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71A planted bridge is designed to carry habitat—not traffic—across ten lanes of Southern California freeway.
72A lovebird can keep its head aimed at a landing goal while its flapping body turns into a crosswind.
73Lava built new land beside Nishinoshima, crossed the channel, and made the older island part of a larger volcanic body.
74Socotra's dragon's blood trees turn an upturned crown into shade and a net for scarce airborne water.
75Brazil's largest field of white coastal dunes becomes a moving mosaic of freshwater when seasonal rain fills the spaces between them.
76MilliMobile travels without a battery by turning brief sips of ambient energy into patient bursts of motion.
77Two carrion crows learned which abstract symbol offered the better chance, even when researchers paired the symbols in new ways.
78Given two human portraits, goats spent more time with the smiling face—but position changed the strength of the effect.
79Swiss animal law treats companionship as a species-specific welfare need, not a cute ceremonial extra.
80In Baarle, a national border can cross the living room, but the front door decides where the building is registered.
The Weird Please editorial desk collects true stories about curious inventions, peculiar history, strange science, and the gloriously unexpected.
