A Zorse

This is Eclyse - a zorse. It is a cross-bred between a horse (her father) and a zebra (her mother).  For while most zebra-horse crossbreeds sport stripes across their entire body, Eclyse only has two such patches, on its face and rear. She is a major attraction at a safari park at Schloss Holte Stukenbrock, near the German border...

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Science Fact - 15

Fun Facts 1. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. 2. Dogs have four toes on their hind feet, and five on their front feet. 3. Our stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself. 4. The...

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Science Fact - 14

Fun Facts about animals: 1. Houseflies always hum in the key of F. 2. If you lift a kangaroo’s tail off the ground, it can’t hop. 3. Just like the zebra, no two tigers have the same stripes. 4. Elephants can smell water up to 3 miles away. 5. Butterflies have two compound eyes consisting of thousands of lenses,...

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Science Fact - 13

The Catatumbo Lightning is an atmospheric phenomenon in Venezuela.  It causes lightning during 140 to 160 nights a year, 10 hours per day and up to 280 times per hour. It occurs over and around Lake Maracaibo, typically over the bog area formed where the Catatumbo River flows into the lake. It...

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