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The defence mechanism of an armadillo.
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A snake climbing a rope! (Video: RM Videos)
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Unwrapping a viper...
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The defence mechanism of an armadillo
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A bat swimming! (Video Krishnendu Mitra)
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A crab shedding its old shell!
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Turquoise ice formations from Lake Baikal, Russia.
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A woodpecker's tongue is so long that it wraps around its skull! This helps protect its brain from over 1000g of force when it's hammering away & allows the bird to extract insects from long burrows in trees.
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A bouquet of insects!
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A bee removes a nail to make a nest in a wall.
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The beautiful rhythmic movement of a ribbon eel!
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Baby cuttlefish are so cute! (Video: Caters Clips)
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The Giant African land snail.
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A young condor is still huge!
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Giant Groundsels, prehistoric plants found on top of Mt Kilimanjaro.
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Birds & bats that die in Lake Natron, Tanzania, become solidified due to large amounts of salt & soda in the waters. (Photos: Nick Brandt)
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Octopus eggs hatching! (Video National Geographic)
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This little cutie is Nereis sandersi, a polychaete worm that makes its home in deep-sea geothermal vents.
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The magnificent green dragontail butterfly. (Video: Kazuo Unno)
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A pharaoh cuttlefish doing its best hermit crab impression! (Via @NikiHubbard )
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The majestic black-and-chestnut eagle.
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Baby blue octopus! (Video: @A_aphrodisia )
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Ants forming a chain to raid a wasp nest of its larvae.
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Fishing ospreys are so cool! (Photos: Kristopher Rowe, Michelle Barker)
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Adorable tiny spider paws!
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This is what is left after a toucan dies. (Photo: Lucas T. Meers)
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Parrots' beaks are so flexible!
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Assassin bugs kill ants & display the corpses on their backs! This acts as camouflage as it hides their scent. (Photos: Nicky Bay)
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An ultra rare albino giraffe, spotted in Tanzania.
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A bee having a wee! (Photo: Mark Parrott)
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Assassin bugs kill ants & display the corpses on their backs! This acts as camouflage as it hides their scent. (Photos Nicky Bay)
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A male royal flycatcher. (Video: Inkaterra Hotels)
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Baby cuttlefish are so cute!
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A comb jellyfish eats another comb jellyfish.
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Trees cloaked in snow create a surreal landscape in Finnish Lapland.
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The ostracod is a crustacean that uses bioluminescent chemicals as a defence against predators! (Video: Ammonite/TerraMatter)
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Millions of spiders climbed into trees in Pakistan to escape floods & cocooned the trees with their webs.
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A baby chameleon emerging from an egg
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Xylaria polymorpha (commonly known as dead man's fingers) is a saprobic fungus from Europe & North America.
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A beautiful white tail dragon butterfly flutters in the wind. (Video via @ziyatong )
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Stingray migration.
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Echidna babies are called puggles. They are so cute!
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A new species of plant has been discovered in Brazil, & it has the largest leaves of any plant! It’s called Coccoloba gigantifolia & scientists are already working on its conservation as its native range is currently being cleared for development. (Photo: C Ferreira & R Gribel)
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This was like a full movie.
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How cute is this baby Pygmy hippo? (Video: Zoos Victoria)
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The incredible dragon blood tree is found only on the island of Socotra & is named after the red sap it produces.
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A hornet nest formed around a wood carving in a shed.
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The deep-sea barreleye fish has a transparent head! (Also, the green blobs inside the head are its eyes!)
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An owl displaying its 270° head rotation. Extraordinary!
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The coconut octopus is an extremely intelligent animal. Look how it uses coconut shells as shelter!
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Coconut octopuses carry coconuts around to use as protection against predators. (Video: MBARI)
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A southern three-banded armadillo unrolls itself. (Video: argirisvl)
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Giant African land snail.
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A bee removes a nail to make a nest in a wall.
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Snapdragon seed pods look like little skulls!
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The extraordinary ‘flamboyant cuttlefish’! Its flesh contains unique acids & it is the only cuttlefish known to walk on the sea floor. The spectacular colour pattern shown is used to scare off predators.
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The stinking corpse lily is the largest individual flower in the world. It's critically endangered &smells of rotting flesh to attract flies
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An ultra rare albino giraffe, spotted in Tanzania.
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A fox feeding on fly agaric mushroom (amanita) in Finland. (Photo: Niko Pekonen)
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The deep-sea telescope fish, Gigantura indica. (Photo Dave Johnson)
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Newborn twin hognose snakes! (Photo: Bryan Box)
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Stingray migration.
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A bobcat perches on top of a 12-metre-tall cactus!
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The diversity of bats is breathtaking! (Photos: ajorbahman)
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Shipwreck taken over by nature.
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A 9-armed sea star slowly moving towards the sea.
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Oak processionary caterpillars know how to form a line and even merge. (Video: Wonder Fly)
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A comb jellyfish eats another comb jellyfish.
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The beating heart of a Greenland shark. (Video @JamesdSci )
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A centipede protecting her babies.
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A comb jellyfish eating another comb jellyfish.
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The ballerina orchid is native to Australia but is highly threatened due to grazing from rabbits & kangaroos.
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A fluorescent green sawfly larva using a newt as a bridge. Surprisingly, the newt waits patiently for the larva to cross.
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Pros of being a slug. Number 1:
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Snapdragon seed pods look like little skulls!
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The beating heart of a Greenland shark. (Video: @JamesdSci )
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A hedgehog's skeleton.
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An octopus chasing a crab via @allfiveoceans
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A baby ribbon eel. (Video via @allfiveoceans )
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Please. My avocado. It is so sad. (via @llamainatux )
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Baby blue octopus! (Video: @A_aphrodisia )
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An owl displaying its 270° head rotation. Extraordinary!
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A snake climbing a rope! (Video: RM Videos)
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A bat swimming! @EveryBat
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The constant pounding of the wind has permanently twisted these trees in New Zealand. (Photos: Marcus Holland-Moritz)
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Giant African land snail.
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The pygmy jerboa is a tiny species of rodent from Pakistan. They reach just 4cm long & weigh 4 grams!
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The Atlas moth is born without a mouth. It has one week to mate before it dies of starvation via @Atomicfact
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Some extraordinary horns & antlers.
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A rolling desert spider from the Sahara.
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The Devil's fungus.
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Some extraordinary horns & antlers.
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Tetragonula carbonaria or the sugarbag bee creates spiral hives! It is a type of stingless bee found in Australia.
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How cute is this baby Pygmy hippo!
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