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Wild Things:
Life as We Know It
Whale of a comeback, dancing cockatoos, sticky bees, and waltzing pond scum
By Amanda Bensen, Joseph Caputo, T.A. Frail, Laura Helmuth and Abigail Tucker
Smithsonian magazine, July 2009
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(Paul Johns)
Bumblebees search for flower petals that offer traction, University of Cambridge-led scientists have shown. Some petals are smooth and slippery, but others have cone-shaped cells that act like Velcro when bees touch down. The reward for sticking the landing? Bees can guzzle nectar more readily. For the flowers' part, more and longer visits by bees increase the chances of pollination.
Learn more about honeybees and snapdragons at the Encyclopedia of Life.
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Snowball the cockatoo bobs his head and lifts his leg to the beats of the Backstreet Boys' "Everbody"
Comments
Everyone in our flock LOVES SNOWBALL!!
Posted by Chris on July 8,2009 | 02:47PM
How can something be single-celled and made out of a colony of cells(multi-cellular)?
Posted by Ben on July 13,2009 | 07:14AM
I've sent Snowball dancing to my 2 greatgranddaughters and they loved him.
Posted by Elaine B on August 12,2009 | 08:32PM