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Elephants are stressed out by close encounters with tourists
In the absence of tourists during lockdown, elephants at a wildlife park in South Africa showed much lower rates of behaviours thought to be a sign of anxiety
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Bees miss out on sleep if they are exposed to light at night
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Ancient whale might have been the heaviest animal that ever lived
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Oldest adult jellyfish fossil ever found is over 500 million years old
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Male moths make their own perfume from flowers to attract females
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Nightingales match the pitch of their rivals in singing duels
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Unique egg patterns help drongos avoid getting duped by cuckoos
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Shortage of male turtles could be solved by splash of cold seawater
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Postmenopausal orcas seem to prevent sons from getting into fights
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Basking sharks are one of the few warm-blooded species of fish
The ability to warm up parts of their body may help basking sharks migrate long distances and overcome drag when they are feeding
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Amazing fossil hints mammals hunted dinosaurs three times their size
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Fossil of pregnant ground sloth discovered with fetus inside
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Pigs open doors to free companions in a possible show of empathy
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Mass fish deaths will occur more often in rivers as UK gets hotter
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