Wildlife Education Foundation (WEF)

22/10/2026

Get your copy of Africa's Mammals - Discovering A 101 Species. Also available in Afrikaans. For more info, and to place an order: https://wild.org.za/shop/

28/07/2026

24/07/2026

In 19th-century Kiribati, warriors couldn't forge metal armor on their remote Pacific islands—so they turned to the ocean. Lacking local metallurgy, islanders crafted unique battle helmets from the dried, spiny skin of porcupine fish or the puffer-fish. The fish's sharp, natural spikes formed an intimidating and effective defensive barrier against incoming strikes, turning marine life into deadly headgear.

23/07/2026

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History houses the world’s only surviving soft-tissue remains of the dodo, which went extinct around 362 years ago.

This invaluable specimen specifically consists of a mummified head and foot. While long celebrated as a rare historical treasure, modern forensic CT scanning revealed a shocking new twist: the bird was actually shot in the back of the head.

Furthermore, DNA extracted from these tissues definitively proved that the dodo’s closest living relatives are pigeons.

14/04/2026

Plants 🌱 Are Musicians 🎶

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