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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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It is the only known organism in the entire animal kingdom capable of functionally replacing a complete organ of its host.
Nature
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Fascinating secrets of the most intelligent marine realm
Nature
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These echinoderms can regenerate entire limbs and even split in two
Nature
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At barely three centimeters long, 'Glaucus atlanticus' devours lethal tentacles to store the venomous micro-harpoons of its prey inside its own tissues.
Biology
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It injects a handful of cells into its host's joint, chemically castrates it, and reprograms its behavior to turn it into a surrogate mother.
Animals
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The longest-living inhabitant on the planet defies time with a heartbeat every twelve seconds and eyes that act as 17th-century time capsules.
Biology
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A reef predator that does not chase its prey: it disperses a chemical mist with the fastest insulin on Earth to freeze fish in the water.
Nature
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Faced with lethal internal parasites, this mollusk severs its own head and survives for weeks without a heart using stolen solar energy.
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.
Animals
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To fuse for life with the female, this deep-sea fish disabled genes in its own immune system, defying the laws of vertebrate biology.