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Koala Fingerprints Are So Human-Like They Can Fool Crime Labs
Koalas evolved fingerprints almost identical to human ones completely independently ? and yes, scientists are mildly concerned about crime scene contamination.
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Pistol Shrimp Create Tiny Stars With Their Claws
When a pistol shrimp snaps its claw shut, it briefly generates a flash of plasma hotter than the surface of the sun ? and the whole dazzling show lasts less than a millisecond.
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Wombats Poop in Cubes and Science Has Thoughts About It
The wombat is the only known animal on Earth that produces perfectly cube-shaped droppings ? and scientists spent years puzzling over exactly how their bodies pull it off.
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Wombats Are the Only Animals That Poop Perfect Cubes
The common wombat ? Australia's chunky, barrel-shaped marsupial ? is the sole creature on Earth that produces cube-shaped droppings, and scientists only recently figured out the delightfully weird reason why.
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The Mantis Shrimp Sees 16 Colors and Still Gets It Wrong
The mantis shrimp has 16 types of color receptors ? over five times more than humans ? yet scientists found it's actually worse at distinguishing similar colors than we are.
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Dolphins Actually Give Each Other Names and Answer When Called
Dolphins develop unique signature whistles that function as personal names, and other dolphins call out those exact whistles to get someone's attention ? making them one of the only animals besides humans to use names.
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Wombats Drop the World's Only Cubic Poop
Australia's chunky marsupials are the only animals on Earth producing perfectly cube-shaped droppings ? and scientists spent years figuring out the delightfully odd reason why.
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Male Seahorses Are the Ones Who Get Pregnant
In the ocean's most unexpected parenting twist, it's the father seahorse who carries the eggs, goes through labor, and delivers hundreds of babies ? while the mother simply moves on.
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Gorillas Hum Little Songs to Themselves While Eating Their Favorite Foods
Scientists studying gorillas discovered they make specific humming and singing sounds when eating foods they especially enjoy ? basically the same thing you do with a really good slice of pizza.
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Wombats Poop in Cubes and Science Still Isn't Over It
The wombat is the only animal on Earth known to produce perfectly cube-shaped droppings ? and scientists were so baffled they literally won an Ig Nobel Prize for figuring it out.