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Fish called ‘sarcastic fringehead’ has a wider mouth than body

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Fish called ‘sarcastic fringehead’ has a wider mouth than body

Sarcastic fringeheads have a truly spectacular threat display: they open their mouths until they’re gaping wide, displaying two rows of teeth and fluorescent cheeks

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zebra carriage

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The tortoise-riding banker who collected the natural world

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A tui singing in a tree

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Songbird gets angry when its rivals are brilliant at singing

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platypus swimming

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Five mythical animals that turned out to be real

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The greater mouse-eared bat has a habit of bumping into windows

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Bats crash into windows because of a glitch with their 'sonar'

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A group of macaques

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Low-ranked female monkeys band together against their leaders

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pig on a sofa

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The porker paradox: A very human dilemma

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otters

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Wild tales of stuffy sharks, intimate otters and unloved horses

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cheetah running

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Why fast birds, fish and animals are never too small or big

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An ant-jumper spider

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Spider waves its front legs like antennae to mimic warlike ants

This sneaky jumping spider performs antics to fool predators in what is an unusual example of mimicry through behaviour, rather than appearance

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My patrol with armed guards to protect Burmese star tortoises

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Watch how spiders use sticky silk to win deadly wrestling match

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Tree-climbing goats spit out and disperse valuable argan seeds

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See-through frog has heart you can see beating through its chest

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