Ocean Geniuses
This sea creature has three hearts and can change color instantly to match its surroundings.
What is an octopus?
These black and white birds can recognize themselves in mirrors and remember human faces for years.
What are magpies?
This largest land animal can hear other members of its herd from up to 6 miles away using infrasound.
What is an elephant?
These insects can lift 50 times their own body weight and work together to build living bridges.
What are ants?
This desert animal can survive without drinking water for its entire life, getting moisture from the plants it eats.
What is a kangaroo rat?
These marine mammals sleep with one eye open and half their brain awake to watch for predators.
What are dolphins?
This bird can fly backwards, forwards, and hover in place while beating its wings up to 80 times per second.
What is a hummingbird?
These primates use tools, have unique fingerprints, and can learn sign language with over 1,000 words.
What are chimpanzees?
These insects navigate using the sun as a compass and can communicate distance and direction through dancing.
What are bees?
This Arctic animal has hollow fur that traps air for insulation and black skin underneath to absorb heat.
What is a polar bear?
These fish can generate up to 600 volts of electricity - enough to stun a horse.
What are electric eels?
These birds can mimic not just other bird calls, but chainsaws, car alarms, and human speech with perfect accuracy.
What are lyrebirds?
These marine mammals create unique signature whistles that act like names, and they call each other by these names.
What are dolphins?
These tiny insects can see ultraviolet patterns on flowers invisible to humans and remember the location of thousands of flowers.
What are bees?
This lizard can literally walk on water by slapping its feet 20 times per second across the surface.
What is a basilisk lizard?
These cephalopods can solve complex puzzles, open jars from the inside, and have been observed using coconut shells as portable shelters.
What are octopuses?
These corvids can plan for future events, make tools from multiple parts, and teach their young how to recognize dangerous humans.
What are crows?
These whale species sing complex songs that can travel hundreds of miles underwater and change their tunes like hit songs.
What are humpback whales?
These social insects farm fungus for food, maintain their own gardens, and use antibiotics to keep their crops healthy.
What are leafcutter ants?
This nocturnal mammal can echolocate so precisely it can distinguish between a wire and a human hair in complete darkness.
What is a bat?
These intelligent cephalopods can change not just color but also skin texture, and have been observed carrying tools for later use.
What are cuttlefish?
These birds migrate 44,000 miles annually - the longest migration of any animal - and can sleep while flying.
What are Arctic terns?
These primates have been observed teaching their young which plants are medicinal and will eat specific leaves when they feel sick.
What are chimpanzees?
These tiny arachnids can fly hundreds of miles by releasing silk strands and riding air currents in a process called ballooning.
What are spiders?
This mammal can slow its heart rate to 2 beats per minute and hold its breath for up to 2 hours while diving 7,000 feet deep.
What is a Weddell seal?