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Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii)

Also known as the Marshbuck, the Sitatunga is a species of Tragelaphus antelope which is found throughout Central Africa, with its range centering on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and parts of southern Sudan, Ghana, Botswana, Zambia, Gabon, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. Sitatunga are typically known to occupy marshes/swamps and other wet habitats. As an adaptation to this, Sitatunga posses a shaggy, water-resistant coat which varies by color geographically. Like other antelope, Sitatunga feed mainly on plant and vegetable matter. 

Classification

Animalia-Chordata-Mammalia-Artiodactyla-Bovidae-Bovinae-Tragelaphus-T. spekii

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#antelope #adorable

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Pluto Shares its First Secrets!

Just one day after its successful Pluto Flyby, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft sent back the first close-up photos of the dwarf planet and its largest moon, Charon.

Not only does Pluto have a mountain range with peaks 3500 meters high which formed no more than 100 million years ago – quite young for a celestial object in a 4.56-billion-year-old solar system -, but Charon looks completely different with cliffs and canyons (one being 7 to 9 km deep!).

The spacecraft also sent new information about Pluto’s outermost known moons, Hydra. We now know that it is about 43 by 33 kilometers with an almost entirely icy surface.

These discoveries are quite impressive, but are also just the beginning. It will take up to 16 months to receive and collect all the data that New Horizons is sending. The spacecraft is now continuing its mission into the Kuiper Belt – a region of space beyond the planets consisting mainly of icy objects.

For the complete image gallery: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/images/index.html

 

Credit: NASA’s website

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#space #the power of science #Pluto #oh look an update

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Looks like they’re at it again, guys

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signal boost

(( Re-blogging for obvious reasons! ))

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#signal boost #PSA #viruses #that looks like a nasty one