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Rats squeak with happiness when they are with another rat
Rats emit a high-pitched squeak when around another rat, seemingly just to express a positive emotion
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Flatworms can either regrow lost heads or reproduce sexually, not both
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Flatworm caught hunting and killing spider on its own web
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Roosters may be able to recognise themselves in a mirror
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Beetles raise their young in trash dumps left behind by army ants
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We鈥檝e just realised that a tiny West African crocodile can moo
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Male butterflies plug attractive females鈥� genitals to stop them mating
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Turtles that move in herds reveal the complex social lives of reptiles
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Human noise pollution drives monkeys to rely on communication by scent
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Frogs have been trying to mate with odd things for 220 million years
Male frogs will sometimes try to mate with turtles or inanimate objects, and now there is evidence that the behaviour began deep in prehistory with the first frogs
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Spotted salamander eggs hatch more easily if nibbled by predators
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Pirate spiders ambush prey by tricking them with lines of silk
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Animal motion-capture studio tracks bird flocks and insect swarms
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Do honeyguides really help honey badgers find bees鈥� nests?
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