**[SIZE=4]Chaaaaarge! Protective elephant sees off a pack of horrible hyenas - but poor calf still loses its tail in dramatic bush battle for survival **[/SIZE]
This is the dramatic moment a protective mother elephant desperately fought off a fearsome pack of hyenas trying to attack her young calf.
The life and death struggle began as the dog-like mammals pounced on the unsuspecting baby elephant when it became separated from its mother.
Six of the hyenas launched themselves onto the calf’s back in a bid to bring it down, prompting the furious mother to swing into action.
‘…And STAY out!’ The last hyena flees the scene with it tail between its legs
With a multi-coloured shell for a home, he is sure to keep up with the Joneses.
Harry the hermit crab, who lives in the rock pool in the Atlantis Discovery Area at Legoland in Windsor, Berkshire, has a shell made entirely of Lego bricks.
The trendy crab even chose the attractive shell over more traditional options.
[SIZE=5]Please sir, can I have some raw? Hungry lion steals plate and takes it back to pride[/SIZE]
The biggest compliment you have pay a cook is leaving them with a clean plate, but this hungry lion decided to make off with it too.
The cheeky young male enjoyed his breakfast so much, he took the china crockery back to his pride.
He was seen by a stunned tourist carrying the white plate in his mouth as he walked through Grootkolk Wilderness Camp in Botswana.
A close cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex discovered in China is the biggest feathered dinosaur ever found.
The huge predator Yutyrannus Huali measured almost 30 feet and weighed more than a tonne - it’s 40 times heavier than any previous feathered dinosaurs.
Like T. rex it was a formidable predator, but - unlike its famous relative - was covered in downy feathers.
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A ‘shaggy’ close cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex discovered in China is the biggest feathered dinosaur known, scientists have revealed. Yutyrannus huali measured almost 30 feet and weighed more than a tonne
Three remarkably complete skeletons representing a previously unknown species of giant, feathered tyrannosaur have been discovered in China
Scientists believe the feathers had no connection with flight and would have been used to keep the animal warm [/details]
The first port of call for human beaus whose object of desire has turned them down is often a local bar to drown their sorrows - and it turns out we’re not alone.
Male fruitflies also tend to hit the bottle when they are unlucky in love, researchers say.
In lab tests, flies who had been rejected by females turned to booze - slurping down a syrup as strong as fortified wine to help them cope.
Researchers at the University of California found that a ‘switch’ in their brains turns the insects to the bottle - and that the finding could be used to stop humans doing the same.
[LEFT]Researcher Richard Connor, of the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, said dolphins would have to be incredibly smart to compute the ‘soap operatics’ of such a life.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Only human society has such a complex social structure.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]Professor Connor told Discovery News: ‘I work on the male dolphins and their social lives are very intense. It seems there is constant drama.’ The study is just the latest example of dolphin intelligence.[/LEFT]
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When you’ve dragged yourself out of your burrow, sometimes all you’ve got the energy for is sitting back and watching the world go by.
These wild prairie dogs were soaking up the sun when Jane Lyons, 39, spotted them in Arizona. Highly social creatures, they are known to live in Canada, western parts of the U.S. and Mexico.
‘Summer breeze makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind’: This family of prairie dogs look very relaxed in the Arizona sun. The animals are known to live in Canada, western parts of the U.S. and Mexico
Scale and bone: In a stunning collection by the Smithsonian, cold-blooded creatures are photographed from the inside out, showing every bone, rib, and feature to them
Prickly: A Diodon holocanthus, otherwise known as a long-spine porcupinefish, puffs up for the camera
Shellfish supper: The Ogcocephalus corniger holotype looks as though it had a nice seafood dinner
Floating: A picture of Eusphyra blochii, known as the winghead shark
Biodiversity: The collection encompasses males, females, juveniles, larvae, and even eggs
Captured on film: These specimens serve as a historical record of fish biodiversity and a working reference library for scientists around the world
Intricate creatures: The photographs were originally taken to study these animals, but their artistic qualities did not go unnoticed
Haunting: This fish appears more as a specter than a creature of the sea
The nose knows: The Eumecichthys fiski, or unicorn crestfish, has an unusual shape [/details]
