Adorable Animal Info in the Form of 20 Cute Pics for the Aww-ducationally Inclined

We're total animal nerds, and we're not afraid to admit it. Give us animal pics and a history lesson, and we're hooked! Heck, it doesn't even need to be history, as long as we're gaining useful (or impractical, we're not picky) information, we're happy. While scouring r/Awwducational, we happened upon the most adorable (truly) pictures in the world. Is that an exaggeration? We think not.

So what we've done is the following: Compiled a sweet list of animal pics combined with cute facts about them. If you find yourself aww-ducationally inclined, then this is the purr-fect listicle for you! Check out the wholesomeness down below. If you're in the mood afterward for an intriguing story, here is a strange spectacle: a bobcat in Arizona entered someone's house, and made itself purr-fectly at home. This big cat even went as far as to steal the resident doggo's bed! It's absolutely priceless.

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The bush dog is a stocky canid with a bear-like face that lives near water in Central and South America. It has partially webbed feet, keeping it from sinking into mud and assisting it in swimming and diving.

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A newborn giraffe stands at about 1.8 meters (six feet) tall and grows up to 2.5 cm every day during the first week of its life.

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Now that a duiker is making the rounds on Reddit, you surely want to know what the world's smallest antelope is. It's the Royal Antelope: it stands about 25 cm (10 inches) and weighs 2.5–3 kg (5.5–7 pounds).

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Rare dotted zebra foal. The eye-catching animal, seen in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve, likely has a genetic mutation called pseudomelanism.

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Irrawaddy dolphins have a unique rounded head with no beak. They are also distinguished by their water-spitting behavior, which is believed to be a way of socializing and fishing.

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Ringed seals are the smallest seal species, and when born, weigh under ten pounds. Specific to ringed seals are sharp claws on their front flippers. They use these claws to carve breathing holes in the ice.

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This is a tufted ground squirrel. IUCN Vulnerable to extinction and endemic to the island of Borneo/Kalimantan. It has the largest tail to body size ratio of any mammal, with the tail being 130% the size of its body.

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The endangered cotton-top tamarin lives in a small area of northwestern Colombia that is currently threatened by deforestation. They have claw-like nails, which are critical to jumping from tree to tree in their forest habitat.

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While barred owls are originally birds of the eastern United States, they spread through the Pacific Northwest and California over the twentieth century [OC]

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When Snow Leopards sleep they often use their tails to cover their faces for extra warmth!

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The long-tailed bird is insectivorous throughout the year. It eats predominantly arthropods, preferring the eggs and larvae of moths and butterflies. Occasional vegetable matter (such as seeds) is taken in the autumn.

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Sea otters have baggy pockets of loose skin under their armpits that they use to store food or their favorite rocks which they use for cracking open mollusks or clams.

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Arctic foxes have some of the largest possible litters of any canids, with groups of 18 to even 25 babies being not uncommon.

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The lowland paca is considered an ecosystem engineer due to the behavior of excavating multiple burrows on its territory, these burrows sometimes provide shelter for other species.

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The red wolf (Canis rufus) is one of the world's most endangered canids, native to the southeastern United States.

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

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The bat-eared fox is a species of fox found on the African savanna. Its large ears, which have a role in thermoregulation.

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Emperor penguins can survive temperatures down to -50 Celsius or -58 Fahrenheit by shuffling around in tight packs of up to 5000 adults and chicks. (Source- World Wildlife Fund).

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Only a few female North American songbirds sing, but the female Northern Cardinal does, and often while sitting on the nest. This may give the male information about when to bring food to the nest.

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Adorable Animal Info in the Form of 20 Cute Pics for the Aww-ducationally Inclined

The bush dog is a stocky canid with a bear-like face that lives near water in Central and South America. It has partially webbed feet, keeping it from sinking into mud and assisting it in swimming and diving.

A newborn giraffe stands at about 1.8 meters (six feet) tall and grows up to 2.5 cm every day during the first week of its life.

Now that a duiker is making the rounds on Reddit, you surely want to know what the world's smallest antelope is. It's the Royal Antelope: it stands about 25 cm (10 inches) and weighs 2.5–3 kg (5.5–7 pounds).

Rare dotted zebra foal. The eye-catching animal, seen in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve, likely has a genetic mutation called pseudomelanism.

Irrawaddy dolphins have a unique rounded head with no beak. They are also distinguished by their water-spitting behavior, which is believed to be a way of socializing and fishing.

Ringed seals are the smallest seal species, and when born, weigh under ten pounds. Specific to ringed seals are sharp claws on their front flippers. They use these claws to carve breathing holes in the ice.

This is a tufted ground squirrel. IUCN Vulnerable to extinction and endemic to the island of Borneo/Kalimantan. It has the largest tail to body size ratio of any mammal, with the tail being 130% the size of its body.

The endangered cotton-top tamarin lives in a small area of northwestern Colombia that is currently threatened by deforestation. They have claw-like nails, which are critical to jumping from tree to tree in their forest habitat.

While barred owls are originally birds of the eastern United States, they spread through the Pacific Northwest and California over the twentieth century [OC]

When Snow Leopards sleep they often use their tails to cover their faces for extra warmth!

The long-tailed bird is insectivorous throughout the year. It eats predominantly arthropods, preferring the eggs and larvae of moths and butterflies. Occasional vegetable matter (such as seeds) is taken in the autumn.

Sea otters have baggy pockets of loose skin under their armpits that they use to store food or their favorite rocks which they use for cracking open mollusks or clams.

Arctic foxes have some of the largest possible litters of any canids, with groups of 18 to even 25 babies being not uncommon.

The lowland paca is considered an ecosystem engineer due to the behavior of excavating multiple burrows on its territory, these burrows sometimes provide shelter for other species.

The red wolf (Canis rufus) is one of the world's most endangered canids, native to the southeastern United States.

While many animals pant or sweat to cool down, it turns out Echidnas instead opt to blow snot bubbles and perform bellyflops.

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

The bat-eared fox is a species of fox found on the African savanna. Its large ears, which have a role in thermoregulation.

Emperor penguins can survive temperatures down to -50 Celsius or -58 Fahrenheit by shuffling around in tight packs of up to 5000 adults and chicks. (Source- World Wildlife Fund).

Only a few female North American songbirds sing, but the female Northern Cardinal does, and often while sitting on the nest. This may give the male information about when to bring food to the nest.

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