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30 Facts About Animals That Prove They’re Superior to Humans

Why stop at spiders, Peter Parker?

30 Facts About Animals That Prove They’re Superior to Humans

October 05, 2023

We all saw how the (multiple rebooted) movies depicted it: Peter Parker is a high school nerd, gets bit by a radioactive spider on a field trip and overnight gains the amazing abilities of a spider. Since the character’s creation in the 1960s, millions of kids have imagined a similar thing happening to them. But we have to ask, why stop at spiders? Have you seen some of the amazing abilities that other animals have?

Below is a list of animals that can go obscene amounts of time without requiring water, regrow missing body parts that we might call “essential,” and even recognize their own reflection. Alright, that last one doesn’t actually sound that impressive, but it still managed to make the list because pigeons deserve love too.

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Xibalbanus Tulumensis

XIBALBANUS TULUMENSIS THE FiRST VENOMOUS CRUSTACEAN EVER DiSCOVERED. iS FOUND iN CAVES ON THE YUCATÁN PENiNSULA iN THE CARiBBEAN SEA. THiS BLiND REMiPEDE LiQUEFiES THE BODY CONTENTS OF OTHER CRUSTACEANS WiTH A VENOM CONTAiNiNG DiGESTiVE ENZYMES AND A PARALYSiNG TOXiN. http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/10/16/molbev.mst199.abstract http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/02/10/blind-cousins-to-the-arthropod-superstars/ CRACKED.COM — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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Kangaroo Rat

Depending on the circumstances, a human can survive without water for approximately 3 to 5 days. A camel can last as long as 15 days. However, due to its highly specialized kidneys and ability to produce metabolic water within its own body, the Kangaroo Rat can live its entire life--up to 5 years-- without drinking a single drop of water. More importantly, ОН MY GOD SO CUTE!!! CRACKED COM — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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Sea Horse

meet the see hare... a venomous see slug, that is also a hermaphrodite. Both Both Female Male when meting, they have SO orgy where some of them set as both Kind of gives new meaning to genders st get it any way you can... the same time. CRACKED.COM — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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Birds

Birds fly south for the winter? So what? Did you know that some of these things can remember up to 25,000 miles round trip, just to find the same roosting spot? CRACKED.COM — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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Dogs

It's widely known that a dog's sense of smell is at least 10,000 times superior to that of a human's. But did you know that dogs can detect the even the earliest stages of cancer in a human's breath? F The most remarkable aspect is that dogs have always had this ability-only now are we learning how to harness it. Good girl! hhttp://www.businessinsider.com/workng-dog-eenter-dogs-can- smell-cancer-2013-8 Chttpc://news.nationalgeographic.com/ GRACKED.COM mews/2006/01/0112_060112_dog_cancer.html — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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Meerkats

Meerkats can naturally deflect bright light to see better. Those black circles around their eyes are basically built-in sunglasses. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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Hydra Jellyfish

The Hydra jellyfish can regenerate damaged nerves and tissue, and renew its cells whenever it wants. Their incredible ability to shed their cells keeps them from aging, with some scientists suggesting that they're incapable of dying of old age. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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Birds

Birds seem to pay more attention to speed limits than us. A study in Europe showed how birds observe traffic speeds and then calculate how long they can hang around on the road before getting hit by a car. Times when birds do get hit by cars are believed to be the fault of the driver exceeding the speed limit. GRACKED COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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African Buffalo

African buffaloes practice democracy and let the females make the decisions. The females all vote on which direction the herd needs to trek by lifting their heads, one by one, and staring into the direction they wish to go. If the vote is split, they'll divide into two groups and spend the night apart, only to reconvene in the morning and vote again. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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Hippos

Hippos' skins can naturally produce sunscreen. Hippos secrete a red fluid that acts both as an anti-bacterial and a sunscreen against the harsh African sun. Pretty neat. GRACKED COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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The Bald Eagle

Bald eagles mate for life and use the same nest each year. Like any married couple, they love home improvement, continually adding on to the nest. The largest on record was 20 ft deep, 9.5 ft across, and weighed nearly 3 tons. (It is unknown whether mating pairs who split up each get half.) CRACKED.COM http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/eagle/NestAbout1.html — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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Crocodiles

CRACKED COM Crocodiles swallow large stones that stay permanently in their bellies. It's been suggested these are used for ballast in diving. — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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North American Wood Frog

wheress freezing would CRACKED.COM http://www.naturenorth.com/winter/trazen/frozen3.html kill most animals... the north american wood frog can freeze for the winter, $ than in spring. — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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Flatworms

