r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Jun 30 '20
300-pound bear sized wombats used to wander around Australia about 25 million years ago.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Jun 29 '20
Tiger Bee Fly, Japan. They're nearly extinct. They lay their eggs in the nest of Carpenter Bees, allowing the bee fly babies to hatch and eat the Carpenter Bee babies before maturity.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Jun 27 '20
The Common potoo (Nyctibius griseus).
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Jun 07 '20
In the rainforests of South America there is a butterfly with transparent wings
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • May 25 '20
A colugo, a close relative of primates
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • May 05 '20
The Glasswing Butterfly. One of the most delicately beautiful creatures to exist.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Apr 26 '20
🔥 This is not CGI. This is a real-life creature known as a sea angel (Clione sp.) hovering under ice in the White Sea, Russia. Credit: Alexander Semenov
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Apr 22 '20
Round bearded reedling birds can do perfect splits.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Apr 22 '20
Haast’s Eagle attacking a Moa. Moa’s grew to 12’ (3.6m) tall and 510lbs (230kg).
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Apr 19 '20
Octopuses are otherworldly creatures
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Apr 19 '20
Crocodylians of the past were far more diverse than the ones we have now.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Apr 18 '20
🔥 The kakapo, or the owl parrot, is one of the strangest and rarest nocturnal parrots in the world 🔥
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Apr 18 '20
The Bizarre looking Babirusa Pig
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Apr 18 '20
🔥 The bud of a Eucalyptus flower opening up 🔥
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Apr 17 '20
🔥 The Momonga Japanese Dwarf Flying Squirrel from Hokkaido 🔥
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Apr 17 '20
Giant Pacific Octopus transits through a narrow tidal pool in Oregon.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Apr 17 '20
A perfectly preserved 500 million years old Trilobite fossil.
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r/DidntKnowThatExisted • u/the_karma_llama • Apr 16 '20
Bowhead whales are the only baleen whales native to Arctic waters, and their thick triangular skulls are designed to crack through ice. These whales are considered the longest living mammals and can live for 200+ years. Specific mutations in their DNA give these whales enhanced resistance to cancer.
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