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Mighty little lifter
The Tiny Strongman
A rhinoceros beetle can carry about 100 times its own body weight on its back.
Awake when
Nighttime wonders
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Quiet flyer
Owl's Silent Wings
An owl can swoop onto a mouse in almost total darkness without making a single sound, thanks to wings built for silent flight.
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Music made of wings
The Cricket's Nighttime Song
A cricket doesn't sing with its mouth at all; it makes its chirping song by rubbing a pair of special wings together.
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Tiny builders
The Coral City
A giant coral reef is built slowly over hundreds of years by animals smaller than your fingertip.
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A garden in the fur
The Sloth's Green Coat
A sloth moves so slowly that tiny algae grow right in its shaggy fur, turning it a soft mossy green.
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Nature's engineer
The Beaver's Busy Dam
A beaver can chew through a tree trunk in one night and use it to dam a stream into its own private pond.
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Sound seeing
Bat's Echo Song
A bat sings tiny songs too high-pitched for human ears, then listens to the echoes to find its way through the dark.
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A web made fresh
The Spider's Nightly Rebuild
Many orb-weaver spiders tear down their whole web every morning and spin a brand new one from scratch each night.
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Extra beats
Three Hearts, One Octopus
An octopus has three hearts, and one of them stops beating every time it swims.
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Cool light maker
The Firefly's Lantern
A firefly can glow without ever feeling warm, lighting up the summer night with a built-in lantern near its tail.