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    Animals

    It’s Time We Tweeted About Pet Birds

    Bird are very different to us from an evolutionary perspective. Unlike cats or dogs, both of which are mammals, the bird evolutionary tree separated off hundreds of millions of years ago, yet we’ve been living beside these creatures ever since. For this reason, birds can be a little hard to understand. Unlike dogs, they’ve got no ability to control their facial expressions – beaks tend to rule that out. And they have a bunch of complex behaviors around nesting and eggs which are totally alien to most owners. A bird can wander off and sit on eggs for days, seemingly on a whim, without warning the owner first. The other…

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    Animals

    4 Events That Animals Would Win At The Olympics, Easily

    Remember when humans were breaking the four-minute mile or the 10 second 100-meter sprint? Impressive wasn't it. But, those records would mean nothing if animals could compete in the Olympic Games. Today, we're going to look at five fabulous creatures that would stroll to a gold medal after gold medal if they were taking part. Without even breaking a sweat.

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    Mysterious Designs

    The Nazca lines have grabbed the curiosity of many people for their enigmatic origin. One of the designs consists of a hummingbird, a very beautiful species of birds. Hummingbirds are also absolutely unique: they can flip their wings up to 80 times per second, which allows them to hover in mid-air. And they can even fly backwards!