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Noisy boats over the Great Barrier Reef are cutting fish lives short
The noise of motorboats over the Great Barrier Reef can stress its inhabitants, stunting the growth of young fish and leaving them less likely to live to adulthood
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Hungry worms will risk being hurt if it helps them reach a meal
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Watch male orb-weaving spiders catapult off females to escape death
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Dolphins who are hand-fed by tourists are less social than their peers
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Tardigrades can hitch-hike on snails to travel longer distances
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Blind Mexican cave fish are developing cave-specific accents
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Common swifts enter hibernation-like torpor on cold nights
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Male toad clings to female for 5 months waiting for chance to mate
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Spider monkeys actively choose to eat fruit infested with insects
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Vampire bats adapted to drinking blood by shedding several genes
Genes lost during vampire bats’ evolution may have helped them to adapt to their exclusive blood diet which is high in iron and fluid and low in calories
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How a rodent’s fear of cats shapes rainforests in Panama
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Adjusting to a new sibling is highly stressful for bonobo infants
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Female mammals that suckle another’s young have more offspring
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Guppy fish can see optical illusions – but not in the same way we do
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