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• Bizzare animal creatures that actually exist
• New river monster (Arapaima Freshwater Fish) discovered in Brazil
• Reindeer eyes change colour from gold to blue over course of the seasons
• Why humans can outrun horses but can’t jump higher than cats
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• Proof of cephalopod intelligence
• Plants use life-saving maths to survive the night
• Biologists identify chemical that makes naked mole rats cancer-proof
• New phylum of bacteria found lurking in hospital sink’s drain
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• The unknown science of itching
• The Fastest Living Thing on the Planet
• Zombie snails!
• The diving bell and the spider
• Ants That Count!
• New Scientist: How memory power helps bird brains survive the winter
• Flatworm
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