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With a 90% success rate, seahorses are more effective hunters than Great White sharks. It’s all because of their remarkable adaptations which give them a number of tools to survive.
Read it »Below 400 meters, food becomes extremely scarce in the ocean. This creates a very predatory environment as creatures must compete for food. Deep sea gigantism may be an evolutionary adaptation to eliminate predators. But it gets more interesting. Their large size means they have a very slow metabolism. That means they don’t actually need to […]
Read it »Ever wonder why you have certain body features that seem useless? They’re artifacts of our evolution. Check out this evidence of evolution that you can easily see on your own body.
Read it »Cats evolved over millions of years as both predator and prey. That evolution created a lot of survival tactics and responses that we still see in the way cats jump around today.
Read it »This video has a really cool explanation of the evolution of ocean predators and the origin of the shark. Learn about the insane biology of the hammerhead shark.
Read it »Just like other living organisms, plants have found some pretty creative ways to defend themselves from those creatures that want to eat them. From homemade insect repellant to spikes, barbs, and bark, learn some of the ways that plants defend themselves.
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