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The Most Popular Dog on Facebook

julia — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:58:09 +0000

Boo – the most popular dog on Facebook, go to it’s page seen by millions of users to see the beautiful animal. This dog is really unusual, adorable and very cute. Enjoy :)

Cute Baby Giraffe

julia — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:03:42 +0000

Giraffes, with their exceptionally long legs, are by far the tallest mammals on earth. Do you know how tall a newly born giraffe is? Males are known to grow up to 11 ft, 6 inches (3.5m) at shoulder-height and 18 ft (5.5m) tall to the top of it’s head. They can also weigh as much as 3,000 lb (1,365 kg). A baby giraffe is called a calf. Average weight at birth is about 110 pounds and height – over 6 feet tall. Stands up, unsupported, within a short time after birth. You can see the first moments of a giraffe’s life :) Enjoy :)

The Most Unusual Plants

julia — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:42:31 +0000

Rafflesia Arnoldii

This parasitic plant develops the world’s largest bloom that can grow over three feet across. The plant has no leaves, stems, or roots. It smells bad and has a hole in the center that holds six or seven quarts of water.

Hydnora Africana

The unusual flesh-colored, parasitic flower that attacks the nearby roots of shrubby in arid deserts of South Africa. The putrid-smelling blossom attracts herds of carrion beetles.

Dracunculus Vulgaris

It smells like rotting flesh, and has a burgundy-colored, leaf-like flower that projects a slender, black appendage.

Amorphophallus

The name means “shapeless male genetalia”, comes from the shape of the protruding black spadix.

Wollemia Nobilis

This bizarre looking tree was known only from 120 million-year-old fossil leaves before 1994, fewer than one hundred that exist in the wild. They have strange bark that looks like bubbles of chocolate, multiple trunks, and ferny-looking leaves growing in spirals. They can grow up to 125 feet tall.

Welwitschia Mirabilis

This flower consists of only two leaves and a stem with roots. Its two leaves continue to grow until they resemble an alien life form. The stem gets thicker rather than higher, although this plant can grow to be almost 6 feet high and 24 feet wide. Its estimated lifespan is 400 to 1500 years. Mirabilis grows in Namibia, and is thought to be a relic of the Jurassic period.

Drakaea Glyptodon

It’s an orchid. It is the color of, and smells like, raw meat. Pollinated by male wasps.

Cute Baby Seal

julia — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:18:45 +0000

Seals, fin-footed mammals, are a widely distributed and diverse group of semiaquatic marine mammals comprising the families Odobenidae (the walrus), Otariidae (eared seals, including sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (earless seals).

Red Sonia’s Exotic Panda

julia — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:13:41 +0000

This interesting animal lives in the forests of Himalayas. The Red Panda’s taxonomic name is “shining cat”. Look at this funny animal! It is a little larger than a domestic cat; has reddish-brown fur, shorter front legs and a long tail. Red Panda loves eating bamboo. It is active from dusk to dawn. And it looks so cute on these pictures!

Salar de Uyuni – The Biggest Earth’s “Mirror”

julia — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 09:30:43 +0000

Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat at 4,085 square miles. It is located in southwest Bolivia. I can understand tourists who go to this indescribable beauty. Looking at such a landscape, it is difficult to believe that this place is on Earth ;)

Beautiful Creepy Caterpillars

julia — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 08:56:54 +0000

The caterpillars in these photos are bizarre looking creatures but beautiful at the same time. Their look varies from scary to cute but they are always amazing to look at. They are some of Mother Nature’s most incredible insects.

Having a Grizzly for a Friend

julia — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:41:18 +0000

You have maybe heard the story about naturalist Casey Anderson and his best friend and best man bear – Brutus. I’m always fascinated with such stories of true friendship between people and animals. It may be unnatural but somewhere it’s the way it is supposed to be. Casey saved Brutus the grizzly cub from being euthanized when he was born in an overpopulated wildlife park. Since then, he brought up Brutus and they became real pals. Brutus has always his place at the family table during holidays and he even was Casey’s best man :) Inside the post, you will see incredible pictures of this incredible friendship. Hope you like it.

Stunning Caves

julia — Wed, 25 May 2011 08:25:49 +0000

A cave or cavern is a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter. Some people suggest that the term cave should only apply to natural cavities some part of which is in total darkness; however, in popular usage, the term includes smaller spaces like sea caves, rock shelters, and grottos. Enjoy these beautiful photos of some caves. :)

The Great Udachnaya Pipe

julia — Tue, 24 May 2011 08:31:01 +0000

Udachnaya pipe is a diamond deposit in the Daldyn-Alakit kimberlite field in Sakha Republic, Russia. It is an open-pit mine, and is located just outside the Arctic circle. It is more than 600 meters deep. It’s so huge that I wonder how much time it requires for the trucks to go from the bottom to the top…