Here are 7 incredible things we learned this year that animals can do

From powerlifting to growing an entirely new body, these are the capabilities that most impressed us

photo of a sea slug body next to its detached head

The detached head of an Elysia sea slug crawls by its leaf-shaped body a day after separation. The detached head will grow an entirely new body.

Sayaka Mitoh

This year, animals of all shapes and sizes surprised us with amazing abilities we didn’t know they had.