Shingray Update, Seahenge, And The Longesssst Rock Art

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This week on Break It Down, Charlotte the stingray is back and it’s not good news, a zig-zagging snake stretching over 40 meters might be the world’s longest rock art, the irony of offering endangered orangutans as a form of diplomatic gift, the mysterious aurora STEVE gets a long-lost twin, why Seahenge was built, and how the iconic “March of Progress” evolution image is actually all wrong.

Sit back, relax, and let’s Break It Down…

Links:

Stingray: https://www.iflscience.com/aquarium-solves-mystery-after-stingray-alone-in-tank-of-sharks-appeared-pregnant-74480

Parthenogenesis: https://youtu.be/W31JiNsN3mg

Snake rock art: https://www.iflscience.com/2000-year-old-snake-engraving-is-among-the-worlds-largest-rock-art-74508

Orangutan diplomacy: https://www.iflscience.com/orangutan-diplomacy-malaysias-new-plan-to-give-endangered-primates-to-palm-oil-partners-74547

STEVE’s twin: https://www.iflscience.com/steve-the-aurora-like-phenomenons-morning-twin-has-been-spotted-in-a-photograph-74538

Seahenge: https://www.iflscience.com/forget-stonehenge-why-was-seahenge-built-over-4000-years-ago-74465

March of Progress: https://www.iflscience.com/the-famous-march-of-progress-image-is-wildly-wrong-74557

Claude the koala: https://www.iflscience.com/claude-the-koala-has-gone-on-another-heist-this-time-he-brought-a-crew-74510

Dinosaur discovery: https://www.iflscience.com/rare-teen-t-rex-fossil-discovered-by-three-kids-hiking-in-north-dakota-74530

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