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Rare Photographs of Now Extinct Beasts

Dwindling animal numbers speak of the need to step up conservation efforts – if it’s not already too late – so as a kind of wake-up call we decided to take a look at seven extinct megafuana species captured on camera. With modern photography having only been invented in the 1820s, these snapshots are visible testament to just how recently the creatures shown were wiped out – and a jarring reminder of the precarious situation for many species still left on the planet.

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Precariously Loaded Ants

What if we were able to carry objects twenty or fifty times our own weight – figures often bandied about when sizing up the strength of ants? Ants seem to cast us into the shade in the All Species Mr Universe Championships, and do so without sporting instant varicose veins in their necks and turning a tint of purple that would put a mulberry to shame. Still, that's not to say our insect cousins don't struggle – especially when loaded to the max.

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Captured in Dreamtime

The Australian aboriginal Dreamtime is a timeless mythic 'world' that exists for all eternity. In the Dreamtime, the Ancestors walked the earth, and created everything - plants, animals, geology and landscape. Many rituals in Australian aboriginal culture allow the tribe to contact the Dreamtime, to once again 'live in it' and be renewed, if only for a short time.

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Bees Can Translate Other Languages

Image via Wikipedia It’s a well known fact that honeybees are able to communicate using a series of dances. Recent research shows that bees, unlike many humans, are willing and able to communicate with bees from other continents by mimicking their movements.

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