grinderbot: ““How do you make an efficient system to deliver oxygen to the muscles?” In the first of the three studies, a team led by zoologist Michael Berenbrink of the University of Liverpool, UK, studied a protein called myoglobin in deep-diving mammals. Myoglobin is the main oxygen-storing molecule in muscle and gives muscle tissue its […]

joey-wheeler-official: nurturing-nymph: Atheris squamigera, common names:  green bush viper, variable bush viper, leaf viper and others, is a venomous viper species that can be found in West and central Africa: Ivory Coast and Ghana, eastward through southern Nigeria to Cameroon, southern Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, northern Angola, Uganda, Tanzania (Rumanika Game Reserve), western Kenya and Bioko Island. . […]

zoologicallyobsessed: Ever Wondered How Emperor Penguins Survive in Temperatures of −40°C ?  Their feathers are densely packed, and have in fact the highest contour feather density of any bird, allowing them to maintain a constant body temperature of 38°C in freezing waters.  Depsite previous reports that filoplumes and plumules aka.downy feathers, are absent in penguins, […]