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Namib Desert Sea

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The Southern Namib desert is home to some of the tallest and most spectacular dunes of the world, ranging in color from pink to vivid orange. These dunes continue right to the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. The cold waters of the sea brushing against the dunes of the Namib desert is one of the most surreal sights. While the sea coast extends for hundreds of miles, one of the best places to see these dunes is at Swakopmund. Known as Swakop in Namibia, it is the country's biggest coastal town and a mecca for Namibians on holiday. The city's German origins are quite pronounced in beautiful old German Colonial buildings throughout the city, making an even starker contrast for this town sitting at the edge of the Namib Desert. 

Lunar Rainbow 🌈

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                                                                       moonbow Moonbows or lunar rainbows are rare natural atmospheric phenomena that occur when the Moon’s light is reflected and refracted off water droplets in the air. Faint moonbow seen over Yosemite Falls ©iStockphoto.com/Yenwen Lu Moonbows are similar to rainbows, but they are created by moonlight instead of direct sunlight. Rarer Than Rainbows Moonbows are rarer than rainbows because a variety of weather and astronomical conditions have to be just right for them to be created. The Moon has to be very low in the sky – no more than 42 degrees from the horizon. The  Moon phase  has to be a  Full Moon  or  nearly full Water droplets must be present in the air in the opposite direction of the moo...

Nomura's jellyfish

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                                                          Nomura's jellyfish Are aliens attacking the Sea of Japan? Not exactly. But these gigantic blobs  are  unwelcome visitors from another place. Called Nomura's jellyfish, the wiggly, pinkish giants can weigh up to 450 pounds (204 kilograms)—as heavy as a male lion—and they're swarming by the millions. The supersize sea creatures—normally found off the coasts of China and North and South Korea—occasionally drift east into the Sea of Japan to feed on tiny organisms called plankton. But now one hundred times the usual number of jellyfish are invading Japanese waters. And local fishermen are feeling as if they are under siege. The fishermen's nets are getting weighted down, or even broken, by hundreds of jellyfish. The jellies crush, slime, and poison valuable fish in the nets, s...

Mongolian Death Worm

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The Mongolian Death Worm can growing up until 1.5 meter and can kill their enemies by electric shock from their eyes . 

Trapdoor Spider

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Trapdoor Spiders  are a medium-sized mygalomorph (an infraorder of spiders), spiders that construct burrows with a cork-like trapdoor made of soil, vegetation and silk. The Trapdoor Spider is a common name for any of several large, hairy, harmless tropical spiders that nest underground. Trapdoor spiders make up the family Ctenizidae of the order Araneae. The species is common in the southwestern United States. Trapdoor spiders are often kept as exotic pets, however, Trapdoor Spiders are very aggressive and should only be kept by experienced people. TRAPDOOR SPIDER CHARACTERISTICS A Trapdoor spider can be around 2.5 centimetres long on average, however, they can reach a length of 4 centimetres. Trapdoor spiders have 8 eyes, a pair in the middle and 3 on each side. Their colours range from yellowish brown to reddish brown to black. They have powerful jaws and sharp fangs, that stab downwards into its prey. Trapdoor spiders have 8 legs that are thick and short, 2 fangs...

Hummingbird

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Anglerfish

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The angry-looking deep sea anglerfish has a right to be cranky. It is quite possibly the ugliest animal on the planet, and it lives in what is easily Earth's most inhospitable habitat: the lonely, lightless bottom of the sea. There are more than 200 species of anglerfish, most of which live in the murky depths of the Atlantic and Antarctic oceans, up to a mile below the surface, although some live in shallow, tropical environments. Generally dark gray to dark brown in color, they have huge heads and enormous crescent-shaped mouths filled with sharp, translucent teeth. Some angler fish can be quite large, reaching 3.3 feet in length. Most however are significantly smaller, often less than a foot. Their most distinctive feature, worn only by females, is a piece of dorsal spine that protrudes above their mouths like a fishing pole—hence their name. Tipped with a lure of luminous flesh this built-in rod baits prey close enough to be snatched. Their mouths are so big and their bo...