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Deep sea crabs clean each other

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Cannibalistic deep-sea crabs groom each other like chimpanzees

Crabs that live near hydrothermal vents 3,500 metres deep have been seen eating - as well as - cleaning each other

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caribou

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Reindeer riddle: How do you tell caribou apart?

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Earth

Animal magnetism: Why dogs do their business pointing north

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Humans

Humans are better endurance runners than any other animal

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Flatfish are some of the most asymmetric vertebrates around

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Why baby flatfish grow into the wonkiest animals in the world

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Whale breaching

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Whales talk to each other by slapping out messages on water

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Buckland with big fish

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Earwigs and rotten panther: The diet of a Victorian eccentric

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A researcher holds a force probe, which a large crab is grasping in its claw

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Coconut crab’s bone-crushing grip is 10 times stronger than ours

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A close-up of the spider that looks like a leaf

Life

Masquerading spider looks like living and dead leaves at once

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Group of pilot whales

Life

Pilot whales babysit each other’s young while swimming in groups

Many calves spend time swimming beside adult companions other than their mothers. Perhaps they are brushing up on their social skills

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Watch cockatoo genius chew out a tool from a piece of cardboard

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Giggling rats reveal the most ticklish part of our brains

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Sword-slashing sailfish hint at origins of cooperative hunting

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Earth

Extreme weather is behind record lows in butterfly populations

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