8203 best r/awwducational images on Pholder | Fringe-lipped bats (Trachops cirrhosus) are very smart and hunt frogs by listening to the chunking sounds male frogs make. They are also easily trained to respond to novel stimuli, such as a ringtone or rock music, and can remember the sounds for years.

Fringe-lipped bats (Trachops cirrhosus) are very smart and hunt frogs by listening to the chunking sounds male frogs make. They are also easily trained to respond to novel stimuli, such as a ringtone or rock music, and can remember the sounds for years.

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Despite fears of extinction after a mass die-off in 2015, numbers of the critically endangered saiga antelope have more than doubled since 2019!

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The Costa Rican water anole (Anolis aquaticus) dives into streams and rivers to escape from predators and to feed on aquatic insects. It can stay underwater for at least 16 minutes, by exhaling and rebreathing a bubble of air that clings to the lizard's skin.

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Every autumn Black-capped Chickadees allow brain neurons containing old information to die, replacing them with new neurons so they can adapt to changes in their social flocks and environment even with their tiny brains.

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Dark fishing spider males self-sacrifice after mating to give nutrients to their offspring. Scientists did not see similar benefits when females were allowed to consume a cricket in lieu of a male after sex which suggests there is something special about the nutrients coming from the males.

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Since being found in Washington and British Columbia in 2019, there has been a lot of hubbub about “Murder Hornets”. The Asian Giant Hornet (Vespa mandarinia) is the largest species of hornet, but is a greater threat to agricultural honey bees than humans.

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Native to Australia, the echidna has spines like a porcupine, a beak like a bird, a pouch like a kangaroo, and lays eggs like a platypus.

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Many songbirds, like this Canada warbler, migrate at night to avoid predators and can fly close to 200 miles in a single night!

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The Motmot bird is named for it's distinctive call

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The critically endangered maleo lays its eggs in hot sand pits warmed by geothermals, where eggs incubate for 2-3 months underground. This is thought to be an evolutionary strategy against egg predation, but sadly, the main threat to this unique species is egg harvesting by humans.

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A manatee can swim 15 mph & is capable of doing an Aileron Roll while moving forward

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Despite their name, Clouded Leopards are not a species of Leopard but instead are placed in their own genus Neofelis. They also have the longest canine teeth relative to their body size of any cat species at 2 inches or 4 cm.

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A baby platypus hatches from its egg as small as a lima bean. And mothers have to nurse them for 3 to 4 months! These also do not have teeth. They are bottom feeders - insects, larvae, shellfish, worms - and use gravel and mud from scooping the bottom as grinding material (to chew)

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The Little Blue Penguin is the world’s smallest species of penguin. Ave. adult weighs 1.2kg & height of 12-13 in. They have a distinct plumage coloration of slate-blue/indigo blue. Can swim at the speed of 6km/hr. It’s the only penguin capable of producing more than 1 clutch of egg/breeding season.

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Egret grow delicate, filamentous plume in breeding season, which called aigrettes

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Female dragonflies fake sudden death to avoid male advances.

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Tawny frogmouths are masters of camouflage, using their plumage to stay hidden in trees during the day. They will also emulate broken tree branches by sticking their necks out, closing their eyes, and remaining perfectly still. They may look like grumpy owls but are actually related to nightjars.

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Manatees gather in large numbers in warm water areas on cold days

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This is the Grey mouse lemur ( *Microcebus murinus* ), even though they are small enough to fit into the palm of a human hand, these little primates can leap up to 3 meters (9.8 ft) in a single bound. Weighing 58 to 67 grams (2.0 to 2.4 oz), it is the largest of the mouse lemurs.

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This is a bongo, a large forest antelope native to western and central Africa. They experience sexual dimorphism where females, such as this one, have the chestnut colored hide and males have dark brown hides

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Steller's jays are omnivores; their diet is about two-thirds plant matter and one-third animal matter. They gather food both from the ground and from trees. Their diet includes a wide range of seeds, nuts, berries and other fruit, as well as invertebrates, small rodents, eggs, and nestlings.

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Zebra Finches are like humans who can instantly tell which friend /relative is calling by the timbre of the person's voice. Accdg to UC, Berkeley research the birds have a near-human capacity for language mapping. Can rapidly memorize the signature sounds of at least 50 diff. members of their flock.

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Contrary to popular held believe, the hare isn't a native species to Britain. When it was introduced has been lost to time. It is believed they were introduced from Denmark.

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There are rent-a-guinea pig services in Switzerland that provide partners for lonesome guinea pigs because it is illegal to own just one at a time.

