Amazing_Animals_With_Secret_Abilities

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1. Gecko feet exert a special adhesive that allow them to stick to just about any surface, without leaving a residue

It’s more impressive than their other gift: sometimes saving some people a little bit of money on car insurance.

2. Opossums emit a protein that can neutralize nearly all poisons that enter their body



3. Turritopsis nutricula jellyfish can repeatedly revert back to polyp form and begin the aging process anew, rendering them virtually immortal


4. A cat can jump up to five times its own height



5. Dogs are born with intuitive, near telepathic powers which only improve the longer they hang around humans and get to know them.


“I see cookies in my future”

6. Hippos can produce their own sunscreen, a reddish sweat that looks like blood


“Yes … ‘looks’ … you keep telling yourself that, human”

7. Sea cucumbers can turn themselves into liquid form, and then back again


8. Wood frogs have antifreeze-style blood that can freeze during wintertime, and then thaw back out later

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9. Humpback whales catch prey with a “bubble net,” literally a net of bubbles that can catch and herd fish just in time for dinner.



10. The Spitting Spider literally spits poison onto its enemies, which sticks onto their skin and traps them as they slowly die from the exposure


11. Owls have facial feathers that can be arranged to pick up miniscule sounds from up to 75 feet away.


Even the annoying ones. ESPECIALLY the annoying ones.

12. The Lyrebird can mimic just about any sound it hears, from other birds to completely different species, and sometimes even machinery.



13. Platypi have electroreceptors, which let them detect prey via sending electric fields that the prey left behind


14. The Rhinoceros Beetle can carry up to 850 times its own body weight



Yes. It does even lift.

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15. Starfish shoot their stomachs out of their body, using it to trap prey and then slowly digest it



“Who’s dinner for Patrick under the sea? SPONGE-BOB-SQUARE-PANTS.” 16. Salamanders can regenerate lost limbs and even parts of internal organs, thanks to special immune cells called macrophages.

Not to mention a Mysterious Magical Healing Star

18. Cockroaches can survive weeks without a head, since they digest food incredibly slowly and breathe through their body, not their head



“Let them eat cake, I thought. They’ll get the reference, I thought.”

19. Basilisk Lizards can run on top of water, and are nicknamed the Jesus Christ Lizard as a result.



He won’t turn the water into wine though. That’s all on you.

20. Dung beetles use the moon and stars to guide them and their dung balls in a straight line to their destination


21. Sloths are shockingly fast healers, allowing them to survive even severe serious injuries


22. Clownfish are born male, but can change genders at will, for mating purposes


They also make great actors for Pixar films.

23. Birds defecate in packages called fecal sacs, which they then remove from the nest in order to keep it clean and less visible to predators


24. Penguins have adapted to predators’ ability to jump and attack, and can now jump as high as six feet in the air


Silly flightless bird. You can’t fly!

25. Frogs have eyes that are far apart from each other and bulge out of their heads, allowing them to see all 360 degrees around them


“It’s not easy being creepy”

26. A female box turtle can store sperm inside her for months at a time, and inseminates herself when she feels the time is right.


Namely, when the father finally gets a job and can support the eggs.

27. Aquatic mammals, such as dolphins and whales, sleep with only half of their brain shut off, so they’re able to sleep and go up for oxygen at regular intervals.


28. Baby chicks will chirp when they find food, so their nearby brothers and sisters will know there’s food and come to feast. This helps preserve family genetics.

Sibling anti-rivalry
29. Crocodiles can swallow stones, and use them to both balance themselves in the water, and to crush food during digestion.


“Rock lobster? Sounds delicious!”

30. Cephalopods (squids and octopi) squeeze water out of their bodies at such high pressure, they can be propelled forward up to 25 miles per hour.


Which helps when they’re late for their appointment to swim around aimlessly on the other side of the ocean.