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10 Animals with mysterious abilities science cannot explain

Nature is full of mysteries. These mysterious animals display abilities that continue to baffle scientists and challenge our understanding.

Gurpreet Singh | December 09, 2025 / 17:37 IST
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1. Pistol Shrimp: The pistol shrimp snaps its claw, creating cavitation bubbles producing shockwaves hotter than the sun, stunning prey instantly. (Image: Canva)
1. Pistol Shrimp: The pistol shrimp snaps its claw, creating cavitation bubbles producing shockwaves hotter than the sun, stunning prey instantly. (Image: Canva)
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2. Electric Eel: Electric eels generate high-voltage electric shocks for hunting and defense, a natural power source beyond current human technology. (Image: Canva)
2. Electric Eel: Electric eels generate high-voltage electric shocks for hunting and defense, a natural power source beyond current human technology. (Image: Canva)
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3. Platypus: Platypuses detect electrical signals from prey in water using their bill, a sense humans can barely replicate. (Image: Canva)
3. Platypus: Platypuses detect electrical signals from prey in water using their bill, a sense humans can barely replicate. (Image: Canva)
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4. Arctic Tardigrade: Tardigrades endure boiling heat, freezing cold, radiation and even space vacuum, defying known biological limits of life. (Image: Canva)
4. Arctic Tardigrade: Tardigrades endure boiling heat, freezing cold, radiation and even space vacuum, defying known biological limits of life. (Image: Canva)
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5. Lyrebird: Lyrebirds flawlessly imitate chainsaws, cameras, other birds and environmental sounds, astonishing researchers with their auditory memory and precision. (Image: Canva)
5. Lyrebird: Lyrebirds flawlessly imitate chainsaws, cameras, other birds and environmental sounds, astonishing researchers with their auditory memory and precision. (Image: Canva)
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6. Archerfish: Archerfish hit insects midair from several feet away, adjusting for refraction, accuracy unmatched even by modern human engineering. (Image: Canva)
6. Archerfish: Archerfish hit insects midair from several feet away, adjusting for refraction, accuracy unmatched even by modern human engineering. (Image: Canva)
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7. Pigeons: Pigeons navigate thousands of miles using Earth's magnetic field, sun position and possibly unknown cues scientists still cannot fully decode. (Image: Canva)
7. Pigeons: Pigeons navigate thousands of miles using Earth's magnetic field, sun position and possibly unknown cues scientists still cannot fully decode. (Image: Canva)
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8. Bombardier Beetle: Bombardier beetles eject boiling chemical spray with precise temperature control, a natural chemistry laboratory beyond human replication. (Image: Canva)
8. Bombardier Beetle: Bombardier beetles eject boiling chemical spray with precise temperature control, a natural chemistry laboratory beyond human replication. (Image: Canva)
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9. Axolotl: Axolotls can regrow entire limbs, spinal cords and even parts of their hearts or brains, baffling scientists with their regenerative power. (Image: Canva)
9. Axolotl: Axolotls can regrow entire limbs, spinal cords and even parts of their hearts or brains, baffling scientists with their regenerative power. (Image: Canva)
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10. Komodo Dragon: Komodo dragons deliver venom and bacteria-laden bites, causing prey collapse, a natural mechanism combining biology in ways still under study. (Image: Canva)
10. Komodo Dragon: Komodo dragons deliver venom and bacteria-laden bites, causing prey collapse, a natural mechanism combining biology in ways still under study. (Image: Canva)

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