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When an illness breaks out in an ant colony, sick ants will quarantine themselves, while other adult ants will protect the young and vulnerable among them. This is beta behavior, and should be ridiculed.

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Ants

ANTS ARE BETTER AT QUARANTINING WHEN SICK When worker ants are infected, they will quarantine themselves outside. Nurse ants will move the young ants deeper into the colony to protect them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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PIGEONS ARE BETTER AT MULTITASKING Researchers discovered cities' cursed, winged rats are more efficient at a repetitive task with a pause than humans are. Terrifying. CRACKED.COM — Source

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NASUTITERMITINAE TERMITES HAVE GUNS FOR FACES This family of termites is an NRA wet dream, with a gun on its face that shoots poisonous glue at its enemies. CRACKED.COM — Source

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DARWIN'S BARK SPIDER'S WEB IS 25X STRONGER THAN STEEL These spiders can make webs that are 80 feet long, above rivers and lakes, mysteriously from one to bank to the other. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE MANTIS SHRIMP HAVE THE WORLD'S BEST EYES These guys (again!) can see the spectrum of light visible to humans, ultraviolet, infrared and polarized light. And yeah, they can see cancer. CRACKED.COM — Source

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HAMMERHEAD SHARKS CAN SMELL ELECTRICITY These sharks have an ability to detect electric fields, down to a billionth of a volt. They also have incredible vision too. CRACKED.COM — Source

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JUMPING SPIDERS SEE FOUR PRIMARY COLORS Instead of the stupid ol' three primary colors, these spiders can also see ultraviolet. This makes its prey's camouflage useless. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE DORCAS GAZELLE NEVER HAS TO PEE Okay, so it kind of pees by concentrating its urine into a pellet. That sounds much more convenient during the middle of a movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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LYREBIRDS DO GREAT IMPRESSIONS The lyrebirds have extremely complex vocal cords that allow it to perfectly mimic almost any sound. CRACKED.COM — Source

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HIPPOS MAKE THEIR OWN SUNSCREEN Hippos secrete a red oil that prevents their skin burning by scattering light. It also doubles as an antibiotic. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Crows

CROWS CAN HOLD GENERATIONAL GRUDGES Crows can recognize human faces over its entire lifetime and can teach its friends and young to attack a specific person. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cuckoos

CUCKOOS TRICKS OTHER BIRDS INTO RAISING THEIR OFFSPRING Cuckoos are either the laziest or most brilliant parents... they lay their eggs in other birds' nests and let them raise their offspring. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE MANTIS SHRIMP HAS THE FASTEST PUNCH IN THE WORLD The 4-inch crustacean can punch more than 50 miles per hour to crack through mollusc shells. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A PLATYPUS'S BILL GIVES THEM A SIXTH SENSE Their bill is so sensitive they could use it to hunt by its electrolocation without using any of their other senses. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT CAN HEAR WITH ITS FEET They emit noises vocally that travel dozens of miles that can be received by their super sensitive feet. CRACKED.COM — Source

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DOLPHINS CAN STAY AWAKE FOR 15 DAYS Proud of your ability to pull an all-nighter? It's trash compared to Flipper who can sleep half a brain at a time with its eyes open. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SEA TURTLES CAN HAVE SEX FOR UP TO 24 HOURS Is it enjoyable? Probably not but helps to keep the competition away. Don't try to brag about your sexual stamina again CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Kangaroo Rat

THE KANGAROO RAT DOESN'T NEED WATER Pathetically thirsty humans need water every 2 to 3 days, but kangaroo rats can go their whole life without drinking a drop of water. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEES ARE MORE AWARE OF THEIR LIMITS Humans are bad judges of being able to gauge what we don't know. However, honey bees know their limits and can admit when they don't know. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sharks

SHARK SUPERPOWERS CRACKED.COM Sharks can sense electromagnetic fields Sharks can detect slight electrical fields coming from the muscles of nearby prey. Even shark embryos can sense electrical fields and will stop moving in their eggs. — Source

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SHARK SUPERPOWERS CRACKED.COM Frilled sharks can be pregnant for three and a half years Sharks have extreme reproductive diversity. Some lay eggs, some give live births. Some have placentas while others don't. The average shark gestation period is 11 to 12 months. — Source

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Shark Skin

SHARK SUPERPOWERS CRACKED.COM Sharks have incredibly thick skin. The whale shark's skin is the thickest of any animal, growing up to six inches thick.

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SHARK SUPERPOWERS CRACKED.COM A lemon shark can have 20,000 teeth in 25 years. Consider that many lemon sharks live to be 50, and imagine having 40,000 teeth in your lifetime. Sharks are constantly producing and shedding their teeth. — Source

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Sharks

SHARK SUPERPOWERS CRACKED.COM Sharks can jump up to 10 feet into the air The great white shark may be 2000 pounds, but the giant fish can reach speeds of up to 40 miles per hour and launch itself into the air to catch prey. — Source

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Sharks

SHARK SUPERPOWERS CRACKED.COM Sharks smell in stereo Sharks can smell movement in water and can pay attention to where their next meal is based on which nostril is closer. — Source

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SHARK SUPERPOWERS CRACKED.COM Sharks can go weeks without eating A swell shark has been recorded going up to 15 months without eating. — Source

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SHARK SUPERPOWERS CRACKED.COM Greenland sharks may live to be over 500 years old. Greenland sharks don't reach sexual maturity until 150 years old. One Greenland shark was discovered to be between 272 and 512 years old, with even the lower end making it the longest living vertebrate. — Source

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SHARK SUPERPOWERS CRACKED.COM Sharks have survived four mass extinction events Sharks have been around about 50 million years longer than trees, having existed for 400 million years. — Source

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SHARK SUPERPOWERS CRACKED.COM Hammerhead sharks have 360-degree vision Ever wonder why hammerhead sharks have such weirdly shaped heads? The better to see you (and their behinds) with. These sharks are good at looking but not good to look at. — Source

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Virgin Shark Births

SHARK SUPERPOWERS CRACKED.COM There's been several recorded virgin shark births. Shark Jesuses? Extremely rare, but there's been several known cases of parthenogenesis, when a female shark Lorem Ipsum who hasn't had access to a male gives birth. The shark pups have identical genetics to the mother. — Source

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Sharks

SHARK SUPERPOWERS CRACKED.COM Sharks can swim in a really, really straight line In featureless, open oceans, they swim in arrow-straight lines that could pass any DUI test. They can also accurately navigate in the dead of night. This is due to their sensitivity to the Earth's magnetic field. — Source

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