Saw-scaled viper are the tiniest (and among the deadliest) of the venomous snakes. About twenty inches long, they make rasping sounds by rubbing their scales together when threatened. Now a piece of research has shown something new about the venom of these snakes: its composition and potency varies across habitats, depending on what the vipers eat. The natural selection of venom, or how to pick your poison.
Red pandas have a sweet tooth. Not too surprising that a mammal should like its sugar, but they apparently prefer artificial sweeteners to the real thing ! Endangered they may be, but at least they won't get type II diabetes, these weight-watching pandas.
Here's a cool video that KT sent in: bubble-blowing dolphins.
Have an Egg-celent Easter, wherever you are.
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It has two ears, a heart, a forehead, and a beak for eating honey. But it is provided with fins for swimming.
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