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Lobsters Don't Really Age and Scientists Are Jealous
Unlike the rest of us, lobsters produce an enzyme that repairs their DNA indefinitely ? meaning they technically don't age, they just keep growing and getting more fertile.
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Wombats Are the World's Only Cube-Shaped Poop Producers
In a world full of round, oval, and formless animal droppings, the wombat stands alone as nature's only known producer of perfectly cube-shaped scat.
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Wombats Drop the World's Only Cube-Shaped Poop
The wombat is the only animal on Earth known to produce cube-shaped droppings, and scientists spent years puzzling over how soft tissue could possibly manufacture a corner.
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The Axolotl That Grows Back Almost Everything
The axolotl, a smiley little salamander from Mexico, can regrow lost limbs, organs, and even parts of its brain ? making it the undisputed champion of biological do-overs.
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Cleopatra Lived Closer to the Moon Landing Than to the Great Pyramid
The Great Pyramid was already 2,500 years old when Cleopatra was born ? meaning she was actually closer in time to humanity's first Moon landing than to the pyramid's construction.
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Cows Have Best Friends and Get Stressed When Separated
Research shows dairy cows form close bonds with specific companions ? and when they're split up, their heart rates spike and milk production drops, which is basically the bovine version of a broken heart.
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This Frog Freezes Solid Every Winter and Just Thaws Back to Life
The wood frog turns itself into a frog-sicle each winter ? heart stopped, no breathing, solid ice ? and hops away in spring like nothing happened.
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Wombats Are Nature's Only Cube Poop Architects
The wombat is the sole creature on Earth that produces perfectly cube-shaped droppings -- and scientists finally figured out how they pull off this boxy feat.
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Snails Have Up to 25,000 Teeth and Zero Dentist Appointments
The humble garden snail is hiding one of the animal kingdom's most elaborate dental setups ? somewhere between 14,000 and 25,000 tiny teeth, all crammed into a tongue-sized ribbon.
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Flamingos Are Born Gray and Slowly Dye Themselves Pink
Baby flamingos are actually born gray or white ? their showstopping pink color is entirely self-applied, one shrimp-filled meal at a time.