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This animal is called the Hispaniolan Solenodon. It looks harmless but is very dangerous. Its saliva is highly toxic, and a bite can kill its prey instantly.
It has a long nose, lives only in New Guinea, and is endangered.
ALT Hispaniolan Solenodon
ALT Hispaniolan Solenodon
This animal is called the Hispaniolan Solenodon. It looks harmless but is very dangerous. Its saliva is highly toxic, and a bite can kill its prey instantly.
It has a long nose, lives only in New Guinea, and is endangered.
ALT Hispaniolan Solenodon
ALT Hispaniolan Solenodon
Tom Valentino retweeted
This is not an otter.
Not a weasel.
Not even close.
It’s a cat. 🐈 😆😅
Meet the jaguarundi, a wild cat.
Long, low body. Short legs. Tiny rounded ears. No spots.
And here’s the weird part: it hunts in broad daylight, chirps like a bird, and its closest living relative is the mountain lion.
You can find this bizarre little cat roaming from Mexico all the way down to Argentina.
How have most of us never heard of this thing? 😭
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ALT A picture of jaguarundi
ALT A picture of jaguarundi
Tom Valentino retweeted
This cat looks cursed 😅
Lykoi. Mutation left it looking like a baby werewolf. Half-bald, patchy, feral as hell. Personality of a golden retriever. Completely healthy.
This cat looks cursed 😅
Lykoi. Mutation left it looking like a baby werewolf. Half-bald, patchy, feral as hell. Personality of a golden retriever. Completely healthy.
Tom Valentino retweeted
Most people have no idea coconut crabs will drown if they stay underwater too long.
The big ones fully left the ocean, they breathe air now, wander miles inland, climb trees, and crack coconuts with claws that can lift like 30 pounds. Largest land arthropod on the planet and they can live 50-60 years.
Most people have no idea coconut crabs will drown if they stay underwater too long.
The big ones fully left the ocean, they breathe air now, wander miles inland, climb trees, and crack coconuts with claws that can lift like 30 pounds. Largest land arthropod on the planet and they can live 50-60 years.
Tom Valentino retweeted
Sperm whales take the strangest naps on the planet. 😕👇
These giants hang completely still, heads pointed at the surface, drifting like living pillars in the deep blue. Each “sleep” lasts only about 13 minutes. They spend just 7% of their lives doing this, possibly less sleep than any other mammal.
A research boat once drifted right up to two of them. They didn’t react at all until the hull actually touched them.
To stay at the perfect depth they even release tiny bubbles while they rest.
Sperm whales take the strangest naps on the planet. 😕👇
These giants hang completely still, heads pointed at the surface, drifting like living pillars in the deep blue. Each “sleep” lasts only about 13 minutes. They spend just 7% of their lives doing this, possibly less sleep than any other mammal.
A research boat once drifted right up to two of them. They didn’t react at all until the hull actually touched them.
To stay at the perfect depth they even release tiny bubbles while they rest.
Tom Valentino retweeted
That “majestic” mountain goat walking straight toward hikers isn’t posing for photos 😂👇
Almost no one knows these animals are salt-starved. Their alpine diet has almost zero sodium, so they’ve learned humans = walking salt licks (sweat + urine). That’s why they use the trail instead of vanishing up the cliffs.
It’s minerals, not magic. Give them 50 yards. They’re 300 lbs of horned muscle.
That “majestic” mountain goat walking straight toward hikers isn’t posing for photos 😂👇
Almost no one knows these animals are salt-starved. Their alpine diet has almost zero sodium, so they’ve learned humans = walking salt licks (sweat + urine). That’s why they use the trail instead of vanishing up the cliffs.
It’s minerals, not magic. Give them 50 yards. They’re 300 lbs of horned muscle.