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Sea otters have a pouch where they store their favorite rock. Some believe a rock may be so treasured, it's passed down from generation to generation.

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Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 430 genera in 15 families. They are well known for their grasping forelimbs, acute vision, and occasional sexual cannibalism.

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Unlike most birds of prey, the secretary bird is largely terrestrial, hunting its prey on foot. Secretarybirds are kept as pest controllers by farmers as they will eat snakes, small mammals, and insects.

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Round 2: The Bola spider uses an unorthodox hunting method to catch its prey!

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This is a 3 day old snapping turtle. Snapping turtles lay their eggs on land and are often predated/disturbed. Their sex is determined by the temp of their egg during incubation. This baby still has it's egg tooth.

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Both male and female Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) develop a single horn. The horn is made from keratin, just like hair and fingernails, and takes many years to develop.

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Kakapos are making a sweet little comeback in New Zealand. A few new chicks have finally arrived in the country, due to a slight but very significant baby boom. The chicks are the first to be born in three years.

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Dolphin calves swim alongside their mothers' slipstream to keep pace with the pod. They are so close to their mothers they basically get sucked along.

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Japanese Macaques make snowballs to play and have fun.

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Bobcats range from southern Canada to parts of Mexico. They're solitary animals who prefer to live and hunt alone. They get their name from their short bobbed tail. Also they're super cute.

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Beneath each of a Giraffe's patches lays a sophisticated system of blood vessels which match the layout of the fur pattern. These allow the patches to act as thermal windows and release body heat.

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This is a Margay, a small wild cat from south America. These adorable little dudes spend much of their time in trees. They are nocturnal, and hunt at night. Female margays only have litters of 1 or 2 babies a year. Unfortunately, people suck and these guys are endangered because of overhunting.🥺

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The silky sifaka is one of the world's rarest lemurs, having only been identified as a separate species in 2000s. Males can be distinguished from the pure white females by their brown chest patches, which results from scent marking with a gland on the sternum.

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The Jersey cow is a breed of dairy cattle that is renowned for producing creamy and nutritious milk. Its butterfat content is 25% more than the average milk. Also, Jersey milk contains 18% more protein than milk produced by other breeds!

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Baby squirrels are born blind and hairless and stay with their mothers for 8-10 weeks. A group of squirrels is called a scurry.

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Turkey Vultures don't actually enjoy seriously decaying meat. Their keen sense of smell helps them locate fresh carrion, and their feasting can neutralize diseases like botulism, rabies, and anthrax. Just think of them as nature's janitors!

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Killdeer chicks are precocial which means they are born with their eyes open, all their feathers and will immediately start scurrying around looking for food. Parents will fake wing injuries and lure potential predators away from the young if they are threatened.

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Although you may think batology is the study of bats, it‘s actually the study of berries! Bat science is known as chiropterology.

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Some arctic fox burrows have existed for decades and housed generations of foxes

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The moonrat is a solitary creature that rarely tolerates the presence of others. It will hiss and puff, as well as mark its territory with a scent that smells like ammonia or rotten onions to ward off trespassers. Not actually a rodent, the moonrat belongs to a group known as 'hairy hedgehogs'.

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The Golden snub-nosed monkeys belong to the group of Old World monkeys. Their tails are covered with thick fur, acting as a cushion to sit on, but are useless for hanging from trees or grasping objects. Additionally, they exhibit human-like nostrils that are located close to each other.

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The Japanese serow is a goat-antelope that roams the dense woodlands of Japan. A skillful mountain dweller, it is able to sprint up slopes swiftly and leap from cliff to cliff nimbly. Hunters of this animal have compared its abilities to that of a ninja.

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A new study which helped pet parrots make video calls to each other suggests that the birds may have benefited from making new feathered friends over the internet.

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I’m a rehabilitation technician and this is a barn owl poisoned by rodenticide. He is ill from eating prey that was poisoned by rodenticide. So please if you want to get rid of pests trap them don’t poison them!

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Platypus is one of only two living mammals that lay eggs. A mother typically produces 1-2 eggs that hatch in about 10 days. Females nurse their young for three to four months until the babies can swim on their own.

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A tiger's coat pattern is still visible when it is shaved. This is not due to skin pigmentation, but to the stubble and hair follicles embedded in the skin, similar to human beards.

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The earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis) is a semiaquatic, brown lizard native to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. It is the only living species in the family Lanthanotidae and their appearance recalls that of a real life dragon.

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The Egyptian Mau is a short-haired cat breed, and it is one of the few naturally spotted breeds of domesticated cat. Egyptian Maus are known for being among the fastest of the domestic cat breeds owing to their long hind legs. The adult cats have green eyes, but kittens tend to have amber eyes.

