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Elephant shrews are more closely related to elephants than to shrews.
Despite their small size and shrew-like appearance, genetic studies have shown that these African mammals are more closely related to elephants, manatees, and aardvarks than to shrews. They're part of an ancient group of mammals that evolved in Africa over 100 million years ago.
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The Dracula ant can snap its mandibles at 200 mph.
This ant species has the fastest known animal appendage, with its mandibles accelerating from 0 to 200 mph...
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Kangaroo rats never need to drink water.
These desert rodents can survive without ever drinking liquid water, getting all their hydration from the seeds they...
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The hoatzin chick has claws on its wings.
Young hoatzin birds have claws on their wings, similar to their dinosaur ancestors. These claws help them climb...