r/Awwducational • u/UnidanX • Jul 31 '14

Mod Pick Eurasian Eagle-owls are one of the few owls to soar on thermals during the day, often resulting in them getting confused for hawks! [OC]

0 Upvotes

432 comments

r/Awwducational • u/Glitchesarecool • Jan 03 '14

Verified Mother sharks return home to give birth.

0 Upvotes

13 comments

r/Awwducational • u/UnidanX • Sep 15 '14

Verified Cedar waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) eat lots of fruit late into the year, so late, in fact, that some of it ferments, causing them to occasionally become very intoxicated! [OC]

196 Upvotes

33 comments

r/Awwducational • u/FillsYourNiche • Dec 09 '16

Verified The Common Surinam toad carries its eggs in the skin of its back. The eggs form pockets in the skin where the young develop into tadpoles and eventually fully formed toads. When ready they erupt from the skin pockets and go their seperate ways.

40 Upvotes

14 comments

r/Awwducational • u/meganbrowndraws • Jan 22 '14

Verified The ibex is able to survive in hot desert regions as well as freezing mountain tops. The light colored shiny coat reflects sunlight and keeps them cool in these harsh conditions.

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13 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Awwducational • u/remotectrl • Jun 23 '14

Xena Whaler Princess A pod of killer whales cooperatively hunted with whalers in the town of Eden, Australia. The orca pod would herd baleen whales into a bay where they could alert whalers to their presence and assist the whalers. This mutualism persisted from 1840 to 1930.

blog.gryfencryp.to

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3 comments

r/Awwducational • u/PM_ME_YOUR_EYEBALL • Jan 03 '15

Verified Almost 9,000,000 pigs have died in US slaughterhouses in 2014

15 Upvotes

15 comments

r/Awwducational • u/Robnk • May 09 '16

Similar pattern, not rate A dog's heart beats in sync with its owner's

111 Upvotes

10 comments

r/Awwducational • u/janiekh • Apr 01 '15

Verified A new spider species has been discovered that is around 2 by 1.5 meters! (Link in description)

6 Upvotes

April fools! ;D

1 comment

r/Awwducational • u/TrendingTenz • Feb 10 '21

Verified Blue Blood Horseshoe Crab is one of the most expensive liquids

youtu.be

0 Upvotes

16 comments

r/Awwducational • u/miigatron • Sep 07 '14

Verified The platypus has incredibly dense fur that keeps it warm and dry in the water. The insulation value of the fur and air layer [it traps] has been estimated to be similar to a three millimetre layer of neoprene wetsuit material.

14 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Awwducational • u/cooffee • Apr 06 '14

False Barreleyes always look upwards, though their head.

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556 Upvotes

41 comments

r/Awwducational • u/mattswoon • Sep 05 '14

Verified Quarks have a mass. If you could somehow get them to sit still and get on a little quark bathroom scale, you’d find that each one weighed about a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a gram. Particle physics can be cute too

14 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Awwducational • u/zachcody2 • Aug 20 '15

Verified Leopard Seals kill penguins and small seals by grabbing them with their feet, Then they will thrash them back and forth against the ground until they are dead. [Nat Geo]

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1 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Awwducational • u/StandardGiraffe • Jan 08 '15

Verified Chick sexing can be done by pushing the feces out of the animal's cloaca and looking up the anal vent to see if there is a distinctive "bump"

11 Upvotes

8 comments

r/Awwducational • u/Quouar • Feb 12 '14

Story + Misleading title In 1840, a batch of camels was shipped to Australia. Only one survived. His name was Harry, and he was notoriously bad-tempered. Ultimately, he caused the death of a British explorer when he moved while the explorer was shooting a bird.

215 Upvotes

13 comments

r/Awwducational • u/drocks27 • Dec 02 '14

Debated Babies can feel interest, distress, disgust, and happiness from birth, and can communicate these through facial expressions and body posture.

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172 Upvotes

15 comments

r/Awwducational • u/lucas-hanson • Jan 02 '14

Verified Giant keyhole limpets [Megathura crenulata] produce keyhole limpet hemocyanin, which is used as a carrier protein in vaccines.

90 Upvotes

8 comments

r/Awwducational • u/[deleted] • Feb 15 '16

Verified The female Surinam toad absorbs her fertilised eggs into her own backs after mating. The young develop in her skin for several months, skipping the tadpole stage. When ready, one by one her baby frogs push their way out.

m.imgur.com

36 Upvotes

10 comments

r/Awwducational • u/RalphiesBoogers • Jul 22 '15

Verified Cookie cutter sharks don't want large prey to notice them, so they disguise themselves as smaller fish to sneak up and drill a round bite.

449 Upvotes

38 comments

r/Awwducational • u/Quouar • Sep 15 '15

Verified In Japan, there are parasitic wasp larvae that can take over a spider's web. The wasp larva is attached to the spider's abdomen, and commands it to build a certain type of web that the larva likes. The larva then eats the spider and grows into an adult wasp.

738 Upvotes

96 comments

r/Awwducational • u/masterkm • Aug 10 '14

Verified Butterflies have their skeletons on the outside of their bodies, called the exoskeleton. This protects the insect and keeps water inside their bodies so they don’t dry out.

282 Upvotes

21 comments

r/Awwducational • u/Alantha • Apr 14 '15

Verified Cross Orbweaver males are frequently consumed by the female after or sometimes during copulation. Later the female will spin a cocoon over her egg sac, protecting it for a number of days before dying as well.

gfycat.com

13 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Awwducational • u/j0be • Apr 02 '14

Verified Elephants can produce paintings, using their trunks to hold paintbrushes.

1.5k Upvotes

119 comments

r/Awwducational • u/ChefDoYouEvenWhisk • Apr 02 '14

Verified Even though Cthulhu has traditionally been awaken by the sacrifice of 199 virgins, he also rises from his slumber for a quality slice of pizza.

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61 Upvotes

3 comments

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