A funny story: Difference between Komodo Dragon and Frog
I asked ChatGPT o write a funny story about the difference between Komodo Dragon and frog. Here it is: Here we go: Very entertaining. (more…)
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5 Best Exotic Pets for a Small House
The best thing about being an exotic pet parent is that you get a tiny, quiet, clean, and polite companion. They are also great for small houses or apartment buildings, as they don’t need a large outdoor space to run and play. If you are considering settling for exotic breeds, read on as we have selected a few top choices for you. (more…)
Bats Use Water Ripples to Hunt Frogs
AUSTIN, Texas — As the male túngara frog serenades female frogs from a pond, he creates watery ripples that make him easier to target by rivals and predators such as bats, according to researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Leiden University and Salisbury University.
A túngara frog will stop calling if it sees a bat overhead, but ripples continue moving for several seconds after the call ceases. In the study, published this week in the journal Science, researchers found evidence that bats use echolocation — a natural form of sonar — to detect these ripples and home in on a frog. The discovery sheds light on an ongoing evolutionary arms race between frogs and bats. (more…)
U of T Researchers Uncover Major Source of Evolutionary Differences among Species
TORONTO, ON – University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine researchers have uncovered a genetic basis for fundamental differences between humans and other vertebrates that could also help explain why humans are susceptible to diseases not found in other species.
Scientists have wondered why vertebrate species, which look and behave very differently from one another, nevertheless share very similar repertoires of genes. For example, despite obvious physical differences, humans and chimpanzees share a nearly identical set of genes. (more…)