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The Naked Mole Rat Is Basically Immune to Everything
The naked mole rat cannot feel acid pain, almost never gets cancer, and survives 18 minutes with zero oxygen — all while being the longest-lived rodent on Earth.
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Dung Beetles Use the Milky Way as a GPS
Dung beetles are the only known non-human animals to navigate by the Milky Way — confirmed by scientists who put tiny cardboard hats on them to block their view of the sky.
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Every Night, Hummingbirds Basically Hit the Off Switch
Each evening, hummingbirds slip into a near-death state called torpor ? dropping their heart rate from 1,200 beats per minute to just 50 ? and wake up the next morning like nothing happened.
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Avocados Are Ghost Food Designed for Animals That No Longer Exist
Avocados evolved their giant seed and buttery flesh to be swallowed whole by enormous prehistoric mammals ? which went extinct 10,000 years ago, leaving the fruit in an evolutionary limbo.
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Wombats Are the Only Animals on Earth That Poop in Cubes
Australia's chunky marsupials produce the world's only cube-shaped droppings, and scientists spent years figuring out exactly how they manage it.
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