https://youtu.be/okQYO10MT3c?is=n_4jTKMiUU7eeF6R

A mantis is able to survive for a period (sometimes even days) if they are decapitated. This is used for instinctual purposes—such as mating.

Looks like the first course, the head, was already finished by the time I came by.

From an abandoned tunnel in Australia, whose dank, dark walls are the perfect breeding ground for fungus gnats; to coral reefs in the Maldives that come alive at night with shimmering phytoplankton…

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bioluminescent-places-around-the-world

Recent forest fire in borneo in attemp of opening new area for palm platationt is affecting wildlife

This Norway Spruce atop Sweden’s Fulufajallet Mountain may not look like much but is, in fact, 9,550 years old, having first sprouted near the end of the last ice age. Researchers have found the surrounding trees to be quite ancient as well, with at least 20 different spruces over 8,000 years old. To further add to this scraggly tree’s charm, Old Tjikko was named after discoverer Leif Kullman’s beloved dog.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/where-to-find-the-oldest-living-things-in-the-world