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| Why Do Spider Legs Curl Up When They Die?We explain the science behind the answer.CaLea Johnson | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/why-spider-legs-curl-up-when-they-die |
| Why Do Spider Legs Curl Up When They Die? | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/why-spider-legs-curl-up-when-they-die |
| 8 Bizarre (and Terrifying) Deep-Sea CreaturesFrom a ginormous relative of the garden pillbug to fish with translucent heads, these organisms are adapted to the dark, cold, pressurized environment of the deep sea.Kat Long | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/bizarre-deep-sea-creatures |
| 8 Bizarre (and Terrifying) Deep-Sea Creatures | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/bizarre-deep-sea-creatures |
| WWII Warheads Make Homes for Marine LifeToxic explosives were no barrier for the fish and invertebrates colonizing a World War II-era munitions dump in the Baltic Sea, according to a new study.Nick Keppler | https://www.mentalfloss.com/science/ecology/munitions-dump-artificial-reef |
| WWII Warheads Make Homes for Marine Life | https://www.mentalfloss.com/science/ecology/munitions-dump-artificial-reef |
| 28 Bizarre Facts About Animals That Will Make You Go “WTF?”You’ll never look at these creatures the same way again.Kerry Wolfe | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/bizarre-facts-about-animals-will-make-you-go-wtf |
| 28 Bizarre Facts About Animals That Will Make You Go “WTF?” | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/bizarre-facts-about-animals-will-make-you-go-wtf |
| What Exactly Are Sand Fleas, Anyway?Despite the name, some of these beachside pests aren’t even insects at all, though they could still hop up during your summer vacation in more ways than one. Rudie Obias | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/sand-fleas |
| What Exactly Are Sand Fleas, Anyway? | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/sand-fleas |
| 7 Creepy Crawlies You Want in Your GardenDon’t kill these insects—consider them your friends!Miriam Porter | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/7-creepy-crawlies-you-want-your-garden |
| 7 Creepy Crawlies You Want in Your Garden | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/7-creepy-crawlies-you-want-your-garden |
| Does Peeing on a Jellyfish Sting Actually Help?When it comes to jellyfish stings, urine is often cited as an effective remedy. But does it really work as a first-aid treatment? Matt Soniak | https://www.mentalfloss.com/science/medicine/does-peeing-jellyfish-sting-actually-help |
| Does Peeing on a Jellyfish Sting Actually Help? | https://www.mentalfloss.com/science/medicine/does-peeing-jellyfish-sting-actually-help |
| Nematodes Form “Living Towers of Worms” to Move as OneThe microscopic worms are one of only a few species known to assemble into “superorganisms” that act and move collectively.Tim Brinkhof | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/nematode-towers |
| Nematodes Form “Living Towers of Worms” to Move as One | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/nematode-towers |
| Icon / VideoCreated with Sketch.Rare Video Shows a Colossal Squid Swimming in the Deep OceanA baby colossal squid was filmed deep in the South Atlantic—revealing rare footage of the ocean’s heaviest invertebrate.CaLea Johnson | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/video-shows-colossal-squid-deep-ocean |
| Rare Video Shows a Colossal Squid Swimming in the Deep Ocean | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/video-shows-colossal-squid-deep-ocean |
| Watch an Octopus Boss Around Fish to Track Down PreyA new study shows that octopuses become bosses and fish become subordinates when the two species hunt together.CaLea Johnson | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/octopus-use-fish-to-hunt-prey |
| Watch an Octopus Boss Around Fish to Track Down Prey | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/octopus-use-fish-to-hunt-prey |
| Why Don’t We Want to ‘Open a Can of Worms’?Opening a can of worms, metaphorically speaking, is trying to solve a problem and ending up in more trouble. And the idiom really does refer to actual worms.Matt Soniak | https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/how-did-term-open-can-worms-originate |
| Why Don’t We Want to ‘Open a Can of Worms’? | https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/how-did-term-open-can-worms-originate |
| Bummer: A Brain-Infesting Worm in Rats Can Also Attack HumansThe CDC is giving people a very good reason to wash their produce.Jake Rossen | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/parasites/rat-lungworm-in-humans |
| Bummer: A Brain-Infesting Worm in Rats Can Also Attack Humans | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/parasites/rat-lungworm-in-humans |
| Bees Are Now Legally Fish in California—And That’s Good News for BeesThanks in part to a snail, California bees are fish. No, this isn’t a Mad Lib.Ellen Gutoskey | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/bees-are-fish-in-california |
