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

By BeckhamLangford

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8 animals that can survive being frozen solid and revive

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The colossal squid has eyes the size of dinner plates, the biggest in the animal kingdom

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Sharks swam Earth’s oceans before trees existed and before Saturn had its rings

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9 invasive species now spreading across the United States

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9 of the largest birds of prey soaring the skies today

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A woodpecker hammers its skull 20 times a second and never gets a concussion

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An octopus tastes with its arms and runs much of its thinking through nine brains

By BeckhamLangford

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10 of the biggest land animals walking the Earth right now

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A single little brown bat can snap up a thousand mosquitoes in an hour

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Reindeer eyes shift from gold to deep blue to see through the Arctic winter

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A cockroach can live for weeks after losing its head

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A cheetah out-accelerates almost any sports car, hitting 60 mph in about three seconds

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A hagfish can drown a shark in a bucket’s worth of slime in seconds

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A giraffe survives on under two hours of sleep a day and a 25-pound heart

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A hummingbird’s heart hammers more than 1,200 times a minute in flight

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A sloth can hold its breath longer underwater than a dolphin can

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10 of the most dangerous wild animals in North America

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9 of the deadliest snakes slithering across the planet

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The Arctic tern migrates pole to pole, the longest journey of any animal

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