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Male anglerfish fuse with females, eventually losing their brain.
When a male anglerfish finds a female, he bites into her and releases an enzyme that dissolves the skin between them, fusing their blood vessels. The male eventually loses his eyes, fins, and most internal organs, essentially becoming a sperm-producing appendage of the female.
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Some moths drink tears from sleeping birds.
Moths of the genus Hemiceratoides have evolved specialized mouthparts to feed on the tears of sleeping birds. They...
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Bombardier beetles create explosive chemical reactions in their bodies.
These insects mix two separately stored chemicals in a specialized chamber to create an explosive reaction reaching 100°C....
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The Mexican walking fish is not a fish at all.
The axolotl, commonly called the Mexican walking fish, is actually a salamander that never undergoes metamorphosis, keeping its...