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Animals
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Far from delivering blind shocks, this fish emits calibrated pulses that force victims to reveal their hiding spots and takes control of their neurons.
Animals
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Discovered the unusual cellular capacity that allows it to withstand up to 18 minutes of absolute anoxia without suffering any brain damage
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.
Animals
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How a mangrove fish compensates for light refraction and manipulates hydrodynamics to shoot down prey two meters away.
Animals
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Mellivora capensis possesses modified molecular receptors and loose armor that neutralize lethal venom
Animals
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How this East African rodent harvests one of the deadliest botanical toxins on the planet and stores it in hairs designed like capillary sponges.
Animals
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Far from being a simple ivory spear, the iconic tooth of the 'sea unicorn' houses ten million nerve endings that monitor the water.
Nature
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The only known organism capable of biologically and functionally replacing an entire organ in a vertebrate animal.
Nature
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In the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean survives a creature that defied biology by completely shedding red blood cells and hemoglobin.
Animals
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With over 450 million years of history, this relative of spiders has an ultrasensitive immune mechanism that saves thousands of human lives every day.