Science and reality
Whatever your epicurean exploits were yesterday, you ain’t got nothin’ on the gluttony going on in the animal kingdom.
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This very hungry caterpillar pins its snail victims down with silken ropes. Then it crawls inside their shells and devours them alive.
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The Deepstaria jellyfish envelops its victims, cinching its bell shut to create a balloon of death. And it doesn’t appreciate people calling it a whale placenta.
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One day engineers could use the sea lion’s swimming secrets to create super-maneuverable, super-stealthy vehicles.
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You definitely don't want to eat the Icelandic delicacy hákarl, but the shark it comes from eats ... pretty much everything.
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New fluid dynamics research shows that jellyfish and lampreys essentially suction their way through Earth’s oceans.
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Bats have not only mastered powered flight---the takeoff, the stamina of long trips, the maneuvering, the landing---but have accomplished a dexterity that puts a whole lot of birds to shame.
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Jewel caterpillars are creatures of such beauty that you just want to wrap one in a gold chain and hang it around your neck, Mr. T style. Don't.
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What do you get when you mix a Pink Floyd laser light show and Jell-O? The magical comb jelly, of course.
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Let us explore the strange game that is different kinds of parasitic river critters trying to impregnate each other with their offspring.
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