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[This, That, or the Other: Boys’ Night Out]
Male animals float and call out to females
Animals in ritualistic sparring matches for several hours
https://echidnawalkabout.com.au/how-kangaroos-fight/
Patrolling perimeter and building up poop piles
https://www.britannica.com/animal/kiwi-bird
https://www.livescience.com/57813-kiwi-facts.html
[Truth or Fail Express]
Hedgehogs inflate like a balloon
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-68833432
https://www.livescience.com/59994-balloon-syndrome-hedgehog.html
Bandicoots spin to defend themselves
https://crashbandicoot.fandom.com/wiki/Spin
Tasmanian devils are soothed by music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking_the_Devil
https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/tasmanian-devil
Pygmy tarsiers / gremlins rotating their heads
https://www.wired.com/2015/01/absurd-creature-of-the-week-tarsier/
https://primate.wisc.edu/primate-info-net/pin-factsheets/pin-factsheet-tarsier/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Vitamin D chemistry and nocturnal animals
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK56061/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8538717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7761812/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12899852/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2095.2009.00722.x
https://www.mdpi.com/2571-841X/3/1/1
Patreon bonus: Teenage humans sleeping habits shifted towards night
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820578/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/07420528.2023.2265480
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2015/10/among-teens-sleep-deprivation-an-epidemic.html
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/134/3/642/74175/School-Start-Times-for-Adolescents
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6084759/
[Butt One More Thing]
Bats with false butts (but some sort of muscle)
https://www.instagram.com/batworldsanctuary/p/DAbKf45RDjW/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mexican_free-tailed_bat_(8006850693).jpg
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