Animals: Brutal beetles, party parrots, mammal-eating spiders, and more

Plus: The year's best animal stories [Anxious dogs, Anxious Owners?]( [VIEW ONLINE]( [Anxious dogs, Anxious Owners?]( [National Geographic]( [National Geographic]( In this edition: Learn about two recent victories in protecting animals (a flightless parrot and the world's rarest fish), watch a rare video of a tarantula eating a mammal, and much more. . [Party Parrot]( [Scientists are getting creative to save this muppet-faced, flightless parrot]( The kakapo is down to its last 147 individuals. Now, scientists are using fitness trackers and semen-carrying drones to help the bird reproduce. [Meet the Party Parrot]( SHARE [FB]( [T]( . [Fish Win]( [Brutal beetles kept world’s rarest fish from breeding—until now]( Researchers have made a breakthrough in their effort to save the Devils Hole pupfish, which produced more eggs in 2018 than ever before. [Learn More]( . [Dam battle]( [Hydroelectric dam threatens to wipe out world's rarest ape]( A hydroelectric plant and dam, which are already in the process of being planned and built, could drive the newly identified Tapanuli orangutan to extinction. [Read On]( . [Yikes]( [Watch a tarantula eat an opossum]( See the first-ever video of this rare behavior. Research shows that spiders and other invertebrates eat a surprising amount of vertebrates in Peru’s rainforests. [Watch It]( SHARE [F]( [T]( . [species stories]( [Horseshoe crabs]( Horseshoe crabs are neither horseshoes, nor crabs. They are, in fact, arachnids—just like spiders, scorpions, and mites. Scientists have known that horseshoe crabs and arachnids—which both belong in the subphylum Chelicerata—are related, but it’s been tricky to sort out just how closely related. [More 'Crab' Facts]( DID YOU KNOW? A group of [fish]( is known as a shoal, run, or school. Oxford Living Dictionaries . . CELEBRATING [100M EVERYDAY EXPLORERS]( Join our 100 million followers on Instagram and be a part of a community that cherishes the beauty and mystery of our world. [FOLLOW @NATGEO]( [Email Icon]( [Sign up for more National Geographic newsletters]( [Shop]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( [Travel]( [READ OUR LATEST STORIES]( [SHOP]( [DONATE]( [SUBSCRIBE]( [TRAVEL]( [FB]( [Twitter]( [IG]( You are receiving this email because you elected to receive marketing communications from National Geographic under the terms of our [Privacy Policy](. Click here to [unsubscribe.]( If you reside in the EU/European Economic Area and wish to exercise all other data subject rights, [click here](. National Geographic | 1145 17th Street N.W. | Washington, D.C. 20036 Copyright © 2019 National Geographic Partners, LLC. All rights reserved.