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Monday, October 21, 2013

Animal News

Things are just ducky at the Central Park Zoo as eight rare duck species there have produced chicks this year.
Yeti, the hairy, ape-like stuff of legend for centuries, may have its mythical status undone thanks to a genetic match with a less fanciful creature.
The recent discovery of a monstrous fish off the Southern California coast has people buzzing -- what other "monsters" lurk beneath the waves?
How is it that certain bullfrogs, like Rosie the Ribeter, kick other amphibian butt during jumping contests?
A fossilized brain in the preserved remains of an extinct arthropod reveals an ancient nervous system remarkably similar to that of modern-day spiders and scorpions.
They've finally found a fossilized mosquito full of prehistoric blood! So a real "Jurassic Park" is right around the corner, right? Trace explains what exactly this discovery means, and if it means you'll be visiting Isla Nublar any time soon.
One key to the dinos' evolutionary ability to scale-up may have recently been found in their knees.
A bat with a rock-star name builds a speaker out of leaves to amplify and modify its calls.

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