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Awwducational

Don't just waste your time-learn something! r/awwducational is your source for all cute things in the natural world. Each post is sourced so you'll come away with a bit of knowledge and a lot of cute.

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Global Network

Avg. Upvotes

2065

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Interactions

2098

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Community Health Score

Composite score based on growth, engagement, and activity frequency

93/100

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Fri is the best day to post, with an average of 2934 upvotes per post.

Top Posts in Last 30 Days

Highest-upvoted posts from the community

After being hunted to extinction 400 years ago, beavers are being reintroduced in the United Kingdom as a solution to flooding due to climate change. The beavers' presence has also brought back other rare and endangered species.

7K upvotes 97 comments

Mirror-Ball Spiders: these spiders are covered in shimmering, mirror-like panels that can shrink or expand; the panels are produced by a digestive secretion known as guanine, which seeps into the lining of the spider's gut and forms crystalline structures just beneath the surface of the abdomen

2K upvotes 16 comments

Solenostomus snuffleupagus is a newly discovered species of ghost pipefish. It is highly carnivorous and disguises itself as red algae to hunt its prey. Its existence and range were confirmed partly through citizen science apps like iNaturalist.

1K upvotes 23 comments

Researchers recently discovered a new species of sauropod in Thailand. The largest dinosaur ever discovered in southeast Asia, Nagatitan was 90ft (27m) long and weighed more than 30 tons, three times the weight of a T-rex.

820 upvotes 9 comments

Sulcata tortoises are endangered partly due to their popularity as pets. Thousands of them have been taken from the wild and sold at reptile shows. However, people are unprepared for how massive these tortoises get, leading to them being frequently abandoned.

715 upvotes 9 comments

Bumblebees have been observed using tools to solve problems. When given a ball and a treat, bumblebees will the roll the ball into a position to reach the treat.

593 upvotes 11 comments

Honey bees can occasionally ‘un-sting’ humans and live to tell the tale

349 upvotes 12 comments

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