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Bone-Eating Worms Apparently Also Freaks For Teeth
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When A Turtle Is A Taxi For Shrimp
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June 9, 2023
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How To Sink A Yacht (If You’re An Orca)
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May 26, 2023
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This Barnacle Went Where No Other Barnacles Dared Go (Inside A Greenland Shark’s Cloaca)
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Sabrina Imbler
May 24, 2023
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Quick, Everyone Play Dead!
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Sabrina Imbler
May 17, 2023
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Going Against The Grain Weevils
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Sabrina Imbler
May 11, 2023
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The Last Female Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle Is Dead
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May 7, 2023
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What If I Told You Sperm Could Be Balls?
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May 2, 2023
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April 28, 2023
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The Mystery Of The Tully Monster Will Never Be Solved
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Sabrina Imbler
April 21, 2023
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Rookie Dung-Roller Is Learning On The Job
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Sabrina Imbler
April 13, 2023
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History Repeats: Red Squirrel Gets STUCK In Manhole Cover In Germany, Just Four Years After Similar Squirrel’s Manhole Stranding
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Sabrina Imbler
April 11, 2023
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Behold An Ancient Fish’s Moment Of Sheer Regret
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Sabrina Imbler
April 9, 2023
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What’s Inside The Fur Sphere?
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Sabrina Imbler
April 7, 2023
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One Creator Of Mysterious Seafloor Holes Is Revealed, But Other Remains At Large
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Sabrina Imbler
March 28, 2023
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What Was She Thinking? An Investigation
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Sabrina Imbler
March 28, 2023
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Apes Spin On Vines To Get High Because They Haven’t Discovered Whippits
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Sabrina Imbler
March 17, 2023
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Sabrina Imbler
March 6, 2023
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Sabrina Imbler
February 28, 2023
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Thorvald, World’s Oldest European Hedgehog, Was Killed By Dog At Age 16
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Sabrina Imbler
February 24, 2023
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A Quest For A Beautiful Toad Instead Discovers A Silent Frog
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