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 * ...that the false killer whale has been known to mate in captivity with a bottlenose dolphin, producing an offspring known as a "wholphin" (pictured)?
 * ...that echinoderms, such as the sea star have the ability to regenerate lost appendages?
 * ...that the Portuguese Man o' War, a cnidarian somewhat resembling a jellyfish, is actually a colony of many smaller organisms, collectively known as a siphonophore?
 * ...that Caecillians, an order of amphibians resembling snakes or worms, possess a pair of tentacles, located between their eyes and nostrils which are probably used for olfaction?