The Gerboa


Jerboas are the bulk of the membership of the family Dipodidae; they are small jumping desert rodents of Asia and northern Africa that resemble mice with a long tufted tail and very long hind legs. The small forelegs are not used for locomotion. In general, Asiatic jerboas have five toes on their hind feet and African jerboas have three; the shapes of their ears vary widely between species. Jerboa fur is long, soft and silky. Diet varies considerably: some are specialist seed, insect, or plant eaters, others are omnivores. Jerboas obtain energy by eating plants.



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The Frilled Shark, a species of shark rarely seen alive because its natural habitat is about 2,000 feet under the sea was captured on film by staff at a Japanese marine park this week.

The Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, south of Tokyo, was alerted by a fisherman at a nearby port on Sunday that he had spotted an odd-looking eel-like creature with a mouthful of needle-sharp teeth. Marine park staff caught the 5 foot (1.6 meter) long creature, which they identified as a female frilled shark, sometimes referred to as a "living fossil" because it is a primitive species that has changed little since prehistoric times.

The shark appeared to be in poor condition when park staff moved it to a seawater pool where they filmed it swimming and opening its jaws.

Head, side view of living specimen:
"We believe moving pictures of a live specimen are extremely rare," said an official at the park. "They live between 1,968 and 3,280 feet (600 and 1,000 meters) under the water, which is deeper than humans can go."

Unique footage of a alive (but die-ing) Frilled Shark:


"We think it may have come close to the surface because it was sick, or else it was weakened because it was in shallow waters," the official said.

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NL:De universiteit van Osaka heeft een robot gebouwd op basis van een echt 5-jarig meisje. De replica is eng goed gelukt

Eng:The Repliee R-1 robot was engineered at the University of Osaka and is guaranteed to creep you the heck out.

They previously created Human Robot EveR-1 2006:

And finally Replieee Q-2