Author: Hunter

pigeon, any of several hundred species of birds constituting the family Columbidae (order Columbiformes). Smaller forms are usually called doves, larger forms pigeons. An exception is the white domestic pigeon, the symbol known as the “dove of peace.” Pigeons are gentle, plump, small-billed birds with a skin saddle (cere) between the bill and forehead. All pigeons strut about with a characteristic bobbing of the head. Because of their long wings and powerful flight muscles, they are strong, swift fliers. Pigeons are monogamous; i.e., they mate for life, and the survivor accepts a new mate only slowly. The Pigeon’s Lack Of…

Incredible photographs show the moment a large carpet python wraps itself around a king parrot and swallows the bird whole. The pictures, taken in Agnes Waters, Queensland, show the snake eating the parrot head first while hanging from the gutter of a woman’s home. Carpet Python Devours King Parrot in Queensland, Australia Carpet Python Devours King Parrot in Queensland, Australia Carpet Python Devours King Parrot in Queensland, Australia Carpet Python Devours King Parrot in Queensland, Australia Carpet Python Devours King Parrot in Queensland, Australia

If ever there was a spider that could be classified as “utterly charming”, it’s the peacock spider — a species of jumping spider so-named for the brightly coloured and patterned abdomens, which they wiggle in an alluring dance to attract a mate. Two new members of this family of spiders have been discovered, and given equally adorable nicknames — Maratus jactatus, nicknamed “Sparklemuffin” for its sparkly muffin of a butt; and Maratus sceletus, nicknamed “Skeletorus” because it looks like it’s put on a skeleton costume to go Halloween trick-or-treating. The spiders both hail from southaest Queensland, Australia, where they were discovered…

As much as we humans strive to learn about the planet we live on and the amazing creatures that inhabit it, Nature still has some amazing surprises in store that take our breath away. And that’s when we can’t help but marvel at the perfect world that surrounds us. Recently, shocking images of a peculiar creature that has caused commotion around the world have begun to circulate on social networks. Initially, many took it as a joke, and claimed that the photos were fake and that it was nothing more than a good Photoshop montage, since it was truly implausible…

A snake eel has burrowed out of a heron’s guts and burst through its neck in mid-air, reenacting the classic chestburster scene from Alien. This is the amazing moment a snake eel crawls out of a heron and bursts through its body as the bird is flying. Sam Davis, a 58-year-old amateur photographer, was photographing animals in a nature reserve in Maryland, United States. The engineer and sk.i.l.led wildlife photographer witnessed the heron seize and devour the eel before taking flight. The eel, however, burst from the bird’s neck and dangled beneath the heron in the air. Snake eels…

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The giant otter or giant river otter[3] (Pteronura brasiliensis) is a South American carnivorous mammal. It is the longest member of the weasel family, Mustelidae, a globally successful group of predators, reaching up to 1.7 metres (5.6 ft). Atypical of mustelids, the giant otter is a social species, with family groups typically supporting three to eight members. The groups are centered on a dominant breeding pair and are extremely cohesive and cooperative. Although generally peaceful, the species is territorial, and aggression has been observed between groups. The giant otter is diurnal, being active exclusively during daylight hours. It is the…

A huge python has ᴅᴇᴠᴏᴜʀᴇᴅ a wallaby whole in a ꜰʀɪɢʜᴛᴇɴᴇᴅ Australian’s backyard, after record floods swept reptiles out of their habitats and into homes. The ᴘᴀɴɪᴄ-sᴛʀɪᴄᴋᴇɴ resident of Queensland’s Flying Fish Point called a snake catcher after spotting the 13-foot (four metres) scrub python when it came close to ᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ his dog. And it wasn’t just a small, snack-sized Jack Russell, either – the snake was trying to ᴄʜᴏᴡ ᴅᴏᴡɴ on a German Shepherd. Must’ve been hungry. The region was recently pounded by a tandem monsoon and heavy floods that carried wayward crocodiles and snakes into human environments. Which,…

