Category: Animals
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Peer Pressure Can Make This Clownfish Change Its Stripes
In the Disney movie Finding Nemo, the clownfish Marlin worries that his son Nemo might have suffered an injury and asks him to count how many stripes he has. Nemo gets the answer right — three. But in another species, the tomato clownfish, all but one of those stripes disappear as the young fish mature.…
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Brazilian study warns of rapid melting of polar ice caps
A study titled Planeta em Degelo, based on new data from the Brazilian Antarctic Program (Proantar), warns of the acceleration of glacier melting, which totaled 9,179 gigatons since 1976, threatening coastal cities mainly. Almost all of this amount (98%) reached the oceans in liquid form since 1990, and 41% only between 2015 and 2024. In…
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Peer pressure can make this clownfish change its stripes
In Disney’s Finding Nemo, the clownfish Marlin worries that his son Nemo might be hurt and asks him to count how many stripes he has. Nemo gets the answer right: three. But in another species, the tomato clownfish, all the stripes except one disappear as the young fish mature. Now, in an article published in…
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Orelha the Dog: The Case Exposing Ignored Cruelty in Brazil
THE ORELHA CASE The death of the dog Orelha gained traction on social media and international attention when reported at the beginning of January 2026. On the 5th, a community dog from Praia Brava in Florianópolis arrived at a veterinary clinic injured and in agony. From beatings on the body to deep cuts, the 10-year-old…