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"Mata mata are South American freshwater turtles that have a specialized skin structure on top of their heads resembling a fallen leaf. This purportedly aids them in catching prey. Recently, a new species of mata mata (Chelus orinocensis) was discovered in the Orinoco River of the Amazon Basin."
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"Y'all don't watch the Discovery channel or Animal planet and it shows. A kangaroo is not waiting for help in a lake… it is a tactic to draw you in and drown you. They are standing at the deepest point and they're feet are on the ground. Please ignore it"
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"Rescued red fruit bats hanging out together. Unlike black fruit bats who always stay a body length apart, reds are well known to break branches with too much weight of too many bats huddled close together. (Insert social distancing joke here)"
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