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The African crested rat deliberately makes itself poisonous using plant toxins.
These rodents chew on poison arrow tree bark and deliberately apply the toxic saliva to specialized hollow hairs on their flanks. This makes them lethally toxic to predators. It's one of the few known cases of a mammal using plant toxins for chemical defense.
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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....
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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...