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Folklore uncovers a tsunami that rocked Hawaii hundreds of years ago
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Scorpions develop a sting in the tail before they are ready to use it
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Ancient comb jelly had more complex nerves than its modern relatives
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Ancient dog faeces show how our canine friends became omnivores
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Giant dinosaurs may have fasted like emperor penguins when laying eggs
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Secret underwater messages can be hidden in whale and dolphin chatter
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Waves of animals died at an ancient Spanish lake and now we know why
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Termite gut microbes can help turn toxic wood into biofuels
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Trilobite fossil shows it was attacked by a human-sized sea scorpion
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Most bats have noise-cancelling genes that may stop them going deaf
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Stone Age Europeans may have worn make-up more than 6000 years ago
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