You wouldn’t normally see the words “turtle” and “lightning-fast” in the same sentence, but common snapping turtles have skills that put Olympic athletes to shame. Although some people in the comments ...

Pufferfish can increase to three times their size within seconds. Turtles may be able to recover from a pufferfish’s neurotoxin, but there is no antidote for tetrodotoxin. Turtles are not the fastest ...