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Patient sleepers
Sleepy Seeds
Some seeds rest quietly in the soil for years, waiting patiently for exactly the right moment to wake up and grow.
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Forest wonders
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Wrapped in wonder
The Butterfly's Quiet Change
A crawling caterpillar can wrap itself in a quiet little case and later emerge as an entirely new creature: a butterfly.
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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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Memory keeper
Wise Elephant
The oldest elephant in a herd remembers the way to water holes that only she has ever visited.
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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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A giant that keeps growing
The Reaching Redwood
A giant redwood can grow taller than a thirty-story building and live for more than two thousand years.
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Small but strong
The Mighty Ant Team
One tiny ant can lift many times its own body weight, and a whole colony can move things far too big for any single ant.
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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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Accidental gardener
Forgetful Squirrel
A squirrel buries hundreds of acorns every autumn, but forgets where it hid quite a few of them by the time spring comes.
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Speedy grower
The Bamboo Race
Some bamboo can grow almost a meter taller in a single day, making it one of the fastest-growing plants on Earth.
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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.