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Tibetan Fox Has the Most Unimpressed Face in Nature.
The Tibetan fox is one of the most distinctive-looking wild canids on the planet, and one of the least expressive, at least on the surface. Its square, jowly face carries heavy brow ridges and downturned eyes that give it a…
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Mudskippers Walk on Land. They Also Breathe Through Their Skin….
Mudskippers are fish that have, to a remarkable degree, decided that water is optional. Mudskippers live in the intertidal mudflats and mangrove…
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Spiders Can Fly. Thousands of Kilometers.
Ballooning spiders are not a metaphor. Spiders genuinely fly, and they have been doing it for longer than humans have been watching…
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Pufferfish Are Toxic Enough to Kill 30 Adults. They Still Get Eaten..
Pufferfish, specifically Takifugu rubripes and its relatives, contain tetrodotoxin, one of the most potent non-protein toxins known, concentrated in the liver, ovaries,…
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Gharials Have 110 Teeth. They Use None of Them for Chewing.
Gharial is one of the most distinctive crocodilians alive, and also one of the most endangered. The jaw is the first thing…
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Potoos Bird: the Eerily Brilliant Bird That Vanishes Without Moving
Potoos bird is a nocturnal bird of Central and South America that has taken camouflage to a level that feels almost philosophical.…
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Northern hairy-nosed wombat: why it’s critically endangered
Most people know the common wombat, the round, solid, burrowing marsupial of southeastern Australia that has become something of a national mascot.…
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