Do you know where baby snakes come from? 🤔
Contrary to popular belief, only about 70% of snakes lay eggs - many species, like the anaconda, give birth to live young! 🐍
Discover why they do this and how it works in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🥚
If there’s one place on Earth you don’t want to be, it’s in the mouth of a Komodo dragon.
Not convinced? No problem - you can see all of their deadly dental secrets in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🦎 ☠️
Echidnas: small, spiny, and unusual among mammals, laying eggs and producing milk for their young. But did you know there’s a mistake on some echidna specimens? 🔍
Find out what it is and why it happened in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🦔🦶🏾
Lots of people like a long nail - but there’s something slightly spooky about the sloth’s full set… 🦥
Long, curved and strong enough to help them hang from branches. Discover the secret behind a sloth’s tough talons in this week’s #SurprisingScience 💅🏽
Has a butterfly ever landed on you? You might be surprised to find out why…
Find out why butterflies sometimes land on humans, how long their tongues are and just where they keep their tastebuds in this week’s #SurprisingScience 👅🦋
Say hello to the loudest animal on the planet 🐳🫨
Reaching up to 230 decibels, sperm whale calls are as loud as standing next to a jet engine. So how do they do it?
Find out (and hear their call) in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🔊
Why aren’t some eggs egg-shaped?
The unusual pyriform (long and pointy) shape of guillemot eggs has caused a lot of discussion among scientists - and as always, it comes down to egg-volution.
Find out the point of these perfectly peaked eggs in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🥚🏔️
Hyenas: cackling carnivores most commonly found in clans across Africa. But do you know what kind of animal a hyena is? 🤔
Find out for sure in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🐕🐈⬛
Did you know that “once in a blue moon” isn’t just a phrase? The moon really can turn blue - and did, in fact, for a whole year in 1883!
Find out how it happened, why, and when you might see another blue moon in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🔵🌙
