Zombies
Insects literally digest their entire larval bodies only to then be remodeled and reborn anew during this process.
Metamorphosis
Bats often eat insects, which is an ecological strategy called:
insectivores
Spiders are in this phylum
Arthropoda
Snakes are a legless lineage of this group. Common name acceptable.
Lizards
The longest bone in a human body
Femur
These cnidarians can functionally live forever! Their bodies are degraded and regenerated after medusa stage back into larval/polyp stage
Immortal Jellyfish
The name for the thin membrane of skin between bat wing digits
patagium
The latin name for the fangs of a spider
Chelicerae
Snake with an upturned nose and a deadly venom....if you're a toad
Hognose snake
The small bones in the wrist
carpals
It is widely debated as to whether these things are alive or not. Some hypotheses posit they were once a part of living things then broke off, but can reintegrate into current genetic codes. Sounds like a zombie to me.
Viruses
The total number of bat species worldwide
1000-1500
These spiders engage in complex courtship dances
Jumping spiders
The only poisonous snake
Asian keeled-backed snake
The penial bone absent in humans but present in many other mammals
Baculum
These nematode relatives have long skinny bodies that grow inside of insects. They release chemical that make the insects thirsty, causing them to go near water where the parasite bursts free to live out its adult life!
Nematomorpha/Horsehair worms
The order name for bats
Chiroptera
The largest spider in the world known for being able to eat bird
Goliath bird eating spider
The most dangerous snakes in the us belong to this common group
This tooth type has been modified in narwhals to be a unicorn style horn
Canine
Some of these parasitic Platyhelminthes have a larval stage that brain control snails so that they are more likely to be eaten by birds
Trematodes
Sanguivours/haematophagy
The spider that causes the most bites in the us per year
Brown Recluse
The type of venom that coralsnakes and cobras have that shuts down nervous systems
neurotoxic
The last vertebrae of frogs is modified into a springy bone known as what?
Urostyle