DnaTime

An information resource containing verified data, bringing together interesting facts and scientific discoveries in the field of biology.

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⚡️ Halloween in Australia! 💟💟💟

#humor #animals #mammals

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Koalas are in mortal danger on Earth!
Shocking research (University of Queensland, Australia):
Koalas spend only 1% of their time on the ground (≈10 minutes/day).
But 66% of deaths occur here! (under the wheels of cars and from dogs).
https://t.co/uFztifh6Ap
#facts #animals

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Let me be your hat!
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#humor #animals #birds

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Snake secret destroys dangerous ants!
American biologists have discovered a powerful natural weapon against deadly red fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) and wood-eating ants! It turned out to be the secretion of snake scent glands “snake musk”
https://t.co/VN07LXbCxL
#facts #animals

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I wonder if this point has been taken into account in the traffic regulations?
https://t.co/Xyl5dMX3K7
#humor #animals #mammals

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❕ Tragedy in the nests: plastic is killing white stork chicks! 💔

A shocking study by ecologists (University of East Anglia, France, Portugal) has revealed the terrible consequences of plastic pollution for birds.
https://t.co/GQ6NSIo0E9
#facts #animals #birds

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Scientists from Taiwan added jellyfish genes to carp DNA, resulting in the creation of glowing fish.
https://t.co/inPPLv0mQC
#facts #animals #fish

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🐆➕🦝 An incredible friendship: an ocelot and a possum together? 🤯

Camera traps in the Peruvian Amazon captured shocking footage: a wild ocelot (a predator!) and a southern opossum (its prey!) calmly walking side by side along a trail!
https://t.co/daYeUTRrcj
#news #mammals

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Well, it's hot—I want a drink!
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#facts #animals #mollusks

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🐶 How does a dog's personality affect TV viewing? 📺

A new study has shown that dogs' reactions to television depend directly on their personality! 🐕
https://t.co/UQP4jHMMzU
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🔥 I had no idea that such birds existed on Earth.❗️
https://t.co/O4Poi2yMY1
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⚠️Sonoran desert toads are on the verge of extinction due to drug demand!
The population of Colorado toads (Incilius alvarius) in Mexico has declined sharply due to poaching.
https://t.co/cSif1UlYLO
#news #animals #amphibians

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Welcome to Costa Rica!
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#humor #animals #mammals

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🐢 Turtles have moods! 🧠

Zoopsychologists from the University of Lincoln (UK) have made an amazing discovery: red-footed tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonarius) have real “moods”!
https://t.co/PEhORKwKy3
#news #animals #reptiles

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❕ I've never seen so many raccoons in one place before.
https://t.co/1dyj49Miy8
#humor #animals #mammals

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Resurrection of the Moa!
Colossal Biosciences, known for “resurrecting” mammoth genes in mice and creating “saber-toothed wolves” (debates about their authenticity continue!), is taking on a new challenge: bringing back the moa bird!
https://t.co/J0I0JFicNa
#news #animals #birds

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This chick instinctively mimics a poisonous caterpillar when it senses danger approaching!
#humor #animals #birds
https://t.co/BnZIZE5Qbp

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🦕 A unique animal community has been discovered prior to the great extinction!

Scientists have discovered the first accurately dated (209.187 ± 0.083 million years) community of vertebrates from the Late Triassic period in Arizona (USA).
#fossils #animals #reptiles #dinosaurs

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A zookeeper got thorns stuck in his hand... and a monkey became a doctor!
#humor #animals #mammals
https://t.co/fIizjPETp7

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🧬 One mutation made humans more vulnerable to cancer than chimpanzees

Scientists have discovered that just one amino acid substitution in the immune protein FasL (serine instead of proline) made humans more susceptible to cancer compared to other primates.
#news #mammals