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An elephant using its trunk to pick up a banana

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Elephant trunks are very dexterous because they are so wrinkly

Elephants’ trunks are covered in wrinkles and the pattern of their distribution seems to help the trunk curve as it extends

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A snapping shrimp (Alpheus heterochaelis) at night

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Snapping shrimps have helmets to ward off shock waves from their claws

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Rhinella unapensis was first identified on a campus of the National University of the Peruvian Amazon

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New-to-science toad species discovered on university campus in Peru

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kakapo parrot

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Rare kakapo parrot is genetically healthy despite being very inbred

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Crayfish

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Antidepressants leaking into waterways could make crayfish bolder

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Hainan gibbons

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Artificial rope bridges help stop rare primates jumping to extinction

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Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Captive. New Zealand

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Bats

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Bats can learn to copy sounds and it may teach us about human speech

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Andean mouse that lives on the Llullaillaco volcano

Life

World’s highest mammal discovered at the top of a Mars-like volcano

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This is how jellyfish can sting you without even touching you

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This is how jellyfish can sting you without even touching you

Upside-down jellyfish release tiny balls of stinging cells that can move through water on their own and survive for days – leaving a network of mucus that can sting you

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Life

Rodeo ants that ride on backs of bigger ants discovered in Texas

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Gaming with gorillas: Designing puzzles to keep great apes happy

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Don't miss: a chance to play WiFI Wars and revisit the Apollo 8 days

Culture

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Natalie Cooper: The life and death of London's blue whale

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