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Absurd Creatures: Why the Strawberry Squid Has One Tiny Eye and One Giant Eye

You'd look weird as hell if you were perfectly symmetrical. But the strawberry squid is really lopsided, with one tiny eye and one giant eye. The post Absurd Creatures: Why the Strawberry Squid Has One Tiny Eye and One Giant Eye appeared first on WIRED.

Look at the nudibranch. Beautiful, right? That's its way of saying it will mess you up. You see, the nudibranch packs a punch—in a very unusual way. The post Absurd Creatures: The Nudibranch Is Gorgeous, So You Should Never Touch It appeared first on WIRED.

Behold the botfly, whose larva burrows into your skin, feeds on your flesh, and erupts out in alien fashion. Good times! The post Absurd Creatures: The Botfly Wants a Hug. Just Kidding, It Wants to Mess You Up appeared first on WIRED.

The fennec fox is here to make you forget about all your troubles. Just look at this thing. The post Absurd Creatures: The Fennec Fox Is So Cute I Think I Might Literally Die appeared first on WIRED.

The pygmy seahorse hasn't met a coral it couldn't blend into. The post Absurd Creatures: The Mystery of the Tiniest, Best-Dressed Seahorse in the Sea appeared first on WIRED.

The innocent-looking shrike bashes its victims' heads in, then impales them on thorns before tearing them to shreds. The post Absurd Creatures: This Bird Impales Its Victims on Thorns. How Metal Is That? appeared first on WIRED.

Our Absurd Creatures series is back, baby! And what is this? The most terrifying creature in the sea, the bobbit worm? The post Absurd Creatures: LOL Good Luck Going in the Ocean Ever Again appeared first on WIRED.

That Hawaiian sand between your toes isn't just ground-up rock. In fact, very little of it is. The vast majority came out of a parrotfish.

One day engineers could use the sea lion’s swimming secrets to create super-maneuverable, super-stealthy vehicles.