{
  "id": 17787171,
  "title": "Why Did Snakes Lose Their Legs? And 9 More Animal Mysteries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/why-did-snakes-lose-their-legs-and-9-more-animal-mysteries",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-02T10:00:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/02/science/animals-mysteries-research.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "There are more than 1.5 million known zoological species on Earth, with at least as many enigmas. Here are our top 10.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}