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The pearlfish lives inside sea cucumber anuses.
These fish have evolved to live inside sea cucumbers' respiratory trees, which they enter through the anus. They use this as a safe hiding place and sometimes feed on their host's gonads. Some species live in pairs inside their hosts, emerging only to feed at night.
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The Dracula ant can snap its mandibles at 200 mph.
This ant species has the fastest known animal appendage, with its mandibles accelerating from 0 to 200 mph...
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Kangaroo rats never need to drink water.
These desert rodents can survive without ever drinking liquid water, getting all their hydration from the seeds they...
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The hoatzin chick has claws on its wings.
Young hoatzin birds have claws on their wings, similar to their dinosaur ancestors. These claws help them climb...