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Ciekawostki Centrum Edukacji Przyrodniczej UJ - Love is dead
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Love is dead - it's just about continuing the species

14.02.2025
Today, against all odds, we dare to state the thesis: love is dead - only reproduction counts! 😆 Below you will find 10 examples of total "anti-romanticists" in the animal world, animals that do not waste time on love, but focus on producing offspring.
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Obiekt miesiąca Centrum Edukacji Przyrodniczej UJ - model goryla nizinnego
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Object of the month February 2025 - Western Lowland Gorilla

07.02.2025
Gorillas are the largest modern apes, closely related to humans – we share 98% of our genes with them. Their evolutionary lineage diverged from chimpanzees and Homo sapiens about 10 million years ago. The name "gorilla" comes from the Greek word for "hairy woman" – the first mention is attributed to the Carthaginian navigator Hannoni from the 5th century BC. The species was not scientifically described until the 19th century.
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Ciekawostki Centrum Edukacji Przyrodniczej UJ - motyle w styczniu
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Butterflies in January? We've never seen them this early!

31.01.2025
A month ago we wrote about autumn butterflies and their connection with the warming climate, and here we have January and the first observations of this year!
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Ciekawostki Centrum Edukacji Przyrodniczej UJ - Andy - góry naprawdę niezwykłe
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The Andes - truly extraordinary mountains.

24.01.2025
The Andes are a narrow chain of mountains stretching for 9,000 km along the western coast of South America and crossing seven countries. The Andes are the longest mountain range in the world and include many of the highest peaks in the Western Hemisphere.
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Obiekt miesiąca Centrum Edukacji Przyrodniczej UJ - Archegosaurus decheni
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Object of the month January 2025 - Archegosaurus decheni, a large amphibian from the Permian

03.01.2025
The Permian is the last geological period of the Paleozoic era, following the Carboniferous and ending about 252 million years ago with the largest extinction in Earth's history. It was a time when many amphibians lived, whose body shape would more closely resemble reptiles such as lizards or crocodiles than most amphibians today.
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