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Basenjis were one of the first ever dog breeds. Instead of barking, they yodel. They also groom themselves like cats sometimes. Basenjis are also rare dog breeds.

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The plains viscacha lives in a communal burrow system—called a viscachera—as part of a colony that can number in the hundreds. Some have been known to exist for centuries. Those near human settlements often horde man-made objects, like brooms and tables, to cover the entrances of their burrows.

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Manatees often expel sand because they end up ingesting a lot of it with the vegetation they eat

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They might not look it, but crocodilians are actually more closely related to birds than they are to lizards and snakes. Like birds, crocodilians have a gizzard and a four-chambered heart, care for their offspring, and lay hard, mineralized eggs.

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The koala's curved, sharp claws are well adapted for climbing trees. The large forepaws have two opposable digits (the first and second, which are opposable to the other three) that allow them to grasp small branches.

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Rabbits are the third most abandoned pet, and thousands of Easter bunnies bought as pets end up in shelters after Easter each year.

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Glass sponges look more like delicate vases than animals. Their intricate structure manages water flow reducing drag. Some may live for tens of thousands of years limited only by sea level change. Over ~800 million years they've evolved some of the most complex medical molecules known to science.

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The Canadian Lynx is medium sized cat (family Felidae) that lives in Canada and the Northern USA (including Alaska). They have long legs and large broad paws that are covered in fur. This allows them to move quickly on snow.

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Like chimpanzees and dolphins, octopuses are among the special set of intelligent animals that have been observed using tools. They have also been observed playing: pushing a plastic bottle over and over again at a stream of water flowing into its tank — almost like bouncing a ball underwater.

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Okapi are the only other living member of the Giraffidae family

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The Arabian oryx or white oryx (Oryx leucoryx) is a medium-sized antelope with a distinct shoulder bump, long, straight horns, and a tufted tail. It is a bovid, and the smallest member of the genus Oryx, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian Peninsula.

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Bats have a unique vestibular system anatomy. When exposed to zero-G, bats do not undergo the series of righting reflexes that most mammals do to correct orientation because they are accustomed to resting upside-down.

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The eye-catching Union Island gecko was new discovered in 2005! An adult may only grow to the same size as a paperclip, weighing as little as a pinch of salt. This critically endangered gecko is being poached for the illegal pet trade, and now is restricted to just 50 hectares of forest!

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The Honey Possum is the only non flying animal in the world to live solely on a diet of nectar and pollen. Honey Possum males have the largest sperm of any mammal in the world (0.36 mm), whilst their young are born weighing only 0.005 grams

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Penguins’ distinct coloration is a form of camouflage. From above, their black backs blend in with murky depths of the ocean. From below, their white bellies are hidden against the bright surface.

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Black wolf is a melanistic colour variant of gray wolf. Genetic research revealed that wolves with black pelts owe their distinctive coloration to a mutation which occurred in domestic dogs, and was carried to wolves through wolf-dog hybridization.

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Monarch Stag in the Peak District, UK

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This is a nearly full-grown male rusted spotted cat, one of the two species competing for the world's smallest cat. This one would fit in the palm of your hand.

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Helmeted Guineafowl are equipped with strong claws and scratch in loose soil for food much like domestic chickens, although they seldom uproot growing plants in so doing. As with all of the Numididae, they have no spurs. They may live for up to 12 years in the wild.

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Capybaras are the largest extant rodents. They live together in groups, and have been known to communally suckle the babies.

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Tufted Puffin uses its large bill to regulate body temp. In flight this bird expends much energy & produces excess heat. Puffin bills act like a radiator, help them cool down when they fly by dissipating x’ss heat. It allows them to travel farther in search of food w/o taking regular breaks to rest.

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Owls, puffins, and many other birds glow under black lights.

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Wallace's giant bee has a wingspan of 2.5 inches and large jaws, almost like those of a stag beetle, which it uses to scoop up tree resin to line its nests.

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Male red-winged blackbirds are fiercely territorial and will relentlessly divebomb larger predators. More than a quarter of each day is spent chasing and pestering perceived threats.

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The Pallas's cat lives in mountainous areas and has a stocky, thick-coated body to protect it from the cold. This feline's expressive face has round pupils rather than the slits that most small cats have. It is known to be grouchy - a kitten will growl before even being able to open its eyes.

