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Dragonflies, insects, animals, nature, macro Dragonfly - focus on the eye.

Life

Small and speedy animals perceive time faster than big, slow creatures

A comparison of 138 species finds that dragonflies perceive changes in their environment five times faster than humans and 400 times faster than starfish

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Some individual animals are really lazy. How do they get away with it?

Life

Some individual animals are really lazy. How do they get away with it?

Features

FJ678N Peter's worm-jawed mormyrid, Peter's elephant nose, elephantnose fish, Longnosed Elephant fish (Gnathonemus petersii, Gnathonemus brevicaudatus, Mormyrus petersii), swimming

Life

Elephant-nose fish do a little dance to help them 'see' in 3D

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B640PK Antarctica, Adelie penguins ( pygoscelis adeliae ) kissing

Life

Adélie penguins show signs of self-awareness on the mirror test

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Flying squirrels carve nuts to store them securely in tree branches

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Flying squirrels carve nuts to store them securely in tree branches

Video

A nut wedged in the fork of a tree branch

Life

Flying squirrels carve nuts to store them securely in tree branches

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WXFHW9 Man watering green lawn, sprinkling water on the grass with water pistol, close-up with no face

Environment

When water runs short, how do you get people to use their fair share?

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Centipede,Poisonous animal swimming in creek at deep forest,Chaloem Phra Kiat Thai Prachan National park,Thailand.; Shutterstock ID 1044292291; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Life

Brown centipede uses a weird body motion to swim, not its many legs

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The world is full of living gold, which is more valuable than riches

Life

The world is full of living gold, which is more valuable than riches

Comment

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Black widow spiders remember their prey if it is stolen

When researchers take away a black widow’s prey, the spider can remember how large the prey was and where it was in the web, and it will search harder for larger missing grubs

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Humans

Two eye-opening new books delve into the world of animal communication

Culture

Mind

Why itching can be contagious: Reflex pathway is identified in mice

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Environment

Wild boar appear destructive, but they make excellent conservationists

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Life

Lemurs hug tree trunks to cool down when temperatures top 30°C

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