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Learn how surface tension enables water striders to skate, and how nature’s tiny engineering marvels inspire robotics.

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Discover the most alligator infested lakes in Alabama. Would you believe that alligators live throughout southern Alabama?

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Meet Pumuckel, a tiny miniature Shetland pony and the official titleholder for the World's Shortest Living Horse.

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