A deer no bigger than a hamster? Meet the tiny Java mouse-deer!

Java mouse deer with terrifying fangs

A rare mini-Bambi born in a Spanish zoo in 2014 has put the tiny Java mouse-deer on the front page and in everyone’s mind! Seldom seen in zoos, the miniature Java mouse-deer starts off the size of a hamster, weighing less than ¼ lb. When full grown, the tiny-hoofed critter will be no bigger than…

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Rare (and super ugly) goblin shark caught in Florida

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When shrimp captain Carl Moore caught it, he didn’t know what it was – and looking like a creature from the movie “Alien”, he refused to go near it. Luckily, he snapped a few photos before tossing the ugly Goblin shark back into the water so it could resume its primary objective of confusing scientists…

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Yay, vampires are real! Wait, OMG, vampires are real!

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Uh oh, this can’t be good. Two different sets of scientists released some pretty amazing news on Sunday. Seems that transfusing the blood of a young mouse into an old mouse can improve the old mouse’s mental and physical capabilities. In other words, the scientists reversed aging in the muscles and brains of old mice…

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