5 Animal Behaviors Scientists Never Expected to See in 2025
🌀 Pretty Weird
“2025 delivered some absolutely mental animal behavior: bumblebee catfish climbing waterfalls in Brazil like tiny aquatic mountaineers, a Canadian wolf that figured out how to haul up crab traps for snacks, and parasitic ant queens that spray their rivals to trick workers into murdering their own mother. Meanwhile in the Amazon, ocelots and opossums formed the world's most unlikely buddy-cop partnership, while capuchin monkeys in Panama started casually kidnapping howler monkey babies just because they could.”
Why It's Weird
The most bewildering news often comes from situations where multiple unlikely events align perfectly. While the weirdness score is more modest, the story still offers a fascinating glimpse into life's unexpected moments.
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