I ❤ Egyptian Fruit Bats

Recent studies have uncovered very interesting uses of neurons in the Egyptian Fruit Bat brain. These neurons, otherwise known as place cells have been put to a very curious use in the daily life of the bat. They use these cells to map out 3-D landscapes. Like a dot on a road map, the cells are used to map out the rooms that they have been put in. Scientists recorded these results by strapping brain-wave reading technology onto the heads of the bats, and discovered this amazing evolutionary benefit.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/349761/description/News_in_Brief_Bats_are_3-D_cartographers

I ❤ Ceramic Fish Cookers

Ancient Japanese pottery has been found that suggests that hunter-gatherers were using vessels such as the pot found to prepare food. The chemical analysis reveals that this pot was used between 11,200 and 15,300 years ago to cook a type of fish. They found it was fish because even though fatty acids don't tend to preserve well, they found small samples that were left within the stains on the inside of the pot. This type of pottery has been questioned for years, and is now just being traced to hunter-gatherer tribes in ancient china.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/349564/description/Pottery_cooked_from_the_start

I ❤ Niumbaha Superba

There's a new genus of bat in town that appears to be striped like a badger. While conducting field research in South Sudan the team found this strange bat by accident on the Bangangai Game Reserve. Once back in America the team found that it was the same bat that had been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1939, and had been named under the genus Glauconycteris Superba . After some research they found that this particular bat did not fit into the genus. After hitting a dead end, the team had no other choice than to name a completely new genus of bat. This new genus has now been named Niumbaha Superba.

I ❤ Not Sound

For the first time in history scientists have been able to completely block sound waves from an object with a simple plastic cover. This discovery may lead to very important findings in sound pollution and also allowing ships and submarines to remain unseen. Because they were able to completely block a kind of waves, this opens doors to blocking other waves. This discovery is the beginning of a new innovative world that is able to block any type of wave. This can alter the entire world we see today......seriously

I ❤ Alligator Snapping Turtles

In Florida it has been declared illegal to posses a snapping turtle without a permit. Just this week a man was found with one and was fined and sent to jail after being found with one inside his washing machine. Along with the turtle they also found snakes lizards and other reptiles in the household. Wright, the owner of the house was put into jail after trying to deny the police access to his house. It was not illegal for him to have the other animals, but he did not have a permit for the snapping turtle, and also denied the police entrance to search the premises.

http://www.ksat.com/news/Illegal-snapping-turtle-found-hidden-in-man-s-washer-dirty-laundry/-/478452/19485334/-/33laop/-/index.html

I ❤ Cliff Swallows

Cliff Swallows are known to build small mud huts on cliffs for their young to mature in. Because of the increasing urbanization of our planet the Swallows have made a habit of building their huts underneath bridges. Scientists have been drooling over the "Jaw dropping" drop in Swallow deaths around roadways in the last 30 years. After delving deeper into this conundrum, they have also found the wing span on cliff Swallows to have also dropped drastically..... about the size of a Tic Tac. They have also found that the dead Swallows have ad slightly longer wings. So the conclusion is that the Cliff Swallows have adapted to the copious amounts of traffic by shortening their wings through natural selection so that dodging cars is much easier. So here it is, a shining example of Darwin's theory happening right in front of our faces, and right in our country....The incredibly wonderful United States of America.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/349028/description/Shorter-winged_swallows_evolve_around_highways

I ❤ Tadpoles

Scientists have been attempting to find an answer to the question of whether eyes can be planted on the body, and then utilized. They have finally been able to solve it. 134 tadpoles of the African Clawed Frog species have been experimented on. The scientists grafted eyes onto the tails of the tadpoles, and then removed the eyes. After doing so the tadpoles were put into a pool with blue light areas that were safe, and red areas that would zap the tadpoles with a small amount of electricity. The areas would change so the tadpoles couldn't memorize the locations. They then used the eyes on their tales to avoid the red areas, proving that they were using them. Life-changing.

http://www.livescience.com/27518-tadpoles-sprout-eyeballs-on-tails.html