Help Manatees: the animal is still endangered in Florida

abc01 submitted, created time 1 year 2 months (www.sciencedaily.com)

I became interested in the endangered manatee in Florida after reading several articles and a book about it.The manatee in Florida is an endangered specie and it should strongly protect by speed limit of boat, strict laws, and recovery program. Manatee’s habit is slow and like warm water so occurred many accidents to them.

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Salamander trumps toad as Mr Universe

Vampire submitted, created time 1 year 9 months (www.newscientist.com)

Hop away toads, you've lost your title as the world's strongest animal. That honour now passes to the giant palm salamander Bolitoglossa dofleini, whose tongue explodes outward with more instantaneous power than any other known vertebrate muscle. At 18,000 watts of power per kilogram of muscle, the salamander, from the forest floors of Central America, is nearly twice as strong as the previous champ, the Colorado river toad Bufo alvarius

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Fresh light thrown on tragic drug trial

penguin submitted, created time 1 year 9 months (www.nature.com)

Within hours of being injected with the drug TGN1412, the victims suffered widespread swelling and multiple organ failure. But in the animal tests, this devasting effects have not happened. And Immunologists have a new theory for this tests.

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