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Intertidal spiders are playing on hard mode
Turns out Australia is the global hub of beach spiders.
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The burrowing spotted pardalote is among Australia’s smallest
A colourful and compact species with usual nesting behaviour, the spotted pardalote is one of Australia’s smallest birds, measuring just 8-10 cm long.
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Springtails are kinda cute?
Springtails look like busy little cartoon aliens and I’m here for it. Look at those miniature ones interacting with each other. What is going on over there?
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The blue-crested lizard is colour-changing marvel
This ridiculously good-looking lizard is showing off its best colours for the ladies. Those flamboyant colours might also convince a predator to move right along, which makes them this little dragon’s greatest asset (if you couldn’t already tell).
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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.