Thanks to endorphins, the painkillers and lucky substances of the body, people and animals can cope with pain. The substances are released in response to something unpleasant, such as injuries or the stress of seeing predators. They not only soothe the pain but also relax us, and it gives us a good feeling.
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Thanks to endorphins, the painkillers and lucky substances of the body, people and animals can cope with pain. The substances are released in response to something unpleasant, such as injuries or the stress of seeing predators. They not only soothe the pain but also relax us, and it gives us a good feeling.
There are herbivores who happily throw themselves on the hemp plant Cannabis sativa - but not because of the euphorizing substance tetrahydrocannabinol. About 300 insect species feed on this plant, and also antelopes, deer, monkeys and rodents can enjoy it without a problem. That these animals do not get high, is because they have adjusted their behavior and physiology to it.
At altitude Percentage of the normal oxygen content in the air at sea level (100%) that the animals can reach. Spring spider is the highest living animal on earth Show more Show less The spring spider Euophrys omnisuperstes uses its special lungs to stay in the thin air of the Himalayas.
Angry elephant throws its seepage spirit in the air The elephant's trunk has 150,000 muscles and can get 500 kilos in the air. An elephant mother and boy proved that in 2016 when a buffalo started the attack. The mother impaled the animal on her tusks and threw it through the air like a rag doll. Kim Maurer / Caters News / Ritzau Scanpix & Warner Bros.
A few meters from where you live, it is full of life in streams, ponds and ponds. And greedy predators are shooting at it. Dragonfly larvae shoot their long lower lip forward to spike a prey, leeches crawl through the nostrils of ducks, and tadpoles devour their sisters and brothers when food is scarce.
The bombing beetle keeps enemies at bay by bombarding them with explosives. The abdomen of the beetle makes the bombs, where two large glands produce hydrogen peroxide and zogheheten hydroquinones. These two substances are pumped into a mixing chamber, where enzymes cause chemical reactions.
That sweet, gentle, spinning, meowing and playful animal that you dearly love and share your home with, is in reality nature's cruelest killer. If he proudly puts his last victim on the kitchen floor or your bed or if you find a pathetic heap of rodent on the stairs, that's just the tip of the bloody iceberg.
Only one in 20 hunting parties ends successfully for the polar bear, but this furry hunter never gives up. Because once he puts his teeth in a seal, the profit is huge. Thanks to the effective digestion of the polar bear, it can absorb 84% of the protein and 98% of the fat it eats. A ringing seal of 55 kg can provide a polar bear with food for 8 days.
The most toxic animal in the world is a frog The animal with the strongest poison in the world is a small but striking frog that occurs in Central and South America. The frog does not bite or sting, but its poison is so powerful that it is already dangerous to touch it if you have a wound on your finger.
The largest land animal is an insect. © Richard E. Lee Jr. Real land animals - species that spend their entire lives on land - you don't find much at the South Pole. The largest is a wingless mosquito of only 6 millimeters. It is immediately the only insect on the South Pole. The mosquitoes only have a short and busy life for ten days in the summer - but they live under the ice for two years like larvae.
The fourth northern white rhino in the world died after an operation in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The 41-year-old female rhino Nola was operated on for an infection in her mouth. The operation went well, but after that Nola didn't want to eat anymore. Eventually her caretakers had to give the old beast a spray.
Animals in the tropics are generally more colorful than elsewhere on the globe, but that trend is not equally clear for all tropical regions or all animal groups. The most colorful animals can be found in areas where many species live, so in forests and in the coral reef. Beyond that, animals mainly have neutral camouflage colors.
A virgin birth is impossible in humans According to the Bible, Mary was a virgin when she had Jesus, although virgin births do not occur in humans and other mammals. It is a normal phenomenon with invertebrates, and also occurs with fish, amphibians and reptiles. In nature, a virgin birth is called parthenogenesis.
In some animal species, researchers have registered behavior that falls under the heading of prostitution. Females have sex with males in exchange for food, for example. Prostitution occurs in penguins and chimpanzees Prostitution in animals was first observed in the late 1990s in the Adelie penguin.
The eyes are the windows of the soul, it is said. New research suggests that the eye can indeed tell us a lot. For example, whether an animal is a predator or a prey animal. Scientists from the American University of California, Berkeley, have studied the eyes of a few hundred terrestrial animals with colleagues from Durham University in the UK to find out what the pupil tells about the hierarchical position in the food chain.