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Researchers approached the snake and quickly discovered the “rare” behavior, the study said.
Several unusual animal sightings have taken place in Sandusky County, and Andrew Brown, director of the Sandusky County Park District, keeps an informal list that includes spoonbills, porcupines ...
Fossils have revealed an ancient marine reptile with a loosely connected jaw that allowed its throat to balloon out to a massive size so it could filter feed the way right whales do today.
Most parareptiles had an ilium which was fan-shaped and vertically (rather than horizontally) oriented, an unusual trait among early amniotes. [ 4 ] [ 9 ] [ 7 ] The sacral ribs, which connect the spine to the ilium, were usually slender or fan-shaped, with large gaps between them. [ 4 ]
The most unusual feature was that the dorsal surface also had two thick ossifications, with smooth surfaces and wide bases, which cannot be part of the parietal bone. This demonstrates the existence of paired ossifications between the supraoccipital and the parietal, which can only be homologous to the postparietals of basal amniotes .
The common name false water cobra is an allusion to its ability to flatten its neck, similar to a cobra, as a defensive reaction to make it look larger and more intimidating. [9] Unlike the true cobra, though, the false water cobra stays in a horizontal position when it hoods, rather than rearing into a vertical position. [ 12 ]
Some viral videos involved more than one animal, like one the USA TODAY Network obtained in June showing a fearless bear fighting off two alligators in a Florida river.
(video) Pig-nosed turtle swimming. The pig-nosed turtle is unlike any other species of freshwater turtle in its combination of traits. The feet are flippers, resembling those of marine turtles. The nose looks like that of a pig, having the nostrils at the end of a fleshy snout, hence the common name.