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The peacock spider performs elaborate courtship dances.
Male peacock spiders have colorful, iridescent flaps that they raise like a peacock's tail during courtship. They perform complex dances, including rhythmic movements and vibrations, to attract females. Each species has its own unique dance routine, making them the only known spiders to use visual displays in courtship.
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The purple frog spends most of its life underground and appears only to mate.
This unusual amphibian lives underground for up to 50 weeks per year, emerging only during monsoon season to...
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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...
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Some moths drink the blood of sleeping animals.
Calyptra moths have evolved specialized mouthparts that can pierce animal skin and drink blood. They typically feed on...