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Living world news archive: April-June 2008
Sloth's lazy image 'a myth'
(May 14, 2008)
The sloth's popular image as a lazy creature that sleeps for most
of the day has been called into question. Rather than snoozing
for more than 16 hours a day, as observed in captivity, sloths
in the wild doze for less than 10 hours, research suggests. Scientists
caught sloths living in the rainforest of Panama and fitted them
with a device that monitors sleep.
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more. Source: BBC |
Colossal squid's big eye revealed
(May 5, 2008)
The huge eye of the world's largest squid has been revealed by
scientists dissecting a rare, intact half-tonne specimen in New
Zealand. About 27cm (11in) across, researchers believe the colossal
squid's eye is the biggest animal eye ever found.
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more. Source: BBC |
Squid thaw set for a fresh start
(Apr 28, 2008)
Technicians in New Zealand are set to begin defrosting a rare
colossal squid, following a day's postponement. Having removed
the creature from the freezer on Sunday, the team realised it
would defrost too early for a planned examination by scientists
on Wednesday.
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more. Source: BBC |
World's only lungless frog leaves scientists
gasping
(Apr 8, 2008)
An unassuming little frog from Borneo has been found to have an
exceedingly rare anatomical feature – introducing Barbourula
kalimantanensis, the only known frog with no lungs. The Bornean
flat-headed frog gets all of its oxygen through its skin. Local
gold-mining operations, however, are fast polluting the streams
where the frog lives.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
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