Environmental Graffiti

Animals Blowing Bubbles Underwater

Blowing bubbles is something the big kid in all of us can appreciate – jokes in bad taste about Michael Jackson and his chimpanzees notwithstanding – but did you know that animals too are partial to making and playing around with bubbles? Some species just do it for fun, for others it is a matter of survival, and certain domesticated species even have bubbles specially mixed for their predilection.

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The Weirdest Creature on Earth

As if the North American Star-Nosed Mole wasn't weird enough; this functionally blind mole (Candylura cristata), which has twenty-two worm-like and independently movable tentacles growing out of its nose, has also apparently discovered the secret of being able to smell underwater. The main difficulty with underwater olfaction is trying not to inhale any water.

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