#WondersOfNature: This very popular photo captured by Timothy C. Roth from Task Force Turtle portrays a snapping turtle that emerged after hibernation carrying the "earth" on its back.

This 13-pound snapping turtle in Maryland is carrying 18 pounds of mud and grass on its back. It hangs out in mud pits during the winter to keep warm. When the turtle comes out in the spring, it brings some of the mud with it!

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Many of you might have already seen the ultra cute "sea sheep" (Costasiella kuroshimae), but yesterday I learned 2 mind-blowing facts about the family of sea slugs they belong to:

1. They incorporate chloroplasts (the organelles in plant cells that do the actual photosynthesis) of plants they eat, into their own bodies to do photosynthesis directly for them (that is the green colour you see), in order to survive if food is scarce.

Imagine being able to live from light!

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#WondersOfNature: A fog bow, sometimes called a #White #Rainbow, is a similar phenomenon to a rainbow; however, as its name suggests, it appears as a bow in fog rather than rain.

Because of the very small size of water droplets that cause fog, the fog bow has only very weak colors and may appear white.

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#WondersOfNature: A 22° halo is an atmospheric #Optical #Phenomenon that consists of a halo with an apparent radius of approximately 22° around the Sun.

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#WondersOfNature: #Catatumbo #Lightning is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs over the mouth of the Catatumbo River where it empties into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela.

Catatumbo means "House of Thunder" in the language of the Bari people.

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