Science and reality
The strawberry squid has two eyes. One looks normal. The other is enormous.
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New research shows just how adept ants are at sniffing the hydrocarbons of their friends—and enemies.
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We have a new addition to the Absurd Creature family: a live-action show of epic proportions.
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Trap-jaw ants have remarkable mandibles, huge things that cock back and deploy to send attackers tumbling...or to blast the ant itself out of danger.
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A parasite wasp somehow mind-controls spiders into building a special web to protect it.
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Reigning among sea stars is Labidiaster annulatus, a two-foot-wide titan that menaces the waters around Antarctica.
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Giant weta, for their monstrous size, are actually quite sweet. Not like cuddly sweet, though you’re welcome to try, but sweet nonetheless.
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