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Tardigrades can replace up to 90% of their body water with sugar.
When facing dehydration, these microscopic animals can replace most of their body water with a type of sugar called trehalose. This forms a glass-like state that preserves their cellular structure, allowing them to survive complete dehydration for years and return to normal when rehydrated.
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Immortal jellyfish can revert back to their juvenile form when stressed.
Turritopsis dohrnii, known as the immortal jellyfish, can transform its existing cells into different cell types, allowing it...
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Sea cucumbers can liquefy their bodies and pour themselves through tiny gaps.
These echinoderms can alter the stiffness of their connective tissue at will, allowing them to literally liquefy their...
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The eastern lubber grasshopper can shoot toxic foam from its joints.
When threatened, these grasshoppers can produce a toxic foam from their joints that contains chemicals that make them...