Did you know there are lizards that don't have legs? Did you know that there can be animals unknown to science even in dense urban areas? Vacant lot? End of runway at LAX? Researchers in California went looking and found FOUR NEW SPECIES of legless lizards - this increases the number of know species of legless lizard in California from 1 to 5!!! Way cool.
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/09/17/four-new-species-of-legless-lizards-discovered-living-on-the-edge/
Sticking with the reptile theme - Leatherback sea turtles are MASSIVE turtles that live on the ocean equivalent of cucumbers - jellyfish. How can they get to be over 1,000 pounds by eating a food that is mostly water? By having interesting anatomy...
http://www.storyofsize.com/2013/09/13/growing-large-on-jelly/
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