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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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Some moths drink tears from sleeping birds.
Moths of the genus Hemiceratoides have evolved specialized mouthparts to feed on the tears of sleeping birds. They...
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Bombardier beetles create explosive chemical reactions in their bodies.
These insects mix two separately stored chemicals in a specialized chamber to create an explosive reaction reaching 100°C....
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Male anglerfish fuse with females, eventually losing their brain.
When a male anglerfish finds a female, he bites into her and releases an enzyme that dissolves the...