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Decorator crabs accessorize themselves with living creatures.
These crabs actively collect and attach living organisms like sponges, algae, and anemones to their shells for camouflage. They have special hooked bristles on their shells to hold these decorations in place. The attached organisms continue to grow and live on the crab, creating a mobile living disguise.
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Horned lizards can shoot blood from their eyes as a defense mechanism.
When threatened, these lizards can increase blood pressure in their head, rupturing small vessels around their eyelids and...
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Giant pandas have a thumb-like appendage that’s actually a modified wrist bone.
Pandas have evolved an extra 'thumb' from their wrist bone to help them grip bamboo. This unique adaptation...
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Naked mole rats are immune to cancer and can’t feel certain types of pain.
These remarkable rodents have never been observed to develop cancer naturally, and they're resistant to acid burns. They...