Scottish Fold
Scottish fold cats can have one to a tighter three folds of their ears, which is more common in show cats.
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Tiger Shark
When a tiger shark isn’t eating objects like birds or snakes to odd things such as license plates to jackets, they enjoy a marine diet.
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Common Nightingale
It is only the male common nightingale that sings, which is ironic since most early poems had nightingales depicted as females.
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Northern Caiman Lizard
The northern caiman lizard is carnivorous, using its forked tongue to collect odors from the air to detect the direction of food.
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Great Gray Owl
Thanks to their excellent hearing due to their facial disk, great gray owls are able to hunt prey moving up to two feet beneath the snow!
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Brazilian Black Tarantula
If provoked, the Brazilian black tarantula will use its fangs or urticating hairs that cover its abdomen and eject them toward potential attackers.
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Golden Lion Tamarin
The golden lion tamarin is named for its bright orange fur framing its face like a lion’s mane. This coloring is the same down the body except the face.
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Bald Eagle
A pair in St. Petersburg, FL holds the record for largest nest ever built at 20 feet deep and 9.5 wide, weighing over 2 tons!
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North American Beaver
The North American beaver is the largest rodent in North America and is second largest in the world behind the South American capybara.
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Mossy Frog
Mossy frogs have sticky pads on their toes that allow them to adhere to anything from wood, glass, and even slick cavern walls.
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Agile Wallaby
The agile wallaby’s tail is long and flexible and roughly the same length as the wallaby itself! Their tail is mainly used for balance.
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Moon Jellyfish
The moon jellyfish has just enough muscle control to stay near the water’s surface but otherwise uses currents to travel.
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Liopleurodon
Ancient marine mammals were split into pliosaurs and plesiosaurs with the Liopleurodon being in the first category.
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Three-toed Sloth
Three-toed sloths spend most of their time in the trees, only coming down to the ground once a week to use the bathroom.
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Tibetan Mastiff
There are two types of recognized Tibetan mastiffs that can come from the same litter known as Do-khyi and Tsang-khyi.
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Maned Wolf
The maned wolf is the tallest of the wild canids. Their long legs are probably an adaptation to the tall grasslands where it lives.
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Fire Salamander
Not only does the venom of a fire salamander harm predators, but it can also coat itself in its venom to withstand flames.
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Atlas Moth
The tips of the atlas moth’s wings look like snake heads which can be used as a strategy to ward off predators.
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Red-Shanked Douc
Both genders of the red-shanked douc have similar colorations. These beautiful colors give them the nickname “queen of primates.”
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