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The Moth That Drinks Tears From Sleeping Birds
In the forests of Madagascar, one moth feeds on something stranger than nectar.
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The pistol shrimp snaps its giant claw so fast that it shoots out a jet of water and tears open a bubble. When that bubble collapses, it makes one of the loudest sounds in the ocean and gets almost as hot as the surface of the sun for an instant. In World War Two, whole colonies of these shrimp were loud enough to hide submarines.
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- Science: How Snapping Shrimp Snap: Through Cavitating Bubbles
- Science News: Shrimps spew bubbles as hot as the sun
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Eavesdropping on Snapping Shrimp
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#47Weird nature
These Bees Cook An Intruder Alive
When a giant hornet scout finds a Japanese honeybee nest, hundreds of bees pile onto it and form a tight ball.
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#32Weird nature
This Spider Goes Fishing With Fake Moth Perfume
Bolas spiders don't build a normal web.
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