Most animals have fluid inside their ears that flows over tiny hairs. Researchers discovered that the toadlets’ inner ears cause these bumpy landings. The pumpkin toadlet can jump, but instead of a graceful landing it will often belly flop onto its stomach or land on its back. Tiny pumpkin toadlets can’t land their jumps: Frogs normally land on their feet, but one species of toadlet is too small to do this. “We like to say that steel doesn’t lie and that the wrecks of these vessels are the last witnesses to the battles that they fought…those men, on both sides, were fighting to the death,” said Vescovo. The 120 survivors were rescued after 50 hours clinging to life rafts.įootage from the submersible shows the holes made by Japanese shells in the side of Sammy B. The ship sank in 1944, during the Battle Off Samar in the Philippine Sea. This is deeper than 98% of the world’s oceans. “Sammy B,” as the ship is known, lies at a depth of 6,895m. US explorer and entrepreneur Victor Vescovo found the sunken ship using his deep diving submersible, Limiting Factor. World’s deepest shipwreck discovered: Explorers have discovered the deepest known shipwreck, the USS Samuel B Roberts. There were so many human and ecological threats that could have ended this incredible journey,” the chief executive of the carnivore program Matther Becker explained. Researchers could follow the dogs as they had previously been tagged. One sister, known as EWD1355, took the lead. Pack animals by nature, they stuck together for the duration of the trip. Throughout the journey, they managed to avoid hunters and predators, dodged road traffic, and swam across flooded rivers teeming with crocodiles. The three sisters zigzagged across Zambia and Mozambique, skirted Zimbabwe, headed back into Zambia, and then settled in Zambezi National Park in Zimbabwe. Their birth pack resides in the Luangwa Valley in eastern Zambia.Īfter a month of movement, they entered foreign territory. At three years old they left their pack, something the dogs must do to have their own offspring and avoid inbreeding. These dogs made history,” said carnivore expert Paola Bouley. “We’ve been watching with excitement, and nervousness, too. This is double the previous record for the species.Īfrican wild dogs are one of the most endangered mammals on Earth, so researches watched their journey with trepidation. Incredible journey of three African wild dogs: Three African wild dogs traveled more than 2,000km (1,300 miles) over nine months in search of a new home. Here are some of the best natural history links we’ve found this week. And when we’re not outside, we love delving into the discoveries about the places where we live and travel. A passion for the natural world drives many of our adventures.
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