A huge python has ᴅᴇᴠᴏᴜʀᴇᴅ a wallaby whole in a ꜰʀɪɢʜᴛᴇɴᴇᴅ Australian’s backyard, after record floods swept reptiles out of their habitats and into homes. The ᴘᴀɴɪᴄ-sᴛʀɪᴄᴋᴇɴ resident of Queensland’s Flying Fish Point called a snake catcher after spotting the 13-foot (four metres) scrub python when it came close to ᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ his dog. And it wasn’t just a small, snack-sized Jack Russell, either – the snake was trying to ᴄʜᴏᴡ ᴅᴏᴡɴ on a German Shepherd. Must’ve been hungry. The region was recently pounded by a tandem monsoon and heavy floods that carried wayward crocodiles and snakes into human environments. Which,…

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When you think about Japan, you probably imagine the bustling streets of Tokyo, sushi, and modern technology. However, Japan also has a storied history that spans thousands of years. Much of this history took place in the mountains, valleys, and dense forests of the Japanese countryside. This is where the story of the Tsuchinoko Yokai began. The fact is that Japan is a country where ninety percent of the population occupies ten percent of the land area. As a result, many scientists believe that the uninhabited forests and mountainous regions of Japan may contain undiscovered species. According to legend, one…

A python ʜᴜɴᴛᴇʀ caught a monstrous 16-foot pregnant snake with his bare hands. Dusty “The Wildman” Crum managed to wrestle and overpower the creature in the Florida Everglades, and found it was pregnant and carrying a total of 78 eggs. Everglades National Park is facing an invasion from Burmese pythons, one of the largest snake species on Earth. The adaptable reptile has ᴅᴇᴄɪᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ wildlife, eating anything from birds, to mammals and even alligators. Dusty caught the python as part of the “snake ᴇʀᴀᴅɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ project” being operated in the Everglades, in a bid to rid the area of the ɪɴᴠᴀsɪᴠᴇ and…

Moms would agree that raising a kid is a lot of work, especially when they are young. So imagine what your day would be like raising seven kids all still in diapers. The stay-at-home mom gained quite a bit of attention after posting a video of her and her several tots and newborns. Lena Young is a mother to a whopping nine children, seven of which are under the age of 3. More specifically, five out of her nine children are under 15 months old. Young recently gave birth to quadruplets, and two of her boys are twins. In the…

The cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia Linnaeus) is among the most spectacular of the North American Lepidoptera. It is a member of the Saturniidae, a family of moths prized by collectors and nature lovers alike for their large size and extremely showy appearance. Keep an eye out for a wingspan of 5 inches to 7 inches, about the same size as the more popular eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly. Cecropia moths have red and white striped bodies. Their wings are brown with striking lines of white and red outlined in tan. Plus, they have crescent-shaped eyespots on their wings to help fool…

It can be quite overwhelming for kids to meet their baby sibling. There can be different emotions associated with meeting a baby, and as parents, it is important to know exactly which emotion your kid is having. Some kids might meet their sibling with confusion, not knowing what that means for them or their place in the family. Another issue is parents can get all caught up in the baby’s affair and that can make little kids ᴊᴇᴀʟᴏᴜs  or wanting the attention of their own. Whichever one it is, as parents, it is important to prepare yourself and also your…

In a gentle embrace with their eyes closed, these newborn twins were indulging in their first bath. These fascinating photos, which suddenly became an internet hit, were published on a social network by a midwife from Paris. The two-minute 50-second long clip was uploaded to YouTube on November 8 by Paris-based midwife Sonia Rochel, and has since been watched almost four million times. Ms Rochel made the clip public to showcase ‘The Thalasso Baby Spa’ – a small bath tub and shower unit she designed for babies to replicate the feeling of being in the womb. In the video, The…

