Written by Scarlet
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is one of the strangest creatures on this planet. It is a mammal that lays eggs, it lives both on land and in water and it is venomous. It is not surprising that when it was first discovered many believed it fake.
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Written by West
The idea of using food waste to encourage plant growth is hardly a new one, people have been composting for years, but a recent study posted in Restoration Ecology shows the kind of dramatic results that bringing this idea to a bigger scale can create. Back in the 1990s ecologists Daniel Janzen and Winne Hallwachs worked at the Area de Conservación Guanacaste, a world heritage site and national park in Costa Rica. As part of an experiment, they made an agreement with orange juice manufacturer Del Oro that the company could dump their orange waste on an area of degraded land in the national park if Del Oro would donate some of their own land to the national park. A deal was struck, and after removing the oils and acids from the orange waste it was dumped in the area.
Written by West
Motyxia, also known as Sierra luminous millipedes, can be found in several Californian mountain ranges, including the Tehachapi, Sierra Nevada and Santa Monica. They burrow under organic matter during the day and come out at night to eat and socialise.
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