Why sloths do not sleep upside down
Several mammal species other than ruminants and camels have a multi-chambered forestomach kangaroos, hippos, colobus monkeys, peccaries, sloths but they do not ruminate. As studies on the digestive physiology of these species are largely missing, it is generally assumed that their forestomach functions in the same way as that of ruminants, the most prominent characteristic of which is the selec...If you come across a fly lying on its back, chances are it's dead, right? Well, maybe not. It may just be passing through a very predictable, but significant stage of decline that eventually will help scientists better understand aging and degenerative diseases in humans.... ...A team of researchers studying longevity in more than 200 male Mediterranean fruit flies found that nearly all of the fl...According to fellow phycologists, algae expert Stefan Draisma from the Leiden University has turned brown algae phylogeny completely upside down. His research shows that few of the currently assumed relationships between the orders are correct. Furthermore, it transpires that some simple species arose not earlier but later than more complex species....... Brown algae are multicellular algae. Brow...