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Jellyfish push off a pocket of water under their bell to swim faster

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Jellyfish push off a pocket of water under their bell to swim faster

As they swim, jellyfish make a pocket of high-pressure water under their bell, which serves as a kind of wall to push off to help them swim faster

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The reason we love to gather around the TV lies in Stone Age embers

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The reason we love to gather around the TV lies in Stone Age embers

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Kangaroos can learn to ask for help from humans just like dogs do

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Kangaroos can learn to ask for help from humans just like dogs do

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Baboons that live together in tight-knit groups have similar ‘accents’

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Baboons that live together in tight-knit groups have similar ‘accents’

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Asian honeybees use animal faeces to defend themselves from hornets

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Asian honeybees use animal faeces to defend themselves from hornets

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Contagious cancer may cause Tasmanian devils to become antisocial

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Contagious cancer may cause Tasmanian devils to become antisocial

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Birds that rapidly moult feathers are more likely to become flightless

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Birds that rapidly moult feathers are more likely to become flightless

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Bumblebees can fly sideways to fit through tight gaps

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capuchin monkey

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Capuchin monkeys spotted eating infant in rare act of cannibalism

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‘Godzilla’ wasps drag caterpillars out of water to lay eggs in them

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‘Godzilla’ wasps drag caterpillars out of water to lay eggs in them

Tiny wasps that lay their eggs in aquatic caterpillars have been seen diving for up to 14 seconds and then bursting out of the water like Godzilla

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Female banded mongooses start wars so they can mate with rival males

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Octopuses taste their food when they touch it with their arms

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Suckerfish use fast-flowing water to surf across swimming whales' skin

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Why you probably aren't as moral as you think you are

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