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The thorny devil can drink water with its skin.
This Australian lizard has tiny channels between its scales that act like drinking straws. Water from morning dew or light rain is drawn up these channels to its mouth through capillary action. This adaptation allows it to collect water in its arid habitat without having to find standing water.
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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...