Reels tagged #australia
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Animals
Wombats produce cube-shaped droppings
Their intestines have stretchy and stiff sections that mould waste into cubes — so it stays put on rocks and logs when marking territory.
Animals
Koala fingerprints fool forensic scanners
Koalas evolved looping ridged fingerprints almost indistinguishable from human ones under a microscope, likely for gripping eucalyptus branches and leaves.
Animals
Platypuses hunt with their eyes shut
Underwater a platypus closes its eyes, ears and nostrils and navigates purely by electroreception, sensing the faint electrical fields of shrimp and worms with its bill.