Why are these different? 🐊 Alligator vs. Crocodile 🐊 • Snout: Alligators = U-shaped, Crocodiles = V-shaped • Teeth: 🐊 Crocodile’s 4th lower tooth is always visible •Color: 🌑 Alligators = darker, 🟤 Crocodiles = lighter •Habitat: 🌊 Alligators = freshwater, 🏝️ Crocodiles = both fresh & saltwater

Thread of before and after photos 1. The Artic 100 years apart

The crocodile in Australia that even eats cattle.

In the Amazon rainforest, researchers discovered Rafflesia arnoldii, the world's largest flower. It spans 1 meter, weighs 11 kg, and emits a strong odor of rotting meat to attract insects.

The Banff Wildlife Crossings Project was implemented in Banff, Alberta. Combined with fencing to keep the animals off the road, the structures have reduced animal-vehicle collisions in the area by more than 80% (>96% for elk and deer alone).

The rift valley is located in Pinglu, Shanxi on the Loess Plateau, a highland area in north-central China covering some 400,000 square km. It was formed due to movements within the earth's crust and its about 10 km long

This is how confusing perspective messes with your mind. First you see a zebra doing a headstand, after having lost all four of its legs to some predators, and then...

Some lakes with extremely high salt content cause some birds, unaware of where they are coming from, to dive into the water and turn to stone after diving, completely calcified! (Photo: Nick Brandt)

This image occurs when the sun is behind a thick cloud and there is a thinner cloud nearby. Depending on the position of the sun, clouds may appear colorful. Although pastel colors are generally observed, vibrant colors have also been observed.

The goliath tigerfish is said to be a bigger and deadlier version of the piranha. It has 32 teeth that are of similar size to those of a great white shark and has been known to attack humans and even crocodiles. It has only ever been caught by a handful of fishermen due to the danger it poses.

The last moments off a man who jumped in a tiger enclosure, 2014.

Before the high-rises of the Battery Park City expansion, the area behind the Twin Towers was a landfill. The buildings could be seen entirely from the Hudson river and there was actually a Battery Bark beach. [📸 Fred R Conrad, 1977]

Hugo Vau, riding a 35 meter high wave in Nazaré, Portugal [📸 Lucas Tozzi]

A volunteer at the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation became stuck in mud when risking his safety to move deadly snakes from the riverbank. An orangutan approached, instinctively offered help. [📸 Anil Prabhakar]

This is one of the longest Wels caught from Italy’s Po River in 2015 by Italian angler Dino Ferrari. It measured 2.68 meters long (8.8 feet) and weighed more than 120 kg (265 pounds). [📸Sportex Italia Photo

The naked mole-rat, or sand puppy, is undoubtedly not a handsome animal, but it can't feel pain, it resists to cancer and it's the only cold-blooded mammal

Life finds a way. [📸 Joshua Lutz]

Gigantopithecus is an extinct genus of ape that existed from two million years to as recently as 100,000 years ago. Fossil record suggests it was the largest known primate species that ever lived, standing up to 3 m and weighing as much as 540–600 kg.