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The spider that looks like bird poo – and other amazing (and gross) tricks animals deploy to survive

  • Written by: Romane H. Cristescu, Posdoc in Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Animals do all sorts of disgusting things. While these gross behaviours might turn our stomachs, they’re often crucial to an animal’s survival.

I and my colleague Nic Gill have done the dirty work, and collected a bunch of unexpected facts about how these behaviours help animals live their best lives: making a home, finding mates...

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