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Category of curiosities about biology.
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Biology
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During its winter hibernation, this rodent lowers its body temperature down to -2.9 °C through an astonishing process of biological supercooling.
Biology
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The bile pigment biliverdin dyes their muscles, bones, and tongue, turning a lethal waste product into an unusual cellular shield.
Biology
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Nicknamed "Conan the Bacterium," it withstands thousands of times the lethal radiation dose for a human being thanks to unique molecular repair machinery.
Biology
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How this bird strikes wood at 1,200 times the force of gravity without suffering any brain damage.
Biology
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A tiny inhabitant of Pacific tides that does not synthesize its own toxin, but instead relies for its lethal defense on symbiotic bacteria in its salivary glands.
Biology
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A tiny North American rodent defies extreme survival by producing its own hydration from dry seeds
Biology
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How a suicidal larva takes control of an insect's jaws to force it to wait patiently on a blade of grass to be eaten
Biology
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These microscopic animals have lived for millions of years without males thanks to their astonishing ability to absorb genes from fungi, bacteria, and algae after desiccation.
Biology
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It is the only known organism in the entire animal kingdom capable of functionally replacing a complete organ of its host.
Biology
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Trichobatrachus robustus evolved an unusual defense mechanism that fractures its own phalanges to pierce its skin and wound predators.
Biology
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A tiny planthopper showed that biomechanics devised interlocking gears millions of years before humans.
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How a hormonal storm of testosterone and cortisol turns this mammal's reproduction into a deadly race of no return.