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My favorite animal

Some TED speakers are obsessed with one particular animal -- and their joy and passion might just get you obsessed too. You'll meet apes that write! Shrimp that kick! Octopi that disappear!

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Susan Savage-Rumbaugh

The gentle genius of bonobos

David Gallo

Underwater astonishments

Sheila Patek

The shrimp with a kick!

Mike deGruy

Hooked by an octopus

Beverly + Dereck Joubert

Life lessons from big cats

Tierney Thys

Swim with the giant sunfish

Deborah Gordon

The emergent genius of ant colonies

Sara Lewis

The loves and lies of fireflies