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Wood frogs freeze almost solid every winter, then thaw back to life

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

A mantis shrimp punches so fast it boils the water around its claw

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

The box jellyfish carries enough venom to kill dozens of people at once

By BeckhamLangford

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Tardigrades are nearly indestructible, surviving heat, ice and even radiation

By BeckhamLangford

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The immortal jellyfish can rewind its own aging and start life over

By BeckhamLangford

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A single bootlace worm can stretch longer than a blue whale

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

The Greenland shark can live 400 years, older than the country itself

By BeckhamLangford

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A lyrebird can mimic a chainsaw, a camera shutter and other birds with uncanny precision

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

A jellyfish the size of a grain of rice packs enough venom to kill a person

By BeckhamLangford

Animals

The mimic octopus can impersonate a sea snake, a lionfish and a flatfish on demand

By BeckhamLangford

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The pistol shrimp stuns prey with a snapping claw that flashes hotter than the Sun’s surface

By BeckhamLangford

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Australia’s lyrebird can mimic chainsaws and camera shutters with unsettling precision

By BeckhamLangford

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The cassowary’s dagger claws make it the most dangerous bird walking the Earth

By BeckhamLangford

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A newly described green pit viper adds one more venomous snake to this year’s discoveries

By BeckhamLangford

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The mantis shrimp throws a punch as fast as a .22-caliber bullet

By BeckhamLangford

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The Greenland shark can live 400 years and doesn’t even mate until it turns 150

By BeckhamLangford

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A single hunter pulled 96 Burmese pythons from the Everglades in ten days

By BeckhamLangford

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Ocean explorers cataloged 866 new species, including a snail with harpoon teeth

By BeckhamLangford

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A ghost shark hiding at 800 meters off Costa Rica turned out to be brand new to science

By BeckhamLangford

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Killer whales are ramming giant sunfish so hard the fish burst apart

By BeckhamLangford

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