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8 Heartbreaking Stories of Animal Prosthetics

People have been applying prosthesis to help the handicapped ones ever since the Egyptians – but probably only recently we realized, we’re not the only ones suffering the pain on Earth. Unlike people, animals can’t cry or complain about the pain, and the less resilient ones lead a much shorter and harder life in case…

Why Are Tortoises So Slow

The Tortoise is known as one of the slowest animals in the animal kingdom. It even stars in a famous children’s story, The Tortoise And The Hare. But why are they so slow? Craig of Wheezy Waiter and Mental Floss explains that because they eat plants, and can simply hide from predators in their shells they have…