Science and reality
Coming up on Absurd Creature 100, we look back at the ones that made us suspect that the universe is inherently evil.
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A lab at the University of California Irvine trying to figure out how to regrow lost limbs by studying the axolotl.
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Let’s meet the camel spiders, 1,000 or so species the world over, creatures wrapped in a layer of mystery in a layer of lore in a layer of straight up murder.
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The penis of the leopard slug is so big that its owner has to rely on the laws of physics to unfurl it.
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The penis of the leopard slug is so big that its owner has to rely on the laws of physics to unfurl it.
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The achingly adorable jerboas frantically hop around like kangaroos on amphetamines.
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The heaviest confirmed insect is the giant weta, a titanic species from New Zealand. But why get so big? Why not get bigger?
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The year was 2003, and Mark Siddall was in South Africa a-hunting the elusive hippo rectum leech.
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You know those fish that cling to sharks? It's all possible thanks to a suction cup they wear as a hat.
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The strawberry squid has two eyes. One looks normal. The other is enormous.
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