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Some frogs have noise-cancelling lungs to dampen other species’ calls
To better hear a male’s mating call, some female frogs have noise-cancelling lungs, which resonate at frequencies that filter out the sounds of other species
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Playing dead really works to help insects avoid being eaten by birds
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Dolphins that help humans catch fish are being disturbed by ship noise
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Pufferfish blink by pulling in their eyeballs and puckering their skin
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Moth species becomes more sexually active when bathed in red light
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Watch a slug use a thin thread of slime as a slide to reach the ground
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Dogs prove they are aware of their own bodies when playing fetch
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Knifefish use electric fields to develop a complex social hierarchy
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Earth
Sound waves from fin whale songs could help us study Earth’s crust
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Cannibal cockroaches nibble each other’s wings after they have mated
The wood-feeding cockroach may be the only known example of a species that practices mutual sexual cannibalism – the male and female both nibble each other’s wings after mating
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Dragonflies do a backwards roll to fly upright – even when unconscious
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Naked mole rats mimic the dialect of their colony’s queen
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Sparrows are healthier living in groups with diverse personalities
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Humans
Extroverts have more success training their dogs than introverts
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