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🐻 Indestructible Water Bears: Tardigrades (water bears) can survive in space, extreme temperatures from -328 degrees F to 300 degrees F, and even bein...

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Indestructible Water Bears

Tardigrades (water bears) can survive in space, extreme temperatures from -328 degrees F to 300 degrees F, and even being completely dried out for decades!

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Unicorn of the Sea

Narwhals have a long spiral tusk (up to 10 feet!) that is actually a tooth. Scientists believe they use it to sense water temperature and salinity.

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22-Hour Sleepers

Koalas sleep up to 22 hours a day! Their diet of eucalyptus leaves is so low in nutrients and hard to digest that they need constant rest to conserve energy.

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Taste With Their Feet

Butterflies taste with their feet! They have taste receptors on their tarsi (feet) to check if a plant is suitable for laying eggs before they do.

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Arm Regeneration Masters

A single starfish arm can regenerate an entire new body! Some species can even split in half and grow into two complete starfish.

🐦Birds

Super-Fast Hearts

A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute! Their wings also beat up to 80 times per second, allowing them to hover perfectly still.

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Spit Happens

Alpacas spit when they're annoyed, threatened, or competing for food! It's their main defense mechanism and can travel up to 10 feet.

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Walking Pinecones

Pangolins are the only mammals covered in scales! When threatened, they roll into a tight ball, making them look like living pinecones.

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A bearded dragon with opinions, ambitions, and a cricket problem - told entirely from his point of view.

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🐰 Chronicles of Otis the Bunny

A house rabbit who is quite sure the garden - and everything in it - belongs to him.

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