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Birds had irridescent feathers 40 million years ago

...layer that characterizes the melanin distribution within an iridescent feather. We don't see that in a crow or other plain black bird." True Colors Matthew Shawkey is a biologist who studies the evolution of feather color at the University of Akron in Ohio. The evidence for iridescent-producing melanosomes is convincing, Shawkey said, but he urged caution in using the pigment-containing capsules...

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Wow, wearing a mask actually works as a disguise!

"Extinct" Booby Exposed -- Found "Masked," Using Alias Matt Kaplan for National Geographic News August 11, 2009 Disguises and aliases might seem like the stuff of spy movies, but real-world scientific...is a little different," Steeves added. "We are the first to rediscover a bird in the laboratory." Findings to be published tomorrow in the journal Biology Letters. Source likes saying "booby"


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New species of pitcher plant eats rats

Deep in the jungle primeval, Nepenthes attenboroughii awaits its furry prey. But N. attenboroughii isn't a stealthy cat or poisonous lizard. It's a plant, and it eats rats. Scientists recently discovered...explain the whole process, as well as the life cycle of pitcher plants, here's a video narrated by none other than N. attenboroughii's namesake, David Attenborough himself. Source has pictures

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I knew it! I knew it all along!

Cats Use Special Purr to Manipulate Humans Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News July 13, 2009 -- Cat owners who think their cats control them now have some scientific confirmation: Animal vocalization...to sleep, and purrs at me until I pet her.  Sometimes she even forces her head under my hand and then walks slowly so I have to pet her.  Anyone else have any manipulative feline friends?  Source


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