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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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The male Australian cuckoo wasp disguises itself as a female bee to sneak into nests.
These wasps have evolved to mimic the appearance, behavior, and even the pheromones of female bees. Males will...
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The northern fulmar chick can projectile vomit as a defense.
When threatened, fulmar chicks can spray a foul-smelling oil from their stomachs with remarkable accuracy up to 6...
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Antarctic fish have antifreeze proteins in their blood.
Several species of fish living in Antarctic waters have evolved special proteins that bind to ice crystals as...