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Exotic South American Animals..
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Pony with short legs costs taxpayer £8,000 in 'rescues'
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Firefighters answered their fourth call this week at a combined cost of nearly £8,000 to save the life of the 2ft 4 ins tall pony they have nicknamed "Shorty".The animal's stumpy legs are so out...
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The beauty of the deep sea and deep sea tube worms...
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With the help of high-intensity lighting, high-resolution cameras, and the submersible Alvin, Kristof and his crew captured dramatic imagery in the dark, superheated depths of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. At these nadirs, chemosynthesisthe thermal and chemical energy given off by deep-sea vents...
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Get a load of these super cows...
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Jamunapari goat
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Rahat Basit has delivered to us the Jamunapari goat, and the world is a brighter place for it. The jamunapari is one of the most beloved and tall of the Indian dairy goats. And how can you not adore it? Look at that stubby snout and those dangly, beveined ears. The droopy eyes and the prominent forehead! P...
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Floridan Sea Hare
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Floridan Sea Hare The Aplysiomorpha family of sea slugs is a large one. It includes, arguably, the largest gastropods on the earth (a coveted title). They are called sea hares. Here is one such creature. That last shot isn't a gory one. The sea hare squirts dark ink ("You made me ink.") It ju...
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Platypuses...from docile to killer in an instant...
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Apes are closer to us than we think...
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bare-faced tamarin (Saguinus bicolor)
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This fellow looks like an amalgam of several creatures: brown-coated rodent for hindquarters, a yeti upper half, and a bat-eared face of evil. Can it fly? Does it shoot iron spikes out of its tail? I imagine that with a simple peeling back of its lips it could flash some hefty canines. This has identifi...
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Mystery Holes
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Source Source Ever wander the beach, find the perfect shell, and flip it over only to find that there is a perfect little hole drilled into it? I've had it happen dozens of times. I always wondered what caused it, but for some reason assumed that the mystery holes formed postmortem. Enter the moon snail...
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Strangest Invertebrate Ever (Maybe)
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Click here to watch video This was found while digging beneath rocks in New South Wales, Australia. (Which would lead a lot of people to stop digging beneath rocks). There are lots of guesses as to what this might be, but I know several of you can pin down a relatively specific ID. Any takers? For the res...
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Shocking Pink Dragon Millipede
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Shocking Pink Dragon Millipede Photo source: National Geographic All sorts of species have been discovered in Greater Mekong (part of Thailand) of late, and I'm here to share some with you. First and foremost, we have the Shocking Pink Dragon Millipede (Desmoxytes purpurosea). Yes, that's it's r...
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Horrible Elbow Crab (Daldorfia horrida)
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When you get the word 'horrible' officially attached to your name, you join the illustrious ranks of the likes of Hagar the Horrible and Dr. Horrible. But I don't think the Horrible Elbow Crab (Daldorfia horrida) is impressed (horrible elbow?). These crustaceans are found all over the Pacific and I...
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Sea Otters
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Cute Dogs
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Bush Baby
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Pic: here Physical Characteristics The lesser galago, also called bush baby, is one of the smallest primates, about the size of a squirrel. Despite its size, it is exceptionally vocal, producing loud, shrill cries surprisingly like those of a human baby. The plaintive cries and "cute"...
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Black-crested Macaque
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"He would jump all over me, then run away," said Stefano Unterthiner of the black-crested macaque in this winning photo from the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. "He was always hanging around." Source -- Edited by Jollyjo at 02:28, 2008-11-03
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velvet worm
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The velvet worm is neither velvet nor a worm. These small hunters (ranging from 1 inch to 1 foot in length) belong to their own little phylum of Onychophora. They move like caterpillars (similar speed too), but their 'feet' (which again, aren't feet--they're called lobopods) move through hydrosta...
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purple shore crab (Hemigrapsus nudus)
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Covered with Barnacles It's a purple shore crab (Hemigrapsus nudus), covered with barnacles. Did you know that barnacles are crustaceans? Turns out there are 1,800 or so species of the sessile suspension feeders.The barnacles didn't pick a very good place to settle. They'll be cast aside when the...
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colugo
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Bats belong to the order of Chiroptera, which means "hand-wing". But did you know that there is also an order by the name of Dermoptera, "skin-wing"? (Think of the suffix "opter" and you'll get a clue as to how the helicopter was named). There are only two critters in...
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Hammerhead Bat
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Hypsignathus monstrosus (love the species name), is a native of the swamps and riverine, mangrove, and palm forests of Senegal and Angola. These two specimens are male, as demonstrated by their elaborate snouts (being a sexually dimorphic species, the females have regular fox noses). See more he...
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Boozing Mammal Drinks "Beer" Every Night, Study Finds
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A taste for naturally fermented palm "beer" has turned a tiny Malaysian mammal into a chronic boozer, a new study shows. The pen-tailed tree shrew is the first non-human mammal known to display alcoholic behavior. Source>>> -- Edited by Dj_Rubbut at 07:54, 2008-10-03
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Vinegaroon
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Common Name: Vinegaroon Scientific Name: Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas) Order: Uropygi Description: Vinegaroons have heavy mouthparts (pedipalps) that are formed into pincers. The first pair of legs is long and thin and is used like antenna to feel their way around. The next three pairs of le...
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The Giant Cow
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The Dancing Gorilla
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Survival Guide: Elephant Charge
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Survival Guide: Bear Attack
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Do zebras have black skin with white stripes or white skin with black stripes?
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There are three species of zebras; the plains zebra has stripes all over its body, while the Grevys and mountain zebras have stripes up top but completely white bellies. Does this mean that zebras are white with black stripes? But that is just their hair. If you were to shave a zebra bare from head to hoo...
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Is a polar bear’s fur really transparent?
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A polar bear's fur isnit transparent, but it is translucent. Transparent objects allow light to pass through whereas translucent objects blur the light, Every hair in the polar bear's fur is a hollow tube, which creates this light-blurring effect. Source
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Are platypuses venomous?
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Indeed they are. It is one of the few venomous mammals; the male platypus has a spur on the hind foot that injects venom capable of killing small animals and causing severe pain in humans. Female platypuses do not have this spur. The picture below shows the venom spur on the platypuses leg. Source
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