{"id":860,"date":"2012-03-02T13:57:57","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T21:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/?p=860"},"modified":"2020-11-11T20:36:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T04:36:59","slug":"the-26-happiest-invertebrates-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/endless-swarm.com\/?p=860","title":{"rendered":"The 27 Happiest Invertebrates In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently a friend sent out one of those gawker-style lists calculated to encourage maximum sharing and reposting: The 26 Happiest Animals In The World<\/a>. It’s full of aww and squee, but one thing stood out- It’s absolutely devoid of invertebrates! How can that be, when invertebrates are the most numerous, most diverse, and clearly the happiest organisms on this planet? Well the answer is because they have their own list. And here it is.<\/p>\n

The 27 Happiest Invertebrates In The World<\/h1>\n

Here are some ridiculously happy invertebrates who have clearly figured something out that they will hopefully share with the rest of us when they are done laying eggs in our laundry or whatever.<\/p>\n

1. This Jumping Spider<\/h2>\n
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Jurgen Otto<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Wins hands-down for the most insane mating display ever.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Surviving mating.<\/p>\n

2. This Tardigrade<\/h2>\n
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Tagide deCarvalho<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Slowly taking things as they come.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Being absolutely indestructible.<\/p>\n

3. This Mantis<\/h2>\n
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internets<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Not afraid to strut her stuff for the opposite sex.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong>  Consuming the opposite sex.<\/p>\n

4. This Snail<\/h2>\n
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internets<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Has a stick.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Stick.<\/p>\n

5. This Fungus Gnat<\/h2>\n
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BBC<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Glowing like a star<\/a> on a comfy hammock made of slime.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Being a top New Zealand Tourist Attraction.<\/p>\n

6. This Happy-Face Spider<\/h2>\n
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Darlyne Murawski<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Having a great big happy face emblazoned on her ass.
\nFavorite Thing: <\/strong>Living in Hawaii year-round.<\/p>\n

7. This Dragonfly<\/h2>\n

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Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Flying to and fro in the warm sun over sparkling rivers.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> The Clean Water Act.<\/p>\n

8. This Pill Bug<\/h2>\n
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igor siwanowicz<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong>  Rolling up into a ball whenever life gets tough.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Not having to return to the sea to lay eggs.<\/p>\n

9. This Japanese Beetle<\/h2>\n

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Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Stopping to smell the roses. Then eating them.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Launching self into street-lamps.<\/p>\n

10. This Imperial Cicada<\/h2>\n
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Alexey Yakovlev<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong>  Of all cicadas, singing it loudest and proudest.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Plant sap.<\/p>\n

11. This Deer Tick<\/h2>\n
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TGIQ<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Living life to its fullest.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong>  Puppies, and you.<\/p>\n

12. This Argentine Ant Supercolony<\/h2>\n
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Alex Wild<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Ability to colonize every continent except Antarctica.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Antarctica’s getting warmer by the minute.<\/p>\n

13. This Arrow Worm<\/h2>\n
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Steven Haddock<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Keeping trim on a diet of planktonic copepods<\/a>.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Styling its facial hair every morning.<\/p>\n

14. This Acorn Weevil<\/h2>\n
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TGIQ<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong>  Dancing on a nut like she’s on top of the world!
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong>  Ovipositing.<\/p>\n

15. This Moth<\/h2>\n
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Mike Tidd<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong>  Knows that being hairy isn’t scary.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Toasting each evening with a glass of fermented nectar.<\/p>\n

16. This Mantis Shrimp<\/h2>\n
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ocean.nationalgeographic.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong>  Wearing the punchiest fashions while throwing fast punches.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong>  Seeing better than you can.<\/p>\n

17. This Antlion<\/h2>\n
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Farhan Bokhari<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong>  Giving his all to his fans, every day.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Wiggling his elegant palps for the audience.<\/p>\n

18. This Parasitic Wasp<\/h2>\n
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Rsguy<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> An unshakeable belief that we are on this planet to help others.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Sleeping in late.<\/p>\n

19. This Bdellid Rotifer<\/h2>\n
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microscopy-uk<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Not needing a man for 30 million years<\/a>.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Spinning and Spinning and Spinning.<\/p>\n

20. Pelagic Sea Slug<\/h2>\n
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Gary Cobb<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong>  Flamboyantly dancing through life.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Eating jellyfish and incorporating their nematocysts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

21. This Leafcutter Ant<\/h2>\n
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Alex Wild<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong>  Living with 8 million organic vegetarian farmers.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Promenading with a parasol.<\/p>\n

22. This Sea Cucumber<\/h2>\n
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Bill Curtsinger<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Told by naysayers that sea cucumbers are benthic, but won’t hear of it- It’s time to swim!
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong>  Expelling its digestive tract onto naysayers.<\/p>\n

23. This Baby Cuttlefish<\/h2>\n

ZSecret To Happiness:<\/strong>  Facing the world with optimism, anticipation, and skin that can change color to match every single float at Mardi Gras.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong>  Surprises.<\/p>\n

24. This Giant Tube Worm Colony<\/h2>\n
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Viki Ferrini<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong>  Living life on the edge.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong>  Has  secret crush on the deep-sea submersible Alvin<\/em>.<\/p>\n

25. This Centipede<\/h2>\n
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Sam Martin<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Grabbing life by the forcipules and not letting go until it stops struggling so dang much.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Being a mom.<\/p>\n

26. This Cassiopea Jellyfish<\/h2>\n

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Secret To Happiness:<\/strong>  Standing the world on its head.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong>  Making its own food<\/a>.<\/p>\n

27. These Lord Howe Island Stick Insects<\/h2>\n
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Joel Sartore<\/p><\/div>\n

Secret To Happiness:<\/strong> Living for each other no matter what the odds.
\nFavorite Thing:<\/strong> Not being extinct.<\/p>\n

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