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Posts Tagged ‘adaptation’

Gibbons defy their own evolution to jump as high as they can [Monkey News]

10 Aug
Most jumping animals - such as frogs and grasshoppers - have some powerful adaptations that basically make their legs into giant springs. But our ape cousins manage to leap insane distances through sheer force of will, without any helpful adaptations. More »
 
 

Meet the weird bird that’s half-chicken, half-turkey [Biology]

16 Mar
This is the Transylvanian naked neck chicken, popularly known as the "churkey" because it appears to have the body of a chicken and the head of a turkey. And this mysterious mutation could actually help feed the world. More »