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A sad, lonely whale of an unknown species has been ostracized from its own kind due to its inability to communicate. The whale has been swimming around the Earth's oceans for years and continually tries to connect with any other fellow whale, but sadly, it goes unnoticed. According to Discovery News, the whale sings at a sound frequency that is so high, no other whales respond. RELATED: Follow PawNation on Pinterest now! The friendless whale caught the attention of the U.S. Navy in 1989 when their instruments detected its unusual frequency. Other filter feeders call between 15 and 25 Hertz, but this particular whale called away at 52 Hertz. RELATED: Play the Who's Cutest ...
The Okefenokee Swamp. Flickr/petitshoo What do you do if you're a wildlife biologist trying to track an elusive snake inside a vast swamp? You call in the dogs. Researchers in Georgia's Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge recently employed a dog named C.J. to help sniff out threatened indigo snakes inside the refuge, the (Georgia) Cherokee Tribune reported. Reaching seven feet in length, indigo snakes are the longest snakes in North America, according to the University of Georgia. Once common in the southern U.S., the snakes have become threatened with extinction due to habitat loss. Refuge scientists knew that the slippery black snakes make their homes in the swamps of Okefenokee, but ...