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Yvonne, The Wild Cow of Bavaria
Considered “slightly less stupid than sheep”, the cow, it seems, exists solely to serve humanity. Round ’em up, graze ’em for a while, then drain all the milk you can before a fateful trip to the slaughterhouse leads to a splendid night’s dinner. Seen in this light, the life of a cow appears rather unfair.…
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Parasitic Fungus Possesses Ants For 48-Million-Years
The dirty German Messel Pit – home to one of the world’s most splendid fossil collections, is at it again, this time producing startling new evidence of a devilish parasitic fungus, from deep within an ancient German forest. The ant-possessing fungus, still alive today, lives mid way between the canopy and forest floor, where it…
