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 *The [[wp:Utricularia|bladderwort]] has a complex vacuum-powered flushing trap that catches bugs instantly.
-*One carnivorous plant, [https://news.yahoo.com/carnivorous-plants-employ-bodyguard-ants-213207637.html Nepenthes Bicalcarata], has bodyguard ants.
+*One carnivorous plant, [https://www.yahoo.com/news/carnivorous-plants-employ-bodyguard-ants-213207637.html Nepenthes Bicalcarata], has bodyguard ants.
 ====Motile plants====
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 *The female [http://web.archive.org/web/20160922005319/http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Tremoctopus blanket octopus] wears a long skirt.
-*[[wp:Siphonophorae|Siphonophorae]] are beautiful and totally alien-looking. Make sure to look at Praya dubia. Man o' wars are also part of this order.
+*[[wp:Siphonophore|Siphonophores]] are beautiful and totally alien-looking. Make sure to look at Praya dubia. Man o' wars are also part of this order.
 *[[wp:Labidiaster annulatus|Labidiaster annulatus]], a giant 50-armed predatory sea star.
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 ====Insects====
-*The question mark butterfly's [https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/bfly2/question_mark07.jpg frightening caterpillar form] has maxed out its defense stat. It also has the awesome Latin name Polygonia interrogationis. Also see the [[wp:Spiny oak slug|spiny oak slug]] and the [[wp:File:Stinging Rose caterpillars, Megan McCarty65.jpg|hag moth caterpillar]].
+*The question mark butterfly's [https://web.archive.org/web/20241007191728/https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/bfly2/question_mark07.jpg frightening caterpillar form] has maxed out its defense stat. It also has the awesome Latin name Polygonia interrogationis. Also see the [[wp:Spiny oak slug|spiny oak slug]] and the [[wp:File:Stinging Rose caterpillars, Megan McCarty65.jpg|hag moth caterpillar]].
 *The American dagger moth is named for [https://bugguide.net/images/cache/H06/0K0/H060K0E0YQKQBRZQNRKQYRSQYRZQBRJKCQYKWRFKCRN0R0P0YR60L0SQH07QZ0SQYRU0ORYKARI0WRZQOQ80VRJK.jpg its larval form], which looks dangerous because it is; touching it causes a skin reaction similar to that from a stinging nettle.
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 *Psychology Today: [https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animals-and-us/201006/are-humans-the-only-animals-that-keep-pets Are Humans the Only Animals to Keep Pets?].
-*[https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/dogs-use-subway-cat-takes-bus-and-other-adventures-in-animal-intelligence/ How smart] [http://web.archive.org/web/20230329223241/https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/when-meeting-up-at-sea-bottlenose-dolphins-exchange-name-like-whistles are] [https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/who-needs-words-crows-you-wild-gorillas-alison-krauss/ animals], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GOb3nFpewM really]? Their language use shouldn't be underestimated, seeing as even prairie dogs seem to possess a highly-specific way to describe threats. Exceptional individuals: [[wp:Kanzi|Kanzi]] ([https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/speaking-bonobo-134931541/ 2nd article]), [[wp:Cholla (horse)|Cholla]], [[wp:Washoe (chimpanzee)|Washoe]], [[wp:Alex (parrot)|Alex]], [[wp:N%27kisi|N'kisi]], [[wp:Koko (gorilla)|Koko]]. See also [[wp:Tool use by non-humans|tool use by animals]].
+*[https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/dogs-use-subway-cat-takes-bus-and-other-adventures-in-animal-intelligence/ How smart] [http://web.archive.org/web/20230329223241/https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/when-meeting-up-at-sea-bottlenose-dolphins-exchange-name-like-whistles are] [https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/who-needs-words-crows-you-wild-gorillas-alison-krauss/ animals], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GOb3nFpewM really]? Their language use shouldn't be underestimated, seeing as even prairie dogs seem to possess a highly-specific way to describe threats. Exceptional individuals: [[wp:Kanzi|Kanzi]] ([https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/speaking-bonobo-134931541/ 2nd article]), [[wp:Cholla (horse)|Cholla]], [[wp:Washoe (chimpanzee)|Washoe]], [[wp:Alex (parrot)|Alex]], [[wp:N'kisi|N'kisi]], [[wp:Koko (gorilla)|Koko]]. See also [[wp:Tool use by non-humans|tool use by animals]].
 *Dolphins play by making bubble rings, and whales can hunt using bubble nets. Green Herons [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Porp5v5lLKk use bait] to catch fish.