YOU ALREADY KNOW The adorably stupid- looking planarian flatworm can regrow any body part you cut off... ...including its head. BUT DID YOU KNOW... THEIR NEW HEAD RETAINS THEIR OLD MEMORIES And being beheaded MIGHT not be their fondest recollection of you. Nemo me impune lacessit. Shomrat, T. and Levin, M. 2013. An automated training paradigm reveals long- term memory in planaria and its persistence through head regeneration. CRACKED.COM Journal of Experimental Biology 216(21): 3799-3810 — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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The Feral Pigeon

The Feral Pigeon can recognise its own reflection in a mirror, and is one of only 6 species (and the only non-mammal) that has this ability. They also never forget a human face, and a change of clothes will not fool them! CRACKED.COM — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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Pigeons

Pigeons can be better multitaskers than humans. Scientists think it's because of their brains' neuronal density. They have six times more nerve cells per cubic millimeter of brain than humans, which seems to make it easier for them to switch from one task to another. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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Amazonian Ants

An Amazonian ant species has evolved to reproduce without sex. The females basically clone themselves to produce an all-female ant colony. It's the first time this behavior has been recorded in ants. While diversity and the longevity of the species could be an obvious problem here, it's fascinating to note that these female colonies grow a greater number of crops than other ant species. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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African Spiny Mouse

The African spiny mouse is the only known mammal that can lose up to 60% of its skin, and grow It all back. Their skins are brittle and can easily tear to help them escape their predators. While mammals will grow scar tissue when their skins are removed, spiny mice can fully regrow skin, hair follicles, sweat glands, and even cartilage. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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The Mimic Octopus

The mimic octopus can instantly transform itself to look like other animals. These octopuses can mimic several animals in rapid succession (most animals can only mimic one other species). They contort their bodies in different ways, and can even mirror behavior. CRACKED COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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Alpine Ibex Goats

Alpine ibex goats are incredible rock climbers. Mothers and their young can scale near vertical slopes as they look for salt to lick off the rocks. They do this because mothers need more salt when feeding their young, and it's the best place to find some. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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Mackerel

You are a mackerel, meet a black swallower. It's much smaller than you... Well, a stretchy stomach can do wonders. GRACKED.COM — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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Cave Crayfish

CRACKED.COM Cave crayfish are a lot like their surface relatives, minus the eyes and pigment. But while normal crayfish live for 6 to 7 years... ...cave crayfish live to be 175. — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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Blue Whales

CRACKED.COM A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a Volkswagen Beetle, can weigh up to 1300 Ibs (600 kg), its heartbeat can be heard from two miles away and its aorta is big enough for a human to fit through. Full scale model of a blue whale's heart. http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/education/cetaceans/blue.php — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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Blue Whale

CRACKED.COM Clocking in at ten feet long and twelve inches in diameter The Blue Whale sports the biggest boner in the world. SOURCE: http://bloweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2012/olson_rile/reproduction.htm — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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Ground Squirrels

CRACKED COM The ground squirrel has been known to hide their scent from their most dangerous predator, the snake, by chewing an outer layer of snakeskin and rubbing it all over their fur. — Source: 28 Animals With Superhero Level Abilities

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Penguins

Penguins walk better than us. While their short legs make for inefficient walking, their waddle holds the key because it conserves way more energy than our walking habits. Scientists say that waddling makes for smoother energy exchange, almost like a pendulum, and can help pregnant women and people with disabilities or neurological problems use their energies better. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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Sharks

Sharks can replace a lost or broken tooth in a matter of days. Thanks to stem cells in their jaws, sharks' teeth are constantly being grown. When they lose a tooth, the jaw works like a conveyor belt and pushes the new tooth out. They go through around 20,000 teeth in a lifetime. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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Hens

Hens can eject sperm. That's right, chickens are better at natural birth control than us. Hens will eject the sperm of a male if he is deemed less desirable or if mating was forced. Given that both sexes are quite promiscuous, this happens a lot. GRACKED COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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Bees

Bees do not suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect. A (challenging) study was done to determine whether bees would take the risk and perform a task they knew would be difficult to do. The bees opted out of the choice and performed better in the task overall, suggesting that they do not overestimate their abilities. Scientists aren't sure whether it's a true cognitive reflection, but this awareness definitely helps bees survive. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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Reindeer

Reindeer can change the color of their eyes. Their eyes turn from golden brown to blue during the dark Arctic winter months to help them catch more light. This happens by putting pressure on the eyeball to reduce spacing between its collagen fibers, making it reflect blue light. Such a dramatic shift has never been seen in mammals before. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Animals With Envy-Inducing Biology

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