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The Songbird That Skewers Its Prey On Thorns
The shrike looks like a harmless little grey songbird, but its feet are too weak to hold prey.
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Eucalyptus leaves are tough and toxic to most animals, and a baby koala that has only drunk milk can't digest them. So its mother makes pap, a soft, special kind of poop full of the gut microbes it needs. This is how every koala gets ready to eat leaves.
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- Australian Journal of Zoology: Pap, a Special Maternal Feces
- BBC One: Animal Super Parents - Koalas
- Animal Microbiome: Faecal inoculations allow dietary expansion in koalas
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The Parasite That Replaces A Fish's Tongue
The tongue-eating louse is a tiny ocean parasite that slips into a fish through its gills and clamps onto the tongue.
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Why Your Cat Ignores Your Cake
Cats can't taste sweetness.
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