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The Pallas's cat lives mainly in the grasslands and montane steppes of Central Asia. They have the longest and densest fur of any cat. It has been classified as near threatened since 2002

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this is the domesticated silk Moth, the main reason it's so white is that years of domestication has made it lose all of its pigment and ability to fly, still very cute Moth anyway

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The almost perfectly spherical shape and prolonged stillness of a huddled Arctic hare are part of its winter strategy for keeping warm. Hares assume this posture when they finish feeding, tucking extremities in tightly in order to conserve warmth by folding their tails down between their hind legs

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This is not a lizard. The Tuatara lives in New Zealand and is part of the prehistoric reptile lineage called Rhynchocephalians, but today they’re the only surviving members left.

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These odd looking critters are the Greater Bilbies. These are burrowing marsupials w/ rabbit-like ears from Down Under. The bilbies are excellent ecosystem engineers - they dig & create spiral-shaped burrows (2m deep) that provide habitat not only for themselves but for dozens of other species.

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The Valais Blacknose sheep was only found in Switzerland for centuries and bordered on endangered but their popularity has started to rise due to their cute look,friendly nature, and ease of being tamed.

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The pobblebonk frog (Limnodynastes dumerilii) has a distinctive 'bonk' call that sounds like a banjo string being plucked.

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Harpy eagle, the largest and most powerful raptor found in the rainforest

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The bearded vulture is the only known animal whose diet is almost exclusively bone. In fact, It usually disdains the actual meat and lives on a diet that is typically 85–90% bone marrow

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Jerboa are hopping, desert rodents ranging across Northern Africa and Asia. They come out of their burrows at night to forage for food (mostly plants but also some insects).

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Opossums are wonderful eco-allies to have around wooded areas because they can eat up to 5,000 ticks in a season, their body temperature is typically too low to carry rabies, and will eat venomous snakes with no ill effects!

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Meet the Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat. Born with spectacularly poor eye sight, these cute critters use their noses to search for food in the darkness. All in all, Radin explains, there are only about 115 left in the wild, all of which are found in Queensland, Australia.

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The largest species of porcupine is the third-largest living rodent in the world (after the capybara and beaver)

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The mammal that has the largest baby relative to body size is the giraffe. A newborn giraffe calf is on average 1/10 the weight of its mother. By comparison, human babies are typically 1/22 the weight of their mothers.

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Along with the platypus, the echidna is a member of the monotremes, an order of egg-laying mammals found in Australia. Females lay a single leathery egg into her pouch and after ten days the baby echidna, called a puggle, hatches.

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When vultures sit with their wings spread, they aren't waiting for something to die! This posture, called the horaltic pose, helps vultures thermoregulate and dry their feathers.

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This is a Gloster Canary. They have feathers on top of the head arranged like a Beatles-era hairdo.

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Skunks, who are notoriously known for their rather fowl spray emitted when afraid, try to warn their assailants through dance. They will stomp, whisk their tail, jump around, and do handstands, all in an attempt to scare them away.

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A pair of Himalayan serows, described by an official as extremely shy animals, were sighted by wildlife experts in the Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh, India last year. The Himalayan serow is a subspecies of the mainland serow which is native to the Himalayan mountain range.

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Zoos will give animals toys and snow and plush animals among many other things to help preserve, encourage and challenge their natural instincts. It's called animal enrichment.

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The Taiwan blue magpie is a species of bird of the crow family. Also known as “long-tailed mountain lady”, is considered a rare and valuable species and has been protected by Taiwan. They are not afraid of people and can be found near human residences

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Despite their shambling walk, sloth bears can gallop faster than a human can run.

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Koalas usually only have one joey, but have been observed to act as surrogate mothers, adopting stray or orphaned joeys.

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The Rusty-Spotted Cat, one of the smallest cat species in the world, found in India and Sri Lanka. It grows to only 35 to 48 cm (14 to 19 in) in length, with a 15 to 30 cm (5.9 to 11.8 in) tail, and weighs only 0.9 to 1.6 kg (2.0 to 3.5 lb). The bushy tail is about half the length of the body.

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Piping plovers (threatened federally and endangered in many states) nest on beaches from NC to Canada during the busy beachgoing season. For the chicks to survive until they can fly, the parents must lead them from the dunes to the water and back to feed. Be on the lookout if you go sunbathing!

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When the aardwolf smells termites or hears the rustle of thousands of them in the grass with its sensitive pointed ears, it laps them up with its sticky tongue.

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In fear of being eaten by a female during mating, the male Argonaut Octopus will often rip off its own penis and throw it at the female to inseminate on her own.

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American Kestrels, North America's tiniest falcons, can track rodents via their ultraviolet reflective urine, making these birds pest control experts. They are in decline in many regions, but you can help conserve these adorable birds (adorabirbs?) by building nest boxes.

