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Bats can learn to copy sounds and it may teach us about human speech
Pale spear-nosed bats can learn to alter their calls to mimic different sounds 鈥� a rare skill that could help us understand the biology of human speech and language
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Little green invaders: how parakeets conquered the world
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Whale sharks can live for at least 50 years 鈥� and probably longer
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Europe鈥檚 cave bears may have died out because of their large sinuses
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The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused
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Male bottlenose dolphins synchronise their calls to attract females
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Penguins call out as they hunt under water but we鈥檙e not sure why
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World鈥檚 highest mammal discovered at the top of a Mars-like volcano
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We may have started keeping lapdogs as pets 2000 years ago
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Brazilian toads that eat scorpions can survive the venom of 10 stings
Brazil鈥檚 yellow cururu toads eat scorpions, and they can survive five times the dose of scorpion venom that would kill a mouse 鈥� the same as 10 stings
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Meet Carlo, an ancient reptile who had part of his face bitten off
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World’s only known pink manta ray spotted in the Great Barrier Reef
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Freeze-dried jellyfish could help us grow new human skin
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It turns out loads of frogs and salamanders are fluorescent
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