Peregrine Falcon: Fastest Creature On Earth

On November 6, 2014 by Tim Newman
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When asked which is the fastest critter on God’s green earth, most people would answer “cheetah”. That’s not such a daft answer, the cheetah is the fastest animal on land. Others might answer marlin...

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The Darkest Art By Vania Zouravliov

On June 28, 2014 by Tim Newman
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I came across the art of Vania Zouravliov whilst I was putting together a post about the macabre and the beautifuly grotesque and I must admit I was taken aback. Zouravliov was born in Russia and was...

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Mobula Ray: The Jumping Bean Of The Sea

On May 26, 2014 by Tim Newman
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Meet The Mobula Ray Mobula ray (Mobula mobular), also known as flying ray, devil fish and my favourite – giant devilray, are huge epipelagic batoids. Basically underwater bats. They aren’t well understood and are relatively unstudied....

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Fish With A Transparent Head + Siphonophores

On April 7, 2013 by Tim Newman

This is the pacific barreleye. The dark blobs at the front of his greenhouse of a head are actually their equivalent of nostrils. The eyes are the greenish blobs inside the glass cage....

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