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Killer whales are notable for their complex societies only comparable to elephants & higher primates. Unlike any other mammal, killer whales live with their mothers for their entire lives & as they can reach age 90, as many as 4 generations travel together

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Most flying insects have two pairs of wings. In beetles, the first pair are rigid and serve as protective wing-cases for the hindwings when they aren't flying.

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Male northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris, can memorize and recognize the rhythm of other seal’s voices, and use that rhythm to identify his male competitor.

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Born live, young monkey-tailed skinks, native to the Solomon Islands, stay with and are protected by both their parents for as long as a year before leaving their social group.

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This iridescent bug is the cuckoo wasp, belonging to the family Chrysididae. Its glittering appearance is imparted by the many tiny, deep pits on its body surface.This wasp exhibits similar kleptoparasitic behavior as the cuckoo bird, laying its eggs in the nests of other wasps & stealing their food

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The ocellated turkey is a species of turkey residing primarily in Yucatan, Mexico, as well as in parts of Belize and Guatemala. A relative of the North American wild turkey. It is a relatively large bird, at around 70–122 cm long and an average weight of 3 kg in females and 5 kg in males.

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Despite having the reputation of being the most chill animal capybaras can actually be quite aggressive to each other and other animals

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Birds are modern descendants of therapod dinosaurs. Other therapods included tyrannosaurus and velociraptor. How many species in the Mesozoic had feathers is still unknown, but many may have resembled this young heron.

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The Black-footed cat(Felis nigripes) is one of the smallest cat species in Africa, with males weighing around a maximum of 2.5 kg(5.51156 lbs). It occurs in Namibia, Botswana, the central part of South Africa and southern Zimbabwe. Its diet is insects, small birds and most importantly, small mammals

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The Pangolin is the world's most heavily trafficked mammal for its meat and keratin scales that are thought to have medicinal value.To conserve its species,it has recently been given the highest level of protection by the forestry authority in China and was removed from the traditional medicine list

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The dogface pufferfish(Arothron nigropunctatus) may be adorable, but don't let those puppy dog eyes fool you. This puffer is laced with a toxin that’s 1.2k times more poisonous than cyanide. It often sports some dark shading around face, making it look like an underwater pup.

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Capybaras are highly social animals, forming family units of 10 - 30 animals. They are the largest living rodent species and weigh up to 66 kg.

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Some stoats (a.k.a. weasels) turn completely white in winter - except for the tip of their tail, which remains black. Their name is thought to have derived from the Dutch word for naughty.

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Prairie dogs (genus Cynomys) are herbivorous burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America. While they're actually touching their front teeth in order to identify each other when they seem to be sweetly sharing a smooch!

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***Awwducational Event for the Month of October!*** Make a new post with a fact about bugs, bats, or cats to receive special flair!

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The southern ringneck snake only gets about 10 inches & does not inject venom, it's saliva is toxic. Harmless to people though.

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A pennant-winged nightjar male is distinguished by a long ninth pair of primary feathers and white bands over his wings. The long 'pennant' feathers are grown during the breeding season—getting longer every year, becoming twice the bird's body length—and are easily dropped after breeding.

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Earwigs are so named because when unfolded, their wings resemble a human ear.

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This little fellow is the Grey Long-Eared Bat, common across Europe and the Southernmost UK, and identifiable by its large ears, rounded body, and the darker fur around its face. Isn't he sweet?

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Flamingos aside, you do not get to see the color pink in the animal kingdom a great deal. A notable exception is the pink katydid. Similar to and rare like albinism, erythrism is a condition that causes a curious reddish pigmentation in animals

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The golden snub-nosed monkey roams the high mountainous forests of western-central China. It's able to survive below-freezing temperatures by sleeping clustered together, in the lower forest canopy, with others in its group. During barren winter months, it will survive by eating mostly lichen.

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Mourning doves eat almost exclusively seeds, which make up more than 99% of their diet. Rarely, they will eat snails or insects. Mourning doves generally eat enough to fill their crops and then fly away to digest while resting

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Pangolins are the most poached animal in the world and are going exctint please raise awarness (sorry for bad english)

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Baby cheetah cubs are usually born in litters of 3 to 5. They nurse for approximately three months, but can also begin eating meat when they are as young as 3 weeks old. After 6 weeks, cheetah cubs begin following their mother when she goes out to hunt. The cubs attain their full size at 15 months.

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Bats are the pollinators of blue agave, the plant from which tequila is refined. The plants are often harvested before flowering, which isn’t great for the bats or the genetic diversity of the agave.

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