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[Fact Off]
Sugar bacteria
https://newsroom.uvahealth.com/2019/06/27/found-a-sweet-way-to-make-things-almost-indestructible/
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/uovh-fas062719.php
https://www.pasteur.fr/en/research-journal/news/shedding-light-almost-indestructible-archaeal-pili
Chiton armor (with embedded eyes)
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(11)00305-8.pdf
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/350/6263/952?related-urls=yes&legid=sci;350/6263/952
Figure of their vision: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/350/6263/952/F3.large.jpg
http://web.mit.edu/cortiz/www/ChitonEyeCommentary.pdf
https://news.mit.edu/2015/sea-creature-armor-plating-transparent-ceramic-eyes-1119
https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/89839/890127373-MIT.pdf?sequence=2
[Ask the Science Couch]
Tail armor/weaponry
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2017.2299
https://news.ncsu.edu/2018/01/arbour-zanno-tail
[Butt One More Thing]
Snail shell
https://massivesci.com/articles/butt-escape-beetles-elegans-slugs-land-snails/
Hank mentions brahminy blind snakes being eaten and pooped out by frogs, but they are actually being eaten by toads. You can read more about that here:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170424-there-are-animals-that-can-survive-being-eaten