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...that the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack was the first bioterrorism attack in the United States , and one of only two confirmed terrorist uses of biological weapons to harm humans?
...that Florida has over 20 official state symbols , including a state soil and a state wildflower ?
...that Adenovirus serotype 14 is an emerging virus , related to the common cold , that has recently caused 10 deaths in the United States , including at least one healthy young adult?
...that three out of every seventy-seven rainbow runners (pictured) have five spines rather than the normal six?
...that some capillaries, known as sinusoidal capillaries actually have gaps in them large enough for blood cells to fit through?
...that Vitamin C , or L -ascorbate, is also widely used as a preservative ?
...that the Crabeater Seal is the second most numerous large species of mammal on Earth, after humans .
...that Australia 's bulldog ants can kill a human with 30 stings?
...that the oldest fossilised dinosaur eggs ever found, belong to Massospondylus Golden Gate Highlands National Park , South Africa in 1978, and also contain fossilized dinosaur embryos ?
...that the Bignose Unicornfish can change colors when frightened or asleep to help camouflage itself from predators ? Polar Bear Organ pipe cactus X-ray of hand of patient with polydactyly Helophilus pendulus Banksia menziesii ...that the Banksia menziesii (pictured) , named after 18th-century physician and naturalist Archibald Menzies , is also known as the Firewood Banksia for its burning properties and abundancy?
...that the Coastal Zone Color Scanner provided the first global view of phytoplankton
...that bay mud estuarine ecological resource, but went unstudied until humans began building high-rise structures near bays ?
...that casting undigestible material by hawks , to clean and empty their crops ?
... that coccolithovirus DNA virus , has 472 protein -coding genes , and is the largest known marine virus by genome ?
...that the Black slug slug that when disturbed contracts into a hemispherical shape and starts to rock horizontally to confuse predators?
...that Scleroderris canker fungal disease among coniferous trees, sometimes spread by imported Christmas trees , that can kill an entire forest within a few years?
...that a female Western harvest mouse offspring in a single year ?
...that the Madagascar hissing cockroach
...that the red blood cells of a camel dehydrated state?
...that wildebeest calves can walk within minutes of being born, and after a few days can keep up with the rest of the herd ?
...that hermaphrodite C. elegans cell ?
...that Ernst Haeckel Ecology " to identify the relationship between plants, animals, and their environment?
that the Polymerase Chain Reaction DNA for analysis
the Black Tree Fern is the largest of the tree fern species, endemic to New Zealand ?
natural selection can sometimes lead to disadvantageous traits, as in intragenomic conflict ?some cichlid fish , crocodiles and frogs keep their eggs or young in their mouths or stomachs?
Dolly the sheep was named after Dolly Parton, because Dolly the sheep was cloned from a mammary cell?the sea otter often keeps a stone tool in its armpit pouch?
skunks cannot see objects further than three metres away, making them vulnerable to road traffic?crustaceans and mollusks have blue, copper based blood? woodlice (also known as pill bugs or roly-polys) are not insects but terrestrial crustaceans ? Rhagoletis pomonella bombardier beetles create an explosive chemical reaction within their own bodies and use it as a defensive mechanism?human chromosome 2 is a result of the fusion of two separate chromosomes, 2p and 2q, from our hominid ancestors?
the common mullein plant was burnt in France during celebrations on the second Sunday of Lent to protect against evil spirits and demons ?
the epidermis of the mantle organ in mollusks , secretes the calcium carbonate that creates their shell ?
Repenomamus mammal in the Cretaceous period and is the only mammal known to have eaten non-avian dinosaurs ?melasma pregnant women that is caused by the overproduction of melanin ?Albert Calmette antivenom developed against snake venom ?there are so many species of Murinae Old World rats and mice ) that it is said they are in the process of taking over the world, and humans just came along in the middle of it?
the Natural History Museum of Berlin dinosaur in the world, a Brachiosaurus bird , the Archaeopteryx
...that the water bear , in theory, could survive the vacuum of space?
