Penguins have a gland above their eye that converts saltwater into freshwater
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Earwigs can fly....
I think I would have been a lot happier if I'd never learned that.
What the fuck?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PNtn6ly9wU
I had to check that out
What the fuck, indeed!
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Dogs are cool.
Orb weaver spiders use their webs as giant, super-effective external eardrums.
https://youtu.be/D1LJ3uBxRhE (@ about 26:45)
Spider web microphones. Or antennas. Someone should build one. Someone competent in the area. :)
Some scorpions can drop their tail if in danger. But afterwards they can't poop anymore and die of constipation months later.
Platypuses are one of the few venomous mammals. Males have a spur on their hind legs, which can inject a venom that can make a human sick for several weeks.
Yeah Dr. Doofenshmirtz is just trying to catch a wild animal called Perry the platypus
Cats offer us mice because we are incompetent at hunting ourselves.
Elephants have a prehensile penis that they sometimes use for a fifth leg.
Barnacles have the longest penis relative to body size out of all animals.
After Prince, obviously.
I'ma shock you.
Creatures don't need brains. I mean, we have ample human evidence. But like, nervous systems can create thought (or whatever it is animals do) and reaction to stimuli without a central processing organ.
Starfish are all head and no limbs. Genetically speaking. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/starfish-are-heads-just-heads/