Weird articles

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  Chameleon spit is 400 times more sticky than human saliva

  By Alessandra Potenza on June 20, 2016 11:00 am + 5 comments

  Chameleons are vicious little predators. They hunt bugs, birds, mice, and even other chameleons Continue reading…

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  Badass frog embryos can hatch in seconds to escape snakes and wasps

  By Arielle Duhaime-Ross on June 15, 2016 06:00 pm + 7 comments

  Even as little embryos in eggs, red-eyed tree frogs are totally badass. Researchers have discovered Continue reading…

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  We solved the mystery of what will happen when an ant falls from the Empire State Building

  By Dami Lee on June 15, 2016 12:38 pm + 30 comments

  Last week, I asked a question that I had already accepted in my defeated heart as having no real Continue reading…

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  Oh good, caterpillars are now blocking bathroom doors

  By Arielle Duhaime-Ross on June 10, 2016 11:17 am + 11 comments

  I remember what it was like: all of the sudden, the trees were furry and leafless. The houses, Continue reading…

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  Oh god, here's why turtles are attacking cats

  By Arielle Duhaime-Ross on June 8, 2016 10:14 am + 6 comments

  This weekend, I came across an animal video on Facebook that blew me away. It depicted a turtle Continue reading…

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  Fish can be trained to recognize your face and spit on it

  By Arielle Duhaime-Ross on June 7, 2016 01:27 pm + 1 comments

  Normally, having a fish spit in someone’s face would sound both absurd and disturbing. But for the Continue reading…

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  The star-nosed mole has 22 'tentacles' on its face and a 10/10 in our book

  By Arielle Duhaime-Ross on May 22, 2016 01:00 pm + 5 comments

  This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Up Continue reading…

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  A brief history of rodents in soda containers

  By Arielle Duhaime-Ross on May 11, 2016 07:45 pm + 16 comments

  On Sunday, a man in Texas handed a bottle of Dr. Pepper to his three-year-old grandson. The next Continue reading…

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  Researchers have shaved a lot of bugs in the name of science

  By Arielle Duhaime-Ross on May 7, 2016 12:44 pm

  Last month, scientists in Belgium announced that they had discovered one of the mechanisms that lets Continue reading…

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  This female beetle uses unsexy pheromones to calm horny dudes

  By Arielle Duhaime-Ross on March 26, 2016 03:25 pm + 7 comments

  If a female burying beetle doesn’t want sex, none of the males around her can get turned on. That’s Continue reading…