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Snakes have a very unique and fascinating way of eating food.Snakes swallow their prey whole, so the food a snake eats depends on its size. Though snakes are meat-eating animals, they do not have the teeth necessary to tear into flesh and chew, so they generally swallow their food whole by opening their mouths very wide.A snake’s jaw opens wider than its size to engulf its prey. Once its prey is swallowed, the muscles in the snake’s body push it down to its stomach....

I’ve never related to a pet more than I do to this dog who refuses to join his owner on a walk. It’s the Monday morning after a long weekend, and I was up late watching my favorite football team get their butts kicked into outer space. So I find myself in the same headspace as this chow chow: Do I have to? chow that refuses to walk is gently dragged in Central Park Credit: Courtesy of coffeebeanzzzzzzz / TikTok I do have to, but this auburn-colored dog wasn’t going to submit that easily to a walk in the park....

Sergei Mikhailovich Kurzanov, a Russian paleontologist, discovered the fossils of this bird-like dinosaur in the summer of 1987 during a joint Soviet-Mongolian expedition. The Avimimus dinosaurs were small theropods that are believed to have had bird-like characteristics and behaviors. Paleontologists believe that these dinosaur species were the most intelligent ones of their kind. Living in the late Cretaceous period, these theropod dinosaurs walked on two slender legs like birds and looked like a large reptilian roadrunner....

There are 90 species of angelfish in the world and the banded angelfish (Apolemichthys arcuatus) is one type of angelfish in this family. They are known by other common names including white and black bandit angelfish, bandit angelfish, and black-banded angelfish. Banded angelfish (Apolemichthys arcuatus) are found in corals and reef environments in the Hawaiian Islands as well as in the Johnston atoll. Banded angelfish (Apolemichthys arcuatus) is a Least Concern species as classified by the International Union For Conservation Of Nature IUCN Red List....

The catshark is a ground shark with a commonly dark body and a protracted anal fin that ends where the caudal fin begins. They are not harmful to humans and have over 150 species.The snouts of the catshark are flat, and they have long cat-like eyes, which gives them their name. Most of these species have patterns like stripes, patches, or spots. They are found in temperate and tropical seas around the world....

The Cryptosaurus is a dinosaur that belongs to the Ankylosauria suborder. The hidden right femur of this Ankylosaur dinosaur, which is also the holotype, was first uncovered by Lucas Ewbank in 1869. Lucas Ewbank was a geologist who donated the holotype to the Woodwardian museum in Cambridge. The partial fossil remains were found near the Ampthill Clay Formation in the brick pit of the Gransden in the strata of Oxford Clay in England....

An Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis), also known as a red fox or an Abyssinian wolf, is only found in Africa’s Ethiopian highlands. These wolves are rusty red in color with an underfur-covered body. Their body is specially made with underfur to keep them warm in the cold and freezing weathers.The Ethiopian wolf conservation status is listed as Endangered as they are getting lesser and lesser every day due to habitat loss, destruction and diseases like rabies which they can come easily into contact with....

The beagle shepherds are a mix of two of the most famous dogs breeds, the beagle and the German shepherd. It inherits the German shepherd’s intelligence, speed, and defensive instincts, and the amicable characteristics of the beagle. In any case, this designer dog can inherit qualities from one of its parent breeds more than the other. The beagle shepherd has a German shepherd-sized lean body and the cute and friendly face of a beagle....

Lace monitors or Tree goannas belong to the fascinating family of lizards. This huge Lace monitor is only second in size after Perentie of the tree goannas. It can grow up to 2.5 m in length (SVL- Snout vent length) and weigh up to 14 kg. Most of them are much smaller. The females are smaller than males.There are two types of Lace monitors. The main type is bluish-black color with cream bands across the body....

Northern waterthrushes are large warblers that are native to the North American regions with a migration route that takes them into the South American regions as far south as eastern Colombia and northern Ecuador! They nest, breed, and live in the North American regions in the summer and take off to Southern America to spend their winters.Northern waterthrushes prefer to live in wet habitats with their breeding grounds occurring in mostly wooded swamps and bogs....

