There once were two cats who lived across the road from the school in a small town near you. One of them, named Fluff, lived in a nice house and her best friend, Kat, lived next door in a rather old and ugly house. The owners of the cats were best friends too. One year both cats had kittens at the same time. The first kitten born to Fluff was pretty little white cat. She was bigger than her brothers and sisters and her owners named her Beauty. Everyone who saw her felt that her name fit her perfectly. Just a few hours later Kat had her kittens. But because…
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In 1958, a mummy was found in the Acacus Mountains, southwest of Libya, about 5,600 years old.
In 1958, a mummy was found in the Acacus Mountains, southwest of Libya, about 5,600 years old. 2- This discovery aroused the interest of the world, given that the history of the mummy predates by about 1500 years the time of mummification recorded in the ancient Egyptian civilization, which dates back to (2250-2750) BC, which prompted scientists to reconsider the belief that prevailed that mummification in the African continent It began in Egypt, and pushed a new hypothesis that its source is likely to be one of the unknown previous civilizations that arose in the area now known as Libya over a period of 20,000 years. 3- The mummy’s name…
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Patrick Swayze With Beloved Dogs
Patrick Swayze was a huge animal lover and kept a menagerie of pets with his wife Lisa – which included farm animals, horses and dogs – at his ranch in the San Gabriel Mountains. Animals were such a part of his life that Swayze once said, “I don’t keep track of time… The segments of my life are in movies or animal generations.” In 1995, while filming Three Wishes, Swayze had to grapple with the death of his beloved dog Cody. In an interview that year, he said, “Cody – my guardian, my conscience, my friend, my son, my bodyguard for years – this 115-pound Rhodesian Ridgeback, who truly…
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Genes reveal how the seahorse got its snout and why males get pregnant
Seahorses remain an enigma. These mysterious-looking creatures appear to float around coastal seas with a grace and level of perfection that sucks in observers and admirers from all quarters of society. In ancient Greek and Roman times, seahorses were revered. They were once seen as symbols of power and of authority. Even the Latin taxonomic family name stirs the imagination, as Hippocampus translates as the “horse sea monster”. The reality is that seahorses are part of the teleost group – the most common type of fish – and so are far more closely related to an Atlantic cod than to any horses, monsters or imaginary creatures. But seahorses also have…