| Bees Are Now Legally Fish in California—And That’s Good News for Bees | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/bees-are-fish-in-california |
| It's Official: With 1306 Legs, This Millipede Has the Most of Any AnimalFound 200 feet below ground in Australia, 'Eumillipes persephone' has 1306 legs to scamper around with.Jake Rossen | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/1306-legged-millipede-has-most-legs-of-any-animal |
| It's Official: With 1306 Legs, This Millipede Has the Most of Any Animal | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/1306-legged-millipede-has-most-legs-of-any-animal |
| 10 Huge Facts About Giant African Land SnailsThe first thing you notice about giant African land snails is that they're ginormous. The second thing is that they're not limited to Africa.Mark Mancini | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/giant-african-land-snail-facts |
| 10 Huge Facts About Giant African Land Snails | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/giant-african-land-snail-facts |
| 20 Cool Facts About the Ice AgeHow many ice ages have there been so far? The same number of ‘Ice Age’ movies that have been released. (Five.)Ellen Gutoskey | https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/651051/ice-age-facts-the-list-show |
| 20 Cool Facts About the Ice Age | https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/651051/ice-age-facts-the-list-show |
| On a Limb: How an Octopus Regrows Its ArmsThe cephalopod is strikingly intelligent, but its most spectacular talent may be its ability to fully regrow arms lost to predators.Jake Rossen | https://www.mentalfloss.com/science/biology/how-octopus-regenerates-arms |
| On a Limb: How an Octopus Regrows Its Arms | https://www.mentalfloss.com/science/biology/how-octopus-regenerates-arms |
| Why Are Humans Afraid of Bugs?Our ancestors may have predisposed us to fear spiders, insects, and other many-legged creatures, but there's a lot more to it.Ellen Gutoskey | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/insects/why-do-humans-fear-bugs |
| Why Are Humans Afraid of Bugs? | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/insects/why-do-humans-fear-bugs |
| Scientists Put 3D Glasses on Cuttlefish and Find Out They Use Human-Like Depth Perception to Hunt Prey3D movies of shrimp were involved, too—all in the name of seeing if cuttlefish use stereopsis like we do.Ellen Gutoskey | https://www.mentalfloss.com/science/biology/cuttlefish-wear-3d-glasses-depth-perception-study |
| Scientists Put 3D Glasses on Cuttlefish and Find Out They Use Human-Like Depth Perception to Hunt Prey | https://www.mentalfloss.com/science/biology/cuttlefish-wear-3d-glasses-depth-perception-study |
| Need More Penis Fish In Your Life? A California Aquarium Has a LivestreamAfter thousands of 'penis fish,' or fat innkeeper worms, washed up on the shores of California, one aquarium decided to give people an up-close-and-personal look at the phallic annelid via livestream.Michele Debczak | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/penis-fish-livestream |
| Need More Penis Fish In Your Life? A California Aquarium Has a Livestream | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/penis-fish-livestream |
| Why Thousands of 'Penis Fish' Washed Up on a California Beach'Urechis caupo' bears a striking resemblance to a specific part of male human anatomy, but the species is usually hidden underground. Something brought them to the surface.Alvin Ward | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/fish/why-thousands-of-penis-fish-washed-up-california-beach |
| Why Thousands of 'Penis Fish' Washed Up on a California Beach | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/fish/why-thousands-of-penis-fish-washed-up-california-beach |
| Journey to the Monarch Mosh PitEach fall, millions of migrating monarchs return to Mexico to wait out winter. The gathering makes Woodstock look like a business conference. Here’s how they get there.Lucas Reilly | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/insects/monarch-butterfly-migration |
| Journey to the Monarch Mosh Pit | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/insects/monarch-butterfly-migration |
| Scientists Capture Video of Deepstaria, a Rarely Seen, Shapeshifting JellyfishIn the video, the Deepstaria jellyfish hovers like a ghost before unfurling its billowing bell, giving scientists aboard the 'Nautilus' a rare look at the illusive species.Michele Debczak | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/scientists-capture-video-deepstaria-jellyfish |
| Scientists Capture Video of Deepstaria, a Rarely Seen, Shapeshifting Jellyfish | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/invertebrates/scientists-capture-video-deepstaria-jellyfish |
| Honeybees Go "Whoop!" When They Bump Into Each OtherThey make the adorable sound with their wings when they're startled. You can listen to them for yourself.Kate Horowitz | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/insects/honeybees-go-whoop-when-they-bump-each-other |
| Honeybees Go "Whoop!" When They Bump Into Each Other | https://www.mentalfloss.com/animals/insects/honeybees-go-whoop-when-they-bump-each-other |
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