetanus to tooth ache, and a delicacy – it could do it all and was prized around the Mediterranean world. But by the end of the first century CE, it was gone. This plant has the dubious honor of being the first…
From Bizarre Beasts. This week we kick off our new show ENDLINGS. And as a special thanks to 200 of our Kickstarter backers, we’re naming and mailing out 200 passenger pigeons. Check out the first episode of endlings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=toZOtKKrumzeTKt5&v=JbTAVnyHB88&feature=youtu.be And join us for an hour of naming and signing!
From Bizarre Beasts. Martha died on September 1st, 1914. She was 29. Martha wasn’t your average Hollywood starlet – she was something even more rare: an endling, the last member of her species. Just a few hundred years earlier, passenger pigeons flocks were so large that they could literally darken the sky for hours. So…
From Bizarre Beasts. Use code bizarrebeasts at https://incogni.com/bizarrebeasts to get an exclusive 60% off. *Pseudoscorpions are not actually scorpions, but a completely different type of arachnid with little claws, but no stinging tail. These tiny guys eat dust mites and other household pests while being some of nature’s most bizarre hitchhikers. Subscribe to the pin…
From Bizarre Beasts. Join thousands of others who are already harnessing their internet browsing habits to support the Humane League’s mission here: https://tabforanimals.org/bizarrebeasts Hank Green, Sarah Suta, and Kallie Moore rank… weird little guys! Will there be frogs? Bats? Tenrecs? What is the weirdest little guy? Follow us on socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow/ Bluesky:…