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This Snail Goes Fishing With a Net Made of Slime
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The scaled wormsnail cements its shell to a rock and snags its meals using mucus!
Springtails Do Their Own Stunts
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Step right up to see tiny springtails spin through the air with the greatest of ease!
Gecko Grip: It’s Atomic (Really)
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Geckos navigate nearly any surface with an electron dance at the atomic scale.
Why Do Snakes Have Forked Tongues?
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The snake's forked tongue helps it smell in stereo.
This Mushroom Can Fly
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Bird’s nest fungi look just like a tiny bird's nest. But those little eggs have no yolks.
Toad Tongues Slay With Seriously Sticky Spit
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How are frogs so amazing at catching bugs? It’s their supersoft tongue and special spit.
How Does the Mussel Grow its Beard?
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Mussels create byssal threads to attach themselves to rocks and each other.
Earthworm Love is Cuddly...and Complicated
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Earthworms cozy up with a mate inside tubes of slime to make cocoons full of baby worms.
How Hagfish Unleash a Torrent of Slime
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What keeps the boneless, jawless hagfish thriving after more than 300 million years? SLIME
Citrus Psyllids Bribe Ants With Strings Of Candy Poop
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Researchers use invisible lasers, ghastly wasps and more trickery to protect orange groves
How Hoverflies Spawn Maggots that Sweeten Your Oranges
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As they gorge, oblique streaktail hoverflies help keep orange trees safe from disease.
Yellowjackets Roll Tiny Meatballs For The Babies
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Why is that yellowjacket crashing your BBQ? She’s gathering food for the nest’s larvae.
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