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The platypus can detect electrical signals from its prey.
Platypuses have electroreceptors in their bills that can detect the tiny electrical signals produced by their prey's muscular contractions. This allows them to hunt effectively in muddy water with their eyes closed. They are one of the few mammals with this ability, shared only with echidnas.
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Immortal jellyfish can revert back to their juvenile form when stressed.
Turritopsis dohrnii, known as the immortal jellyfish, can transform its existing cells into different cell types, allowing it...
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Sea cucumbers can liquefy their bodies and pour themselves through tiny gaps.
These echinoderms can alter the stiffness of their connective tissue at will, allowing them to literally liquefy their...
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Tardigrades can replace up to 90% of their body water with sugar.
When facing dehydration, these microscopic animals can replace most of their body water with a type of sugar...