A single mother has revealed how she became a mom of four at age 21 after she welcomed two ‘miracle’ sets of twins within two years – despite being on  ʙɪʀᴛʜ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ the second time she ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ. Kaitlin Brooks, 21, from Arkansas, US  discovered she was expecting twins in March 2019, at the age of 19, she was thrilled. She welcomed her sons, Denver and Dayton Brooks, in October of that year. But she was stunned when just over one year later, right after the first birthday of her sons, Kaitlin discovered she was pregnant again, despite being on  ʙɪʀᴛʜ…

Identical twins Jill Justiniani and Erin Cheplak of Yorba Linda, California did just about everything in sync. Jill, 30 said:” We played together, slept together, ate together. My parents would talk about how we had our own language together. We’d be in our cribs side to side and make these cooing sounds. I’d make a sound and Erin would respond.” Now, they’ve become parents together, on the same day, in the same hospital, within hours of each other. While the twins admit they planned to get pregnant at the same time they never imagined their ʟᴀʙᴏᴜʀs would align. Jill was…

A woman from the US has just celebrated becoming a proud mum-of-ten after giving birth to her third set of twins. Kimberly Alarcon, 37, gave birth to her fraternal twin daughters, Kenzy and Kenzley, via her first ᴄᴇsᴀʀᴇᴀɴ section at Westchester Medical Center on Monday. The odds of having three sets of spontaneous twins is about 1 in 200,000. The couple said they had always wanted to be parents, but never imagined they would one day be a family of 12. The family grew by two after the safe arrival of baby girls Kenzy and Kenzley last month via C-Section,…

In the first few months of life, a newborn baby is particularly sensitive to all that its sense organs transmit to it. Just as the smell and heartbeat of the mother’s body help a baby to calm down, naturally, the voice of a child’s parents is one of the first things children learn to recognize and to find reassuring. An emotional video shows Baby Charlotte, or Charly as she’s affectionately known, go from fussing, to a smile, to almost crying as she hears her mother’s voice for the first time. Everything seemed normal when Charly was first born. She was…

Ever since she was a child, Hannah Merton has dreamed of nothing more than having a family of her own. Now, she is the mother of five small babies. Hannah Merton, 23, from Akron, Ohio has shared her miraculous story of becoming pregnant with five babies and explained that I.V.F had nothing to do with it. The mother-of-five regularly posts pictures of her gorgeous brood and shares snippets of their life as a family. Hannah and Jacob, 24, a financial planner, began trying for a baby three years ago – but when she didn’t fall pregnant, she decided to take…

A first-time mum has given birth to one-in-200 million identical triplets. Zahra Amirabadi, 28, and her husband Ashraf Reid, 29, who hailed from Nottingham, East Midlands, had twins in their family, but Zahra never expected to become pregnant with three children. Zahra revealed that her partner Ashraf was joking on the way for the 12-week scan. Zahra said:” We had been joking on the way to the scan saying ‘imagine if it’s twins’, but Ashraf said it couldn’t be, and he was right! The doctor started the scan and said, ‘I’ve got something to tell you that might come as…

Could you imagine running a home that is packed to the brim? Jon and Kate Gosselin are the parents of twins and sextuplets! Jon and Kate met on a company picnic back in 1997. Within two years, they were married and starting their life together. They joined in holy matrimony in June 1999, when she was 24 years old, and he was 22. They were a young couple when they started putting their family together. They always wanted to have a big family. Kate said:” Jon and I both knew we always wanted to have kids. We weren’t able to…

No hay nada más difícil para los padres que tener que enfrentar la pérdida de sus hijos. Will y Natalie Decker tuvieron que pasar por esta desgarradora experiencia dos veces. Los hermosos gemelos Seth y Joel perdieron la vida ante un fulminante cáncer que se los llevó cuando eran solo unos niños. La familia vive en Texas, Estados Unidos. Ambos nacieron en el 2014 y se volvieron la alegría de la casa. Su hermano mayor, Nathaniel, se convirtió en su mejor amigo. Todo comenzó a venirse abajo en diciembre del 2016. Natalie había notado unas extrañas manchas moradas en todo…