Why Are We Afraid Of Snakes? - National Geographic

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Funny, for a second: What was designer Stella McCartney doing, having people in animal costumes (above) walk down the runway during Paris Fashion Week like entertainers at an amusement park? The upbeat strut carried a chill: McCartney told the Guardian that her luxury fashion house, unlike others, doesn’t kill animals to create garments and accessories for its customers. She said she wanted “to sugarcoat a powerful, meaningful message in a little bit of humor and fun, to make our point in a palatable and digestible way so that people listen."

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The last glimpse

a swamp wallaby with young in its pouch
Photograph by Jurgen and Christine Sohns, Minden Pictures

Respect: How can you get pregnant again before having a baby? Australia’s female swamp wallabies can—and do. They have two uteruses and often get pregnant (again) just a day or two before giving birth from another pregnancy. The wallabies, unlike the European brown hare (which can also get pregnant while pregnant), are continuously pregnant most or all of their adult lives, Nat Geo’s Douglas Main writes.

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