May 14, 2021 04:22 PM EDT
End of the Cretaceous period giant mosasaur in Morocco that could have gotten to eight meters long is the third new species to be identified from the region in less than a year, bringing the sum of up to at least 13 species.
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Giant Marine Lizards
The high diversity of the fauna reveals how mosasaurs, giant marine lizards related to Komodo dragons and snakes, flourished in the last million years of the Cretaceous period before they were wiped out with most of all species on Earth, by the giant asteroid impact 66 million years ago.
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Caution: Read at your own risk as we re not at fault for scaring your fascinating image about this lovable creature. Get ready to be amazed by these bizarre facts you re about to read about dolphins!
Have you ever thought a cute creature like a dolphin could have dark secrets buried inside the deep water?
These bizarre facts we are about to share with you will change your view about this cute, adorable, and best friend of human creatures at sea.
Let s take it from the scary facts to the scariest facts about Dolphins
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1) Your cute little friend is actually a Mega-predator
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Feb 20, 2021 07:55 AM EST
Research printed in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry has found out that the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico has long-term impacts on the immune function of bottlenose dolphins. As part of health assessment programs, bottlenose dolphins from a place that received lengthened and heavy oiling were temporarily captured, tested, and freed. The animals were compared with dolphins from a geographical area where no oil was seen.
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Immunological Alterations
Researchers recorded immunological alterations in bottlenose dolphins sampled up to a decade as a result of the oil spill that was similar in nature to those immediately following the spill. The impacts were seen even in dolphins given birth after the spill. The nature of the immunological impacts examined in dolphins was also related to those in mice analytically exposed to oil in the laboratory.