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Deepest ever octopus sighting recorded 23,000 feet below the surface

Researchers off the coast of Java have set a new record for the deepest encounter recorded with a 'dumbo' octopus at 23,000 below the ocean, breaking the previous record set in 1950.

www.dailymail.co.uk

World's deepest octopus captured on camera

A "Dumbo" octopus is photographed at a depth of 7,000m in the Indian Ocean's Java Trench.

www.bbc.com

 

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Isle of Wight pterosaur species fossil hailed as UK first

The University of Portsmouth identified it as a tapejarid, a flying pterosaur from the Cretaceous period.

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Amazon under threat: Fires, loggers and now virus

How the loss of the Amazon goes beyond deforestation - and what the nine countries that share this natural resource are doing to protect it.

www.bbc.com

 

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Dinosaur asteroid's trajectory was 'perfect storm'

The angle at which a life-destroying space rock hit Earth 66 million years ago was particularly lethal.

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Epic 7,500-mile cuckoo migration wows scientists

Scientists have tracked a cuckoo's migratory flight from Africa to its breeding ground in Mongolia.

www.bbc.com

 

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Giraffe gets its leg caught on smaller rival's neck as they square up

Conservation biologist Angela Ferguson, 28, shared the comic moment when the giraffe scooped its neck under the other's leg in a very awkward stand-off at Zambezi National Park, Zimbabwe.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Arctic dinosaurs travelled between Russia and US on prehistoric land bridge

The recently-discovered Kamuysaurus of Japan appears to be related to the "incredibly successful" Edmontosaurus dinosaurs who travelled between Russia and the US

www.dailystar.co.uk

Hundreds of bats drop dead across India as they fall out of the sky

Bats in India are dropping dead out of their roosts in the middle of the day with worrying videos emerging of dying animals lying on the hot ground

www.dailystar.co.uk

Gang of seagulls fight seals in dramatic battle for fish caught on camera

Seagulls decided to divebomb some seals in the hope of stealing their fish in an amazing video filmed by nature lovers in County Louth in the Republic of Ireland

www.dailystar.co.uk

Horror moment German shepherd trying to protect owner, 13, is torn apart by dogs

**WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT** The German shepherd ran to fight the two large hounds in a bid to protect its 13-year-old owner but was badly injured in a gruesome attack and later died in the vet clinic

www.dailystar.co.uk

 

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Woman hears pounding on door and finds two alligators fighting

Susan Geshel, of Florida, captured the shocking moment she discovered two alligators fighting outside her home after she heard pounding on her front door.

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'They’re fighting': Alligators pound front door of Fort Myers home

Susan Geshel said one of the alligator's snouts was on the glass window and pinned on the door. The other one was at a distance with its snout open.

www.news-press.com

 

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Great color combination!

 

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Ants photographed in the Philippines in award-winning pictures

Photographer Analiza Daran De Guzman took the pictures in the Philippines with her Samsung Galaxy Note 8. The mother-of-three spent four hours taking a picture and won a competition.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Moment crocodile leaps up at Aussie presenter as she poses for pic with it

THIS is the terrifying moment a huge crocodile leapt up at an Aussie presenter as she posed for pictures with it. Zarisha Bradley, a reporter for 9 News, got the fright of her life today when she w…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

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Monster python strangles deer on roadside – but it has a miraculous escape

The gigantic snake was seen sucking the air out of its helpless prey, before a brave man rushed to its rescue in the heart-stopping clip taken on a road in Thailand

www.dailystar.co.uk

 

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Two-metre python wolfs down possum while hanging from aghast family's drainpipe

Wildlife expert Stuart McKenzie arrived at the house to find the python hanging from a gutter, halfway through eating a possum. Sharing a photo of the beast, he wrote: “Wow isn’t this incredible!"

www.dailystar.co.uk

 

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Cats discover owners' pet cameras and their reactions leave viewers creasing

These clever cats have stunned the world of Reddit and Twitter by foiling their owners' attempts to spy on them with pet cams – with many felines vanquishing the tech with their paws

www.dailystar.co.uk

Cats have 'socially distanced fight' leaving Reddit viewers in stitches

These fighting cats went viral on Reddit after their “chivalrous” battle appeared to mimic social distancing rules – with both felines sitting apart throughout the spat

www.dailystar.co.uk

Pet camera films German shepherd taking owner’s clothes to hug while home alone

The adorable footage has been seen thousands of times since being posted to Reddit, where fellow dog owners said their own German shepherds also do the same with their clothes

www.dailystar.co.uk

 

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South Carolina couple finds giant megaldon shark tooth in a river bed

A South Carolina couple made a surprising discovery while exploring a river near Charleston. The pair found a massive megalodon shark tooth that is larger than a human hand.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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South Korean crocodile walked on two legs 120 million years ago

An international team of researchers from analysed the large and well-preserved fossil tracks, which were found at the Sacheon Jahye-ri dig site in South Korea.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Australian nocturnal parrot 'has not evolved to see in the dark'

The rare parrot was presumed extinct for more than a century until the corpse of one that had been hit by a truck was found by an Australian roadside in 1990.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Diver captures images of 'underwater aliens' living in the White Sea

A diver braved sub-zero conditions to capture images of 'underwater aliens' living 500 feet below the White Sea, which is one of the most remote and untouched places on Earth.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Alexander Semenov (pictured), a marine biologist from Moscow, Russia, spends just 40 minutes beneath the frigid waters reaching depths of 200 feet, but with the marvels of new technology he has the ability to photograph the deep-sea creatures

 

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[Helico-pterFunk]

Thought better of their decision ... had some doubt ...

 

[THE DRIZZY]

 

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[THE DRIZZY]

 

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[Mr. Met]

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Daaaaaaaaamn.

 

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The guinea pig that thinks it's a dog

Five-month-old guinea pig Margo, who lives with her owner Jenna Wells, 22, in Somerset, has the same coat pattern as her Border Collie friends George, six, and Jenson, nine.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Horrifying moment a woman's limbs are cut out of a crocodile's stomach

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The beast pounced on Fatimah, 45, while she was fishing in a river in North Kalimantan, Indonesia, last Friday night.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Sub-adult male lion dragging a zebra carcass to safety.

 

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Leopard hanging out with a fresh buffalo calf to eat. Leopards are the most widely distributed big cat in all of Africa - they are also the smallest of all the big cats in the genus Panthera. Despite being so cosmopolitan in their dissemination, good luck finding one. Leopards spend most of the daytime hidden in caves or trees - only coming out at night to hunt. They can very easily adapt to any terrain they may find themselves in. They are fantastic swimmers, superb climbers and they hunt the widest variety of prey compared to any other major african predator. There are up to 90 different prey species harvested by the leopard in sub-saharan Africa alone. Their diets can include insects, fish, reptiles and grazing animals - they are also very keen on stealing a meal here and there.

 

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Sub-adult male lion dragging a zebra carcass to safety.

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. When visiting the dentist goes wrong!