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Scientists worked out how the narwhal grows the only straight tusk in nature

By Alexander Clark

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10 animals that can outrun almost anything alive

By Alexander Clark

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11 of the biggest animals of their kind alive on Earth today

By BeckhamLangford

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Sydney’s funnel-web spider is one of the few spiders that can actually kill a person

By BeckhamLangford

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The lyrebird can mimic chainsaws, camera shutters and car alarms with eerie accuracy

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

A single cone snail’s sting can be powerful enough to kill a human

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

The pistol shrimp snaps its claw loud enough to stun prey with sound alone

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

Greenland sharks can live for centuries, outlasting the ships that first spotted them

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

A blue whale’s heart is roughly the size of a small car and beats through miles of ocean

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

The immortal jellyfish can reset its own body and effectively cheat death

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

A deep-sea haul turns up dozens of new species, including a whole new branch of life

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

Scientists name a long-jawed new beetle genus after the stretchy hero of One Piece

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

A pistol shrimp’s snapping claw is one of the loudest sounds in the sea

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

A cassowary’s dagger-like claw makes it one of the world’s most dangerous birds

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

A hummingbird’s heart can race past 1,200 beats a minute

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

A Greenland shark can live for centuries, outlasting entire human dynasties

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

Sharks were patrolling the oceans before the first trees grew on land

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

8 of the largest predators still roaming North America

By BeckhamLangford

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Octopuses have nine brains and blue blood, and can taste with their arms

By BeckhamLangford

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The cone snail fires a venom harpoon strong enough to kill a person

By BeckhamLangford

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