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Sea cucumbers and snails are hand-picked by divers, and sharks are caught on lines, rather than in nets, with bait that attracts only carnivores.

Our tissues are not made up solely of cells.

That’s why confidently reporting eye and hair color based on DNA is a relatively recent accomplishment.

Many herbivores play an important role in maintaining plant life by eating leaves and dispersing seeds. BBC (Sep 6, 2012)

When a huge meteor fell from the sky over Russia, the Internet was quickly flooded with amazing footage taken by local drivers.

Gorillas are omnivores, meaning they’ll eat just about anything — including tree bark.

And I sensed sentience—intelligence—in its horribly human attitude of watchful hesitation. Kuttner, Henry

During all the hiking and occasional fossil tasting, dinosaur hunters are looking for trails of bone shards leading into a layer of rock. Slate (Apr 5, 2013)

Around the same time, Ali made an unlikely ally and friend.

Incidentally, his lush singing voice could charm grizzly bears.

Dolphins are highly social creatures; they even breathe together.

But humans and dolphins are separated by about 90 million years of evolution, and the sets of imitation skills probably evolved separately.

For instance, species whose persistence is shaped by the climate can respond by shifting their geographical ranges, remaining in place and adapting, or becoming extinct. Nature (Oct 11, 2013)

These cells are now able to migrate freely, by entering the circulatory system.

Kelly loved music from an early age and would listen to Michael Jackson and mimic his dance moves, Williams said. Seattle Times (May 8, 2013)

In social tasks—playing a game or conversing—both age groups preferred a humanoid face.

"Both sides are sticking to their own hardline stance… while preparing for the worst case scenario of an outbreak of military conflict," it adds.

Pakistan's security forces have been put on high alert following the US drone strike on Friday.

These computer simulations are used to study the dynamics of the Earth's climate and make projections about future temperature change.

Carnivorous plants catch their prey in pools, glue and snap traps. Scientific American (Jan 9, 2012)

Large herbivorous dinosaurs grew new teeth every month.

Some take special delight in feces from omnivorous animals, especially humans and pigs. New York Times (Mar 9, 2012)

The northward black migration suddenly ended—another phenomenon almost no one predicted. Wall Street Journal (Sep 20, 2013)

Charles Darwin built his theory of evolution by natural selection on the evidence supplied by hundreds of citizen scientists all over the world.