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An arctic hare can leap nearly seven feet in one jump. Arctic foxes can be white, brown, or even bluish gray. Its color depends on the season. An arctic fox doubles the thickness of its coat during winter. Why do animals shed their fur? Many mammals need thick fur to stay toasty in winter and thin fur to keep chill in summer. So sort of like you do when the seasons change, they switch up coats. But instead of wearing a heavier or lighter jacket, animals shed their fur to make room for a new coat. Changes in the amount of sunlight in the fall and spring trigger the animal to lose old hair and grow a new coat that’s right for the season. For some critters, shedding helps them…
High Kick Male Kottigehar dancing frogs are only about an inch long. To stand out in rocky streams in Indian forests, these frogs lift and shake their back legs inamovecalled foot-flagging. The message to other males? Back off! That’s a Wrap Male adders in Europe and Asia wrestle each other for a mate. Scientists call the move the “dance of the adders.” We call it a snake smackdown. Winging It The synchronized steps of redcrowned cranes help keep these birds bonded for life. In pairs, the East Asian cranes bow, bob their heads, and run together with their wings outstretched in a romantic ballet. Strut Their Stuff If a female blue-footed booby likes the color of a male’s feet—the bluer, the better!—she joins him in a high-stepping strut. Then the…
This cat video was prerecorded on Earth before being transmitted across space. Scientists added graphics over the video that show the position of the spacecraft (the maroon mark on the dotted line) plus silly info like the cat’s heart rate. Cat Video in Space! Deep Space This funny cat video is out of this world. A kitty named Taters starred in the first video sent from deep space—the part of space that starts just beyond the moon. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which uses robotics to explore space, wanted to test the possibility of using a laser to transmit ultra-high-definition video across deep space. So Taters’s owner, a NASA employee, recorded the tabby chasing (what else?) a laser. Then the team put the video file onto a spacecraft that NASA launched to…
Near a murky river that cuts through what’s now southeastern Utah, a dinosaur longer than two school buses checks out its surroundings. The 40,000-pound creature is watching for predators, ready to use its strong, whiplike tail to defend itself. Once it feels safe, the prehistoric plant-eater lumbers toward nearby bushes for a snack. Some 150 million years later, paleontologists dug up part of this dino, a new sauropod species that’s yet to be named. (Sauropods are long-necked, plant-eating dinosaurs.) “Discovering a dinosaur is only the first step in a long journey,” paleontologist Luis Chiappe says. “Getting its bones from a dig site to a museum where more people can learn about the animal takes a lot of time and effort.” Keep reading to discover how scientists assembled the massive skeleton…
1 Most Dangerous This dinosaur wasn’t the largest predator, but it might have been smart—its brain was twice the size of other dinosaurs’ noodles. Brains plus brawn made it a feared predator of its time. 2 Smallest Predator Less than three feet from nose to tail, this scrappy creature had knifelike teeth that chomped on insects and other small critters. 3 Best Defense This plant-eater’s armored plates and pointy spikes protected it from the bites of predators. Plus, it had a clubbed tail to beat off attackers. 4 Largest Predator One monstrous meat-eater was bad enough. But these 45-foot-long creatures might have hunted in packs, which allowed them to take down large prey. 5 Loudest Dinosaur This plant-eater’s teeth and claws weren’t sharp enough to defend itself with. So it…