-*How much do animals really understand? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opd6XhyV310&feature=related This (baby?) shark] grabs a morsel from a girl's fingers without even scratching her. Dolphins [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn6kJJfNLVA&feature=related understand mirrors] at least as early as human children. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuHCiBqcWJU This cow] knows how to unlock a gate and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cy7gQ496vs this one] knows how to use a water pump.
+*How much do animals really understand? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opd6XhyV310 This (baby?) shark] grabs a morsel from a girl's fingers without even scratching her. Dolphins [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgJl4bONOqc understand mirrors] at least as early as human children. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuHCiBqcWJU This cow] knows how to unlock a gate and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ird-5pVPO8&t=25 this one] knows how to use a water pump.
 *Animals showing compassion and/or surprising comprehension towards humans: [http://web.archive.org/web/20230615001853/http://old.post-gazette.com/neigh_west/20020409lulu0409p1.asp Pig saves owner], [https://archive.ph/djAsP horse saves owner], [https://web.archive.org/web/20040629100801/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/3441337.stm rabbit saves owner], [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1202941/Pictured-The-moment-Mila-brave-Beluga-whale-saved-stricken-divers-life-pushing-surface.html beluga whale saves diver], dolphins [https://web.archive.org/web/20171213051543/https://www.today.com/news/dolphins-save-surfer-becoming-sharks-bait-2D80555123 save a surfer] and [https://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=51079184603 save a diver], [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1328806/Dick-Van-Dyke-Pod-porpoises-saved-I-fell-asleep-surfboard.html porpoises save Dick Van Dyke].
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 *[[wp:Microsatellite|Microsatellite (genetics)]].
-*The human microbiome contains 10,000 species, and about 100 times as many genes as "humans" themselves have (see [https://hmpdacc.org/ Human Microbiome Project], [https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/11/01/242361826/exploring-the-invisible-universe-that-lives-on-us-and-in-us/ NPR animation]).
+*The human microbiome contains 10,000 species, and about 100 times as many genes as "humans" themselves have; their cells outnumber our human cells by 10 to 1 (see [https://commonfund.nih.gov/hmp Human Microbiome Project], [https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/11/01/242361826/exploring-the-invisible-universe-that-lives-on-us-and-in-us/ NPR animation]).
 *Bacteria can communicate and collaborate using [https://phys.org/news/2017-01-bacteria-species-long-range-electrical.html electricity]!
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 *[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2633676/ Fetal microchimeric cells].
-*[[wp:Stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency|STAP cells]] would have been maybe the most important genetic discovery ever if it weren't a hoax! The suggestion that cells could become totipotent by simply being immersed in weak acid was eerily reminiscent of [[:Image:Chapter_12_.MISSION_COMPLETE.png|this]].
+*[[wp:Stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency|STAP cells]] would have been maybe the most important genetic discovery ever… if it wasn't a hoax! The suggestion that cells could become totipotent by simply being immersed in weak acid was eerily reminiscent of [[:Image:Chapter_12_.MISSION_COMPLETE.png|a certain splashscreen]].
 *[[wp:Tobacco mosaic virus|Tobacco mosaic virus]]: "Due to its cylindrical high aspect ratio, self-assembling nature, and ability to incorporate metal coatings (nickel and cobalt) into its shell, TMV is an ideal candidate to be incorporated into battery electrodes."
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 ==Neo-Agriculture==
-'''Neo-Agriculture''' is a placeholder term for the act of adapting the Wilderness to the world of humans. The working assumption is that the Wilderness is primarily composed of plants, both extraterrestrial (from across the "phase veil") and perhaps mutated Earth plants. Some time after the events of Oni, some scientists are working at finding a way to live alongside the hostile life of the Wilderness, akin to Princess [[Nausicaa]]. This is as opposed to the [[wp:Slash-and-burn|slash-and-burn]] approach that some are taking towards the encroaching wildlife, and also opposed to the idea of giving everyone Chrysalises so they can adapt to the Wilderness.
+'''Neo-Agriculture''' is a placeholder term for the act of adapting the Wilderness to the world of humans. The working assumption is that the Wilderness is primarily composed of plants, both extraterrestrial (from across the "phase veil") and perhaps mutated Earth plants. Some time after the events of Oni, some scientists are working at finding a way to live alongside the hostile life of the Wilderness, akin to Princess [[Nausicaa]]. This is as opposed to the [[wp:Slash-and-burn agriculture|slash-and-burn]] approach that some are taking towards the encroaching wildlife, and also opposed to the idea of giving everyone Chrysalises so they can adapt to the Wilderness.
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