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"Without warning and impossible to see with the naked eye, the prey vanishes..." 3 fastest bites in the animal kingdom
Some animals are so quick, zoologists have only been able to examine the physics of their 'bite' in recent years with the invention of super-slow-motion filming techniques. Here are some contenders for the fastest animal bites on Earth...
"They eat their hosts from the inside out, using saw-like teeth to chew their way through thick skin." 10 most brutal, savage, parasites on the planet
Lurking in the shadows of many ecosystems are animals whose main motivations are, quite literally, to hijack the bodies of others and eat them from the inside out…
Does grass scream when you mow it down?
Enjoying cutting your lawn? Next time your relish the smell of freshly cut grass remember it's a scream of distress from the plant you're mowing
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"One individual can consume as many as 300,000 in a night..." It might be called a wolf but this is no wolf...
All you ever needed to know about the aardwolf
"Multiple stings can cause alarming swelling, nausea, vomiting, dizziness and confusion. An average human would be lucky to survive 1,000 stings"
What makes a slight skin prick, administered by a bee or a wasp, turn into a life-threatening emergency?
"A single, accidental step can trigger intense, burning pain, inflammation and nausea that can last for hours. In rare cases, it can cause death."
Sometimes it's not a good idea to walk barefoot across a beach...
It's colossal – 3 times the height of Angel Falls – carries 5 million cubic metres of water every second and it's buried 3000 metres under the ocean
The Denmark Strait Cataract is the largest waterfall on the planet – and it’s hidden deep below the waves between Greenland and Iceland
If you disturb this critter prepare to be stink-bombed by nasty excretions; a fiendish spray that burns and blinds its prey. It's bite is pretty painful too
Keep an eye out for the beetle with the triple-threat defence.
Can a person outrun a lion? Just how fast is the King of Beasts?
We don't actually recommend finding out..
"It causes rapid death in humans, with symptoms including lung collapse and brain haemorrhage"
Discover the awful symptoms of poisoning from hemlock water-dropwort, one of the most dangerous plants around
8 animals that can kill the enormous, deadly reticulated python. "If it struggles, the croc will spin it around – the death roll – and drag it down"
Reticulated pythons can take down large mammals, such as wild boar, deer and dogs, but sometimes the tables turn.
Why does a bee die after it stings you? And is that the case for all bees?
Just what happens to a bee after it stings you? Why do some species die and some survive?
When a deep-sea robot ventured down into the Atlantic's Doldrums, it found something massive no one expected – leaving scientists stunned
During a month-long mid-Atlantic expedition, underwater robots found rare hydrothermal vent systems, fish with translucent skulls and elusive squid with thread-like tentacles
What do a beetle and an iconic anime character have in common? A lot, apparently
Beetles constitute almost 25% of all known animal species – scientists just discovered two more.
Located totally above the Arctic Circle & nearly the same size as Yellowstone NP, this is America's wildest, most extreme & least disturbed landscape
A trip to Alaska’s most dramatic wilderness, where mammoths once roamed – and today, one of North America’s great wildlife spectacles unfolds
A colossal 900 snakes on the loose, swimming through floodwaters after severe flooding in South China
The snakes, including venomous cobras, escaped from a breeding farm amid severe flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak.
A tree that can walk? The 'walking tree' that's said to be able to move itself to a sunnier spot
There's a walking tree? Stuart Blackman investigates a tree that is said to be able to move
It was the largest cheetah ever, weighing up to 3 times more than today's
Learn about new fossil studies revealing its impressive size, making it the largest cheetah to have ever roamed the earth.
Are elephant graveyards a real thing? Is there any truth in the legend elephants go to a special place to die?
Stuart Blackman goes in search of the truth behind the famous legend of elephant graveyards.
“It can reach speeds of an impressive 72 kmph..." 6 fastest, speediest wild dogs on the planet
When you picture a fast animal, a cheetah or a racehorse probably comes to mind – but wild dogs are quietly some of the most efficient runners on the planet
"This was a disaster for native wildlife that had few defences. This small, agile predator can find its way into the narrowest burrow"
Could mink be on their way out across Britain?
"They found a large, nose-shaped structure, bigger than a Cadillac, inside a house..."
The world’s biggest wasp nest is longer than a Cadillac and shaped like a nose
At 7cm long it's not only the biggest wasp in the world but the deadliest thanks to its 6mm stinger – just how deadly is it?
This giant wasp would not be a welcome guest at your picnic, says Kitty Aldis
Scientists entered a cave on a mysterious Caribbean island, strewn with strange fossils. What they found there was like nothing else on Earth
Bees are known for being incredibly smart – this recent discovery confirms that their ancient counterparts were just as resourceful.
