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"While many animals pant or sweat to cool down, it turns out Echidnas instead opt to blow snot bubbles and perform bellyflops"
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"Because of high mortality in the first year of life, a robin has an average life expectancy of 1.1 years; however, once past its first year, life expectancy increases. One robin has been recorded as reaching 19 years of age."
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"Arguably the most colourful spider in the world, Chrysilla Volupe is a jumping spider native to Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Thought to be extinct for 150 years, it was rediscovered in 2018."
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"Burrowing owls are unique in that they nest underground. They often utilize abandoned burrows dug by ground squirrels, prairie dogs, and other mammals!"
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"The little penguin, also known as the "blue penguin" and "fairy penguin", is the smallest of all penguin species - only growing to around 30 cm (12 inches) tall. The outer parts of its head, torso, and flippers are coloured an indigo-blue, especially vivid in youngsters."
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"The Vietnamese mossy frog spends most of its time mimicking a clump of moss, almost undetectable to predators. It can be found in mossy caves as well as in mountain streams with only its eyes protruding to keep watch. When frightened it will roll into a ball and play dead."
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"Binturongs, also known as bearcats, mark their territories using scent glands under their tails by rubbing them against foliage. This communicates to other binturongs that the area is occupied and helps potential mates find each other. To humans, this scent smells like buttered popcorn."
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"There exist subspecies of the American black bear that have different colored coats. The Kermode bear, also known as the "spirit bear", can be born with fully white fur. While another subspecies with red-brown fur is called the "cinnamon bear". The "glacier bear" has silver-blue or gray fur."
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"The red junglefowl -- the wild ancestor of the chicken -- is losing its genetic diversity by interbreeding with domesticated birds. Genomes of 100 year old birds show that modern wild junglefowl have inherited 20% to 50% of their genomes from domestic birds."
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"The fennec fox has the largest ears relative to body size of any canid. Their ears reach lengths of up to six inches and act as radiators, allowing the foxes to regulate its body temperature in the hot dessert."
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"No bat species is blind and flying foxes rely on their large eyes and nose to navigate. They are unable to echolocate."
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"The kagu is a rare, fairly large, flightless bird endemic to New Caledonia. Instead of flight, it uses its large wings, striped with black when opened, to distract predators from their chicks by flapping around and pretending to be injured. The head crest is used to attract mates."
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"Dexter cattle are an uncommon breed of cattle from Ireland. They are one of the smallest cattle breeds, reaching only about a metre in height when fully grown."
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"Male and female hammer-headed bats display the most sexual dimorphism of any bat species. Males have boxy heads, enormous lips, and vocal cords so large (3 times larger than those of females) that they displace major organs. These allow males to greatly amplify their vocalizations to attract mates."
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"Ankole have some of the largest horns of any breed of cattle."
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"The Southern Tamandua's claws are so long and sharp, they must walk on the sides of their hands. They are useful though, as the tamandua can use them to attack predators. Additionally, they can release a stink from their anal glands when threatened!"
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"The Patagonian bumble bee or "flying mouse" (Bombus dahlbomii) is the largest bumble bee species in the world at 40 mm in length (1.6 in)."
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"Shingleback lizard , Tiliqua rugosa, is a monogamous lizard, they form pair bonds in every mating season. If the female died, her partner might stay with her and nudging the dead body, one old pair have been recorded reunite in ten consecutive years."
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