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The bird-dropping spider is the best
A spider that mimics bird droppings really shouldn’t be adorable, but here we are. This thing is as cute as a button.
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The Australian ghost bat is the sweetest (almost) vampire
With a face like that, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the ghost bat wouldn’t hurt a fly, but inside that cute little head are some formidable chompers – the kind that could easily gnaw a hole in the neck of a dove, a lizard or even another bat.
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Beware the jack jumper ant
Many of us grew up fearing bull ants, but have you ever been stung by a jack jumper ant? If you have, you’ll likely never forget it.
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The golden-mouth sea squirt is all kinds of nutty
Just wait until you see what’s inside the gaping maw of a golden-mouth sea squirt.
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Is the peacock-pheasant’s iridescent plumage more than meets the eye?
Like a bird with butterfly wings, the peacock-pheasant has some of the most stunning plumage in the animal kingdom.
History & Culture
The bouncing stones of Thornton Beach
Thornton Beach is a popular tourist stop, but not for the scenery and swimming. Instead, it’s the ‘bouncing stones’ that lure people.
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The whitemargin stargazer is all of us right now
Meet the venomous whitemargin stargazer.
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The common black house spider: a case of mistaken identity
How to tell a black house spider from a funnel-web spider.
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The brown booby is a sophisticated seabird
Is this the most elegant booby you’ve ever seen? A member of the booby and gannet family Sulidae, the brown booby is one of the most common and widespread species.
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Meet the venomous mottled cup moth caterpillar
With the ability to inject liquid venom into would-be predators – venom that happens to be surprisingly similar to that of wasps, spiders and scorpions – the mottled cup moth caterpillar is an intimidating critter.