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"Hey Batman": Passengers Of US Airline Get An In-Flight Surprise
Few things come without an extra fee on Spirit Airlines, but some passengers got a free shot of adrenaline earlier this week when a winged creature flew up and down the cabin.
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Chrissy Teigen Befriends Bug. Twitter Tells Her It's Dangerous Wasp
When model Chrissy Teigen shared a video Thursday showing a winged creature crawling on her arm. Cue the collective "nope" on social media, where Twitter users tried to convince Teigen that she had just played with perhaps one of the fiercest wasps on the planet - a type of spider wasp called a tarantula hawk.
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Turning Iraq History To Rubble, Leaving The Mess To Looters
The giant winged bulls that once stood sentry at the nearly 3,000-year-old palace at Nimrud have been hacked to pieces. The fantastical human-headed creatures were believed to guard the king from evil, but now their stone remains are piled in the dirt, victims of the ISIS group's fervor to erase history.
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These Amazing Little Birds Just Broke The World Record For Nonstop Flight
The common swift is "the greyhound of the sky," Anders Hedenstrom says. Shaped like a torpedo, with long, blade-like wings, it effortlessly swoops and soars through the air, riding the wind like a creature out of mythology. For millennia, bird lovers have admired its aerial agility and seemingly endless flight.
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This Strange Little Sea Snail Uses Water Wings To 'Fly'
This aptly-named Arctic "sea butterfly" (Limacina helicina) is the subject of a new study in the Journal of Experimental Biology. It turns out that its way of swimming doesn't just look like flying - the mysterious creature really does use the same biomechanics as animals that fly through the air.
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New Dinosaur Called 'Fluffy Feathered Poodle From Hell'
Scientists have unearthed a spectacularly preserved, nearly complete fossil in northeastern China of a feathered dinosaur with wings like those of a bird, although they doubt the strange creature could fly.
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Kate Beckinsale goes blonde
Famous as she is for her enviably long, dark hair, Hollywood actress Kate Beckinsale has shocked fans by turning bottle blonde.
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"Hey Batman": Passengers Of US Airline Get An In-Flight Surprise
Few things come without an extra fee on Spirit Airlines, but some passengers got a free shot of adrenaline earlier this week when a winged creature flew up and down the cabin.
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Chrissy Teigen Befriends Bug. Twitter Tells Her It's Dangerous Wasp
When model Chrissy Teigen shared a video Thursday showing a winged creature crawling on her arm. Cue the collective "nope" on social media, where Twitter users tried to convince Teigen that she had just played with perhaps one of the fiercest wasps on the planet - a type of spider wasp called a tarantula hawk.
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Turning Iraq History To Rubble, Leaving The Mess To Looters
The giant winged bulls that once stood sentry at the nearly 3,000-year-old palace at Nimrud have been hacked to pieces. The fantastical human-headed creatures were believed to guard the king from evil, but now their stone remains are piled in the dirt, victims of the ISIS group's fervor to erase history.
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These Amazing Little Birds Just Broke The World Record For Nonstop Flight
The common swift is "the greyhound of the sky," Anders Hedenstrom says. Shaped like a torpedo, with long, blade-like wings, it effortlessly swoops and soars through the air, riding the wind like a creature out of mythology. For millennia, bird lovers have admired its aerial agility and seemingly endless flight.
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This Strange Little Sea Snail Uses Water Wings To 'Fly'
This aptly-named Arctic "sea butterfly" (Limacina helicina) is the subject of a new study in the Journal of Experimental Biology. It turns out that its way of swimming doesn't just look like flying - the mysterious creature really does use the same biomechanics as animals that fly through the air.
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New Dinosaur Called 'Fluffy Feathered Poodle From Hell'
Scientists have unearthed a spectacularly preserved, nearly complete fossil in northeastern China of a feathered dinosaur with wings like those of a bird, although they doubt the strange creature could fly.
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Kate Beckinsale goes blonde
Famous as she is for her enviably long, dark hair, Hollywood actress Kate Beckinsale has shocked fans by turning bottle blonde.
