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Crocodiles are a well known predator. According to Ndiyae's new book, the Nile crocodile has the strongest recorded bite of any animal today. Shutterstock hide caption

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These Animals Will Mess You Up

October 20, 2022 • The natural world is filled with treats ... and tricks. Today, Internet zoologist and TikTok star Mamadou Ndiaye takes over to talk about some of those tricks — specifically the murderous ones. He turns the tables on Emily and Aaron, quizzing them on some of the animals in his new book 100 Animals That Can F*cking End You. Special guests span land and sea, including the hippopotamus, blowfish, snails, snakes — and more!

These Animals Will Mess You Up

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Jeremy, The Lonely, Left-Twisting Snail, Dies — But Knows Love Before The End

Snails Senda (left), Jara, Tomeau, Jeremy and Indi hang out together at the University of Nottingham's labs. Jeremy was the lab's original sinistral snail; the others are his "Spanish pals," as scientist Angus Davison puts it. Angus Davison/University of Nottingham hide caption

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Jeremy, The Lonely, Left-Twisting Snail, Dies — But Knows Love Before The End

October 13, 2017 • OK, "love" might be overstating it. But the little lefty — whose seemingly hopeless search for a mate sparked an international quest — did manage to procreate before he slithered off this mortal coil.

Tragic Love Triangle Is Sad For Lonely Rare Snail, Still Good For Science

Rare snail Jeremy with the offspring of its two former suitors. Angus Davison, University of Nottingham hide caption

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Tragic Love Triangle Is Sad For Lonely Rare Snail, Still Good For Science

May 17, 2017 • A garden snail with a rare genetic condition can't mate with normal snails; scientists launch an international search for a mate; two possible mates are found. But they mate with each other instead.