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Animals

Adorable, Armored, and Occasionally Lethal: Mammals With Unusual Defenses

Posted on June 10, 2026June 10, 2026 By Don MacLeod

I try to learn something new every day — this wasn’t one I was expecting for today — but handy knowledge. Turns out there’s a primate that can kill you with its elbows. A whale that escapes predators by essentially detonating a cloud of its own excrement. An armadillo that…

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