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Dolphins that help humans catch fish are more likely to survive
A 12-year study of an unusual fishing partnership in southern Brazil has calculated the benefits to both humans and bottlenose dolphins
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Inside the complex and extremely violent world of warring mongooses
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Dogs can tell when you want to give them a treat – even if you don’t
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Ghost knifefish make electric ‘chirps’ to spot where other fish are
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Male chicks are more sociable if they were grown in warmer eggs
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Why we shouldn’t attribute human motivations to animals like bees
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Male and female gibbons sing duets in time with each other
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Sloths have double the grip strength of humans and other primates
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Some individual animals are really lazy. How do they get away with it?
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Elephant-nose fish do a little dance to help them ‘see’ in 3D
Pulses of electricity give some fish the ability to identify objects or prey, and a little shimmy helps them take several snapshots that give their underwater world depth
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Flying squirrels carve nuts to store them securely in tree branches
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Flying squirrels carve nuts to store them securely in tree branches
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Brown centipede uses a weird body motion to swim, not its many legs
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The world is full of living gold, which is more valuable than riches
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