The wonderful world of animals

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It can produce a litre of slime in under 0.1 seconds, causing would-be predators to drown in a sea of mucus | Discover Wildlife

Death by slime. JV Chamary introduces us to the slimiest animal in the world who can use its slime to carry out deadly actions

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Baby hippo was separated from his family by a tsunami. So this 103 year old tortoise became his best friend.

 

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Kangaroo rats don’t need to drink water​

Living in the arid deserts of western North America, kangaroo rats don’t have much water available to them. These tiny mammals have evolved to eat primarily mesquite beans and grass seeds, which usually provide them with all the water they need, though each gram of seeds contains only half a gram of H2O.

As a result, kangaroo rats’ kidneys produce a type of urine that contains very little liquid compared to other mammals. This helps them conserve water for when they need it most, in the hotter and drier summer months. During the summer, kangaroo rats also may eat insects and vegetation as an extra water source.

 

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Horseshoe crabs have blue blood due to copper-based hemocyanin. Their blood is used in medical testing because it clots in the presence of bacterial toxins

 

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Elephants have a fantastic sense of smell that is 100 times more sensitive than a human’s, according to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute. They’re also agile and can walk across a beam. Despite these strengths, elephants are unable to jump. That’s because they have inflexible ankle joints and what an evolutionary researcher at the Royal Veterinary College in London called “wimpy lower-leg muscles” in an interview with Live Science. For those reasons, elephants have trouble running for more than a short distance.

 

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https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/02/16/146989664/study-finds-goats-adjust-their-accents-based-on-social-surroundings

 

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New spider species discovered in southern Morocco. It looks like a Pokémon

The male specimens of the family bear an uncanny resemblance to giant ladybugs.

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Foxes use a clever trick to get rid of fleas: they carry a piece of wool, grass, or fur (often from prey) in their mouth, back slowly into water, letting the fleas crawl onto the object to escape the rising water, then release the object and swim away flea-free. This ancient folklore describes the fox submerging its body, forcing fleas onto the object in its mouth, and finally dipping its head to release them all at once.

 

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Tiny 'underwater hotels' for sea creatures help scientists collect 20 new species in ocean's twilight zone

Luiz Rocha has dedicated his life to the study of fish. His latest research uncovered a treasure trove of new sea creatures.

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