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What Do Honey Badgers Eat?

Honey badgers can eat venomous snakes, take on porcupines, raid beehives for bee larvae, and even steal food from lions.

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What Is a Genet?

This animal is known as a genet. They are slender carnivorans that look like a mixture of a cat and a fox.

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Meet the Sword-Billed Hummingbird – The Bird with the Extra-Long Beak! 🐦🌺🍯

The sword-billed hummingbird is the only bird in the world to have a beak that’s longer than the rest of its body. The bill can grow up to 4.7 inches long, and the bird uses it to drink nectar from flowers with long corollas.

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The Amazing Longevity of Greenland Sharks

Greenland sharks live the longest of all vertebrate species. They have an average lifespan of around 250 to 500 years, and they don’t reach sexual maturity until they are around 150 years old. They are one of the largest living species of shark, and adults can be up to 24 feet long and weigh up to 3,100 lb. They are found mostly in the Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic Ocean.

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Crows Hold Grudges and Inform Other Crows about It

Not only can crows hold grudges, but they also share them with their friends and family.

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Fire Ants Can Create Living Rafts During Flood-Like Conditions

Ever wonder what those ant colonies are floating on the surface of lakes and ponds? Those are groups of fire ants that stick together to travel through flood waters. Since they are eusocial by nature, they need each other to survive. So during heavy rainfall or flood conditions, about 50,000 ants with a queen in the center, form a floating raft by linking with each other and forming a large structure. Below is a floating fire ant “raft” in floodwaters in Houston in 2017.

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Vultures Urinate on Their Legs During Days of Hot Temperature to Cool Down

When animals experience extreme heat, they get involved in urohidrosis. It is a habit where birds or animals defecate on scaly portions of their legs to cool down the temperature. Moreover, vultures use this technique to reduce body heat and to get rid of any bacteria that may be present on their legs.

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More than 90% of Greenland Sharks are Blind, due to a Parasite that Resides in Their Eye

A parasite called “Ommatokoita elongate” lives in the Greenland sharks’ eyes and also damages their corneas. These parasites make them partially blind. Surprisingly, despite being blind, they can catch fish and mammals at a faster rate. This is due to their very good sense of smell and the icy darkness of the Arctic Sea.

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Penguins Have a Specialized Gland that Allows them to Drink Salt Water

Penguins can drink salt water because a gland that is present near their eyes, the supraorbital gland, removes salt from their bloodstream, and then they can sneeze out the extra salt. The gland functions are similar to that of the kidney. It filters salt water and helps penguins to survive without fresh water for a longer time.

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A Turkey Vulture Throws Vomit as a Self-Defense Technique

When vultures feel threatened their acidic stomach comes to their rescue. Vultures throw off vomit on their attackers. The pH level of their stomach acid is between 1 and 2. This acid is powerful enough to scare away predators. They have the potential to stay healthy even after eating a deadly rotten sick animal.