Mirror-Ball Spiders: these spiders are covered in shimmering, mirror-like panels that can shrink or expand; the panels are produced by a digestive secretion known as guanine, which seeps into the lining of the spider’s gut and forms crystalline structures just beneath the surface of the abdomen
Downtown Houston in 1970s was a massive parking lot. It was estimated that nearly 50% of the downtown land area was dedicated solely to parking.
Unlike most birds, the Club-winged Manakin creates mating calls by rubbing specialized wing feathers together like a living instrument