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A fishy tale

As a kid I was (and, come to think of it I still am) intruiged by the way the archer fish hunts. The fish hunts insects and other small animals by shooting them down with a small ray of water:

Now I was pointed to this article in Nature magazine about a fish that can wriggle […]

Hairy lobster

A new crustacean (= schaaldier) that resembles a lobster has been discovered:

source: cnn / bbc
The decapod crustacean has very long fur along its pincers and is white in colour. It has been placed in a new family called the Kiwaidae, and it is currently the only known representative.
I think it looks really nice, something […]

An unlooted and previously unopened 18th Dynasty tomb has been found in the Valley of the Kings. American archaeologists found five mummies resting in sarcophagi, funerary masks, and coptic storage jars. It is the first such discovery since Howard Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922.
archaeologists said they discovered the tomb by accident while working […]




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