Guess who our closest invertebrate relative is? Drumroll, please – it's the sea sponge! Yeah, those squishy things you see at the beach. Turns out, genetically speaking, we've got some distant family ties with these underwater blobby buddies. It's like having a sea sponge cousin, but way, way back in the family tree. So, next time you're at the shore, give a nod to your invertebrate kin – they're keeping it simple in the ocean while we're out here overcomplicating everything on land. Cheers to the sponges! Credit:
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Legend has it that in the '70s, there was this dude in a bunny suit terrorizing people with an axe. Like, imagine encountering a fluffy bunny with a weapon – nightmare material, right? The story goes that he escaped from a mental institution, and now he's haunting this bridge, or at least that's the spooky tale locals tell. Some say it's just an urban legend, but others swear they've seen the Bunny Man lurking around. Whether it's a creepy myth or a bunny with a dark side, Virginia's Bunny Man story is definitely not your average campfire tale. Credit: Video Game Museum: Marcin Wichary from San Francisco, Calif – https://flic.kr/p/2aezjQ5, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Video_Game_Museum_in_Berlin_(44129519940).jpg Computerspielemuseum: Patrick H. Lauke, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Computerspielemuseum_26.09.2013_3945.jpg Animation is created by Bright Side. #brightside —————————————————————————————- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz —————————————————————————————- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru —————————————————————————————- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me

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Imagine a sky lit up by not one, not two, but five suns! We'd be rocking perpetual daylight, and sunsets would be like a cosmic disco. Seasons? Nah, we'd probably have some wild weather with that much solar action. Tanning salons would go out of business since we'd all be naturally golden. But let's not forget the sunscreen – five times the sun means five times the UV, right? Overall, life with five suns would be like living in a sci-fi dream, with sunglasses becoming a permanent accessory. Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/: Alpha, Beta and Proxima Centauri: Skatebiker, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alpha,_Beta_and_Proxima_Centauri_(1).jpg arxiv.org/abs/1504.07065 Dipper: Shawngano, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dipper.jpg CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/: The bright star: ESO/DSS 2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_bright_star_Alpha_Centauri_and_its_surroundings.jpg Alpha Centauri A and B: ESA/Hubble & NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Best_image_of_Alpha_Centauri_A_and_B.jpg Animation is created by Bright Side. #brightside —————————————————————————————- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz —————————————————————————————- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru —————————————————————————————- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me

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Discover the astonishing story of the coelacanth, an ancient fish thought extinct for 65 million years until its unexpected reappearance in the western Indian Ocean. In 1938, Captain Hendrik Goosen encountered a colossal, bright blue coelacanth, 59 inches long and weighing 127 pounds, defying expectations. The saga continued in the mid-1990s when a marine biologist on honeymoon stumbled upon one for sale at an Indonesian fish market. Join us on this captivating journey through time and space, exploring the mysteries of a supposedly extinct fish that continues to surprise in unexpected places. Subscribe for more intriguing stories and unique facts about our planet's wonders! 🌊🐟 #Coelacanth #AncientFish Credit:
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If we could hear frequencies outside the range of human hearing, we would be able to hear new sounds that are currently beyond our perception. This could include sounds made by animals, machines, and other objects that are currently inaudible to us. For example, we might be able to hear the sounds of underground water sources, or the rumbling of tectonic plates as they shift and move. Let's talk about this. Credit: CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/: The Quadrangle Building: UNSW Quadrangle Lawn – https://flic.kr/p/81esde, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unsw_quadrangle_building_2010-05-11.jpg UNSW library: UNSW Library Lawn – https://flic.kr/p/6HwhxJ, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UNSW_library_lawn.jpg Animation is created by Bright Side. —————————————————————————————- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz —————————————————————————————- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru —————————————————————————————- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me

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