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Sandgrouse Soak in Water

Desert-dwelling sandgrouse resemble pigeons or doves, but they have a very different superpower: males can soak in and hold 25 milliliters of water in their feathers, which they carry tens of kilometers back to their chicks. (Image and video credit: Johns Hopkins; research credit: J. Mueller and L. Gibson; via Forbes; submitted by Kam-Yung Soh)

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