Amazing Animals

Amazing Animals

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Why do cats act so weird? - Tony Buffington

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Why do cats act so weird? - Tony Buffington

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  1. 1 Why do cats act so weird? - Tony Buffington
  2. 2 How does a jellyfish sting? - Neosha S Kashef
  3. 3 Cannibalism in the animal kingdom - Bill Schutt
  4. 4 The three different ways mammals give birth - Kate Slabosky
  5. 5 Why elephants never forget - Alex Gendler
  6. 6 The history of the world according to cats - Eva-Maria Geigl
  7. 7 Why do animals have such different lifespans? - Joao Pedro de Magalhaes
  8. 8 Why the octopus brain is so extraordinary - Cláudio L. Guerra
  9. 9 Why are sloths so slow? - Kenny Coogan
  10. 10 Meet the tardigrade, the toughest animal on Earth - Thomas Boothby
  11. 11 Why isn't the world covered in poop? - Eleanor Slade and Paul Manning
  12. 12 How do animals experience pain? - Robyn J. Crook
  13. 13 Mating frenzies, sperm hoards, and brood raids: The life of a fire ant queen - Walter R. Tschinkel
  14. 14 How smart are dolphins? - Lori Marino
  15. 15 How do fish make electricity? - Eleanor Nelsen
  16. 16 The evolution of animal genitalia - Menno Schilthuizen
  17. 17 How smart are orangutans? - Lu Gao
  18. 18 A brief history of dogs - David Ian Howe
  19. 19 Why don’t poisonous animals poison themselves? - Rebecca D. Tarvin
  20. 20 The otherworldly creatures in the ocean's deepest depths - Lidia Lins
  21. 21 How do dogs "see" with their noses? - Alexandra Horowitz
  22. 22 Do animals have language? - Michele Bishop
  23. 23 Inside the ant colony - Deborah M. Gordon
  24. 24 The Survival of the Sea Turtle
  25. 25 No one can figure out how eels have sex - Lucy Cooke
  26. 26 Why are sharks so awesome? - Tierney Thys
  27. 27 Inside the minds of animals - Bryan B Rasmussen
  28. 28 Why can't some birds fly? - Gillian Gibb
  29. 29 The world’s most dangerous fart - Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti
  30. 30 How do animals see in the dark? - Anna Stöckl
  31. 31 How does hibernation work? - Sheena Lee Faherty
  32. 32 These squids can fly... no, really - Robert Siddall
  33. 33 Axolotls: The salamanders that snack on each other (but don't die) - Luis Zambrano
  34. 34 Meet the bluefin tuna, the toughest fish in the sea - Grantly Galland and Raiana McKinney
  35. 35 Why are blue whales so enormous? - Asha de Vos
  36. 36 Vultures: The acid-puking, plague-busting heroes of the ecosystem - Kenny Coogan
  37. 37 Why bats don't get sick - Arinjay Banerjee
  38. 38 How turtle shells evolved... twice - Judy Cebra Thomas
  39. 39 The last living members of an extinct species - Jan Stejskal
  40. 40 The world’s most painful insect sting - Justin Schmidt
  41. 41 The fish that walk on land - Noah R. Bressman
  42. 42 Are naked mole rats the strangest mammals? - Thomas Park
  43. 43 Can you be awake and asleep at the same time? - Masako Tamaki
  44. 44 How do birds learn to sing? - Partha P. Mitra
  45. 45 Can animals be deceptive? - Eldridge Adams
  46. 46 The surprising secrets of hummingbird flight - Kristiina J. Hurme and Alejandro Rico-Guevara
  47. 47 The sharks that hunt in forests - Luka Seamus Wright
  48. 48 The lovable (and lethal) sea lion - Claire Simeone
  49. 49 How to speak monkey: The language of cotton-top tamarins - Anne Savage
  50. 50 The big-beaked, rock-munching fish that protect coral reefs - Mike Gil
  51. 51 This sea creature breathes through its butt - Cella Wright
  52. 52 A year in the life of one of Earth's weirdest animals - Gilad Bino
  53. 53 Do larger animals take longer to pee? - David L. Hu
  54. 54 Could you survive the real Twilight Zone? - Philip Renaud and Kenneth Kostel
  55. 55 Why do animals form swarms? - Maria R. D'Orsogna
  56. 56 The spear-wielding stork who revolutionized science - Lucy Cooke
  57. 57 What you can do with an extra jaw - Darien Satterfield
  58. 58 The incredible, bendable, twistable, expandable elephant trunk - Chase LaDue & Bruce A. Schulte
  59. 59 Bird migration, a perilous journey - Alyssa Klavans

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