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    Gross Science
            Why Do Deep Sea Creatures Look So Scary?
                
                    
                        
                            Season 1
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 38
                        
                    
                
            
            
            Deep sea creatures like the anglerfish look terrifying. Turns out, there’s a reason for that.
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            Even the mighty T. rex was covered in creepy, crawly parasites.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Rabies may have lead to legends of werewolves, vampires, and zombies.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            These frogs can have up to TEN back legs.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            I ate a lot of bugs...and (mostly) liked them.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            What should you do with the borax you have leftover from making slime?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            How does lead damage our brains—and what can we do to stop it?
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Bees get more than just nectar from the flowers they visit.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            These extinct frogs used to barf up their babies.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            The plant Hydnora africana is a parasite that smells foul...
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Your gross earwax can reveal a ton about who you are.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            Fear may be able to spread from person to person—just like a virus.
        
        
     
    
                        
  
  
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
        
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            You swallow a ton of snot every single day. Welcome to the gross world of mucus.
        
        
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    