Lobster Age Shown By Counting Its Rings Like A Tree, Study Reveals

For the first time, scientists have figured out how to determine the age of a lobster – by counting its rings, like a tree. Nobody knows how old lobsters can live to be; some people estimate they live to more than 100.

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Which Shark Species Has the Strongest Bite?

You might be surprised to learn that the shark with the strongest bite is not the great white, the tiger shark or even the great hammerhead. Rather, it's the more modestly-sized bull shark, according to BBC Nature.

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Video: Adorable Video Of Baby Panda Startled By Zookeeper Goes Viral

A baby panda gets quite a fright and it's caught on camera. In the footage, an adorable baby red panda in Japan throws up her paws and falls on her back after a zookeeper surprises her. The video was posted on YouTube and has been viewed more than 460,000 times in just five days.

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Popular Kitten Names: 2012's Trendiest Cat Monikers

Naming your new cat is a difficult and important decision — after all, he'll have to live with that moniker for the rest of his life, and so will you. But naming a kitten can also be tons of fun! We culled our records and came up with the a current list of the 10 most popular cat names.

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Opossum Facts: 10 Things You Never Knew About The Marsupial

Pity the poor opossum. The oft-maligned marsupial definitely suffers from an image problem — it is frequently perceived more as a giant, dirty, scavenging rat rather than a cute creature of the wild. But whether you love them or hate them, North America’s only marsupial has a set of unique characteristics that might transform aversion into affection. But first, the burning question: is it opossum or possum?

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2012 National Dog Show: Winners Of Purina's Competition Announced

This win is one for the history books. For the second year in a row, a Wire Fox Terrier won the coveted Best in Show title at the National Dog Show presented by Purina. The same breed hasn’t won two years in row in a major competition since an English Springer Spaniel won Westminster in 1971 and 1972.

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Strange Dog Breeds Spotted At The 2012 National Dog Show

One of the best things about attending a benched dog show like the National Dog Show presented by Purina is that you get to meet lots of pooches that you don’t usually see walking around the neighborhood or playing at the local dog park.

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8 Reasons Owning a Dog is Good for You

What's a Dog for? There are a thousand answers to the question that is the title of my new book. This is because being human means needing help, of many different kinds, and sometimes there's not another to provide it. To start with, loneliness is not only an emotion--it's terrible for the health.

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Deer Enter Kohl's Store In Iowa Through Automatic Doors, Bewilder Shoppers

Shoppers in Iowa got an unusual glimpse of wildlife Monday morning when a doe and two fawns wandered into a department store. Coralville Police Chief Barry Bedford says the deer used doors that open automatically to get into a Kohl's store. He says the fawns stayed in the store's vestibule, but their mother made it into the store and headed toward the back.

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Video: Monogamous Magellanic Penguin Couple Have Stayed Faithful To Each Other For 16 Years

Researchers say a pair of monogamous Magellanic penguins have been together for 16 years, making the lovebirds among the most faithful in the animal kingdom. According to the Telegraph, the penguins have shared a faithful partnership for almost their "entire breeding life," despite "spending long periods apart and each of them taking solo trips totaling 200,000 miles."

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