Are you a lover of history and want to know about ancient animals like dinosaurs? Take a deep dive into the history of the Jurassic age to know about a special type of dinosaur, the Palaeopteryx.The Palaeopteryx was a small dinosaur that resided in North America during the Jurassic period. Not much is known about this dinosaur, and its features, as very little information, are available.This dinosaur genus was initially misidentified by J....

The Panda ant, Euspinolia militaris as is the scientific name of this wasp, belongs to the Mutillidae family. They are also known as cow-killer insects, however, it’s the harvester ant that is dangerous. These panda ants are relatives of the velvet ants. The common name is panda ant due to the white and black coloration of the insects. These insects are not actually ants but are wasps. This wasp is native to Chilean sclerophyll forests....

Are you looking for some friendly fish to add to your pond? Then look no further than the pond loach! These small fish are the perfect fish to keep in a tank, or in a home pond if you are fancy that way. These eel-shaped fish work well with almost every other kind of fish, though you should think twice before you house them with smaller fish. Forever active, they can be aggressive only in their breeding season, when they need to be parted from their eggs in case they eat them....

Rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus moluccanus) are found across the regions of eastern Australia and northern Australia. This species of bird is also found in Perth (western Australia) and Tasmania because of an aviary escape or release, or by natural introduction. Rainbow lorikeets satisfy the meaning of their name with bright green feathers on their heads, backs, and wings. Their bellies and faces have a blue plumage with bright red chest which bring out the highlights of orange and yellow on their sides....

Sharks are very popular marine predators and have widely gained notoriety as mean villains through movies and cartoons. The sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, is also known by the name blue nurse sand tiger shark or spotted a ragged tooth shark. They are called grey nurse sharks in Australia. Tiger sand sharks are widely distributed across the globe. Common sand tiger shark habitats are subtropical, tropical, and temperate waters.The sand tiger shark species are threatened due to extensive commercial fishing....

Have you ever been rock-pooling along the rocky coasts? Then you might have seen these cute fishes living in them, which fall into this tiny universe created ashore by tides. It is pretty tricky to search for a Shanny if it stays still because its mottled color dispenses excellent camouflage. They are commonly called Shanny and belong to the species of Combtooth blenny. The other names it has are Soft blenny, Common blenny, or Blennius pholis....

Wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) birds are a part of the Old World species group. They are a bird species that can be spotted throughout oak woods and forests situated in Europe, the UK, Asia, and Russia. They should not be confused with the bird, the willow warbler, despite their distinctly similar features. Their migration pattern has revealed that they love to migrate to mossy and densely forested areas in Africa. They spend the majority of their time in Africa and only go to the north for breeding purposes....

dog sitting in couple's lap Credit: Bogdan Sonjachnyj / Shutterstock On This Page What Is Heartgard for Dogs? Is It Safe for All Dogs? Side Effects Dosage Heartgard Vs. Other Heartworm Medications Cost Do I Need a Vet Prescription for Heartgard? Drug Interactions and Warnings Many dog parents are aware of the threat of heartworm disease and use a form of heartworm prevention like Heartgard Plus to protect their dogs....

small sea turtles swim in clear water Credit: vetaco / Getty For many people, the idea of finding something living in a storm drain only conjures up images of killer clowns. But for various volunteers up and down the New Jersey shore, movement in a storm drain usually means something different: turtle babies. Over the past several days, volunteers have collected just a shade more than 800 baby terrapin turtles from drains across several oceanside communities, WPXI reports....

Since May, followers of the Pennsylvania SPCA’s social media accounts have been receiving updates on Pepe, an adorably energetic pit bull mix. The happy fellow had been brought into the shelter the previous October and was finding shelter life particularly hard. So the PSPCA pulled out all the stops, making him the subject of weekly social media updates that searched for a forever home to call his own. Then, on October 18, the good news finally came: Pepe had been adopted....