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Exploring the Fascinating Diet of Sea Urchins: Nature’s Spiny Omnivores
Sea urchins are spiny animals that live on the bottom of the sea. While sea urchins aren’t known to be…
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Schipperke
Schipperkes are sturdy, active dogs with a sense of mischief. With its pointed ears and curious eyes, this dog is…
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Norwegian Buhund
The Norwegian Buhund is a versatile dog, bred for all-purpose farming and herding, that originated from the Norwegian coast and…
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Gordon Setter
The Gordon Setter, also called Black and Tan Setter, is the largest and heaviest breed of setters. It was originally…
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Teddy Bear Hamster
“A teddy bear hamster can stuff its cheek pouches with an amount of food equal to 20 percent of its…
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Parrotlet
Parrotlets are even smaller in size than parakeets. They have blunt tails and a feisty personality that can be aggressive.…
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The Best Dragon Costumes for Dogs
Dragons are amazing mythical creatures that can fly, blow smoke, and breathe fire. If you are on the hunt for…
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Sei Whale
Hunted until there were only a handful left in the world, this sleek baleen whale has made an impressive comeback,…
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Parakeet
The little Parakeet has delighted people with their intelligence, playfulness, and their plumage of fancy colors for hundreds of years.…
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Hooded Seal
“The seal with the inflatable red nose.” A casual look at a male hooded seal reveals a typical large true…
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Japanese Beetle
Japanese beetles can be found in many places around the world, but they are only actually native to parts of…
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Lancashire Heeler
The Lancashire Heeler (also known as the Ormskirk Terrier) is a small, affectionate dog, hailing from the northern England county…
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Mole Cricket
The mole cricket is a family of burrowing insects (hence the name). Most of them have a shovel-like forelimb that…
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Spider Wasp
The spider wasp is a family of spider-hunting parasitoid insects, so-named because the young larvae live on and exploit spiders…
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Pembroke Welsh Corgi
The Pembroke Welsh Corgi is a iconic purebred herding dog that originated from Pembrokeshire, Wales, perhaps dating as far back…
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English Setter
The English Setter was given its name because they were bred to “set” or quietly lie down when looking for…
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Great Blue Heron
The Great Blue Heron is a large waterbird found primarily in North America. They have beautiful plumage and an impressive…
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Barn Swallow
“Most widespread swallow species in the world” The barn swallow is a passerine bird. Passerine birds are also referred to…
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Carpenter Ant
The carpenter ant is a genus of wood burrowing social insects that form large, highly stratified, and cooperative colonies. A…
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Rock Crab
This crustacean is a decapod, though most people refer to it as the red rock crab. Found along the Pacific…
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English Foxhound
The English Foxhound was bred in the 1600s as a hunting dog for British foxhunts. This canine was bred by…
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Haddock
Haddock is an immensely popular food around the world, perhaps nowhere more so than the United Kingdom, where it’s practically…
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Bergamasco
The Bergamasco is a dog that has a long history. It can be traced back thousands of years. Experts believe…
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Sixgill shark
Sixgill sharks are a genus of ancient prehistoric sharks that contains three distinct species. By far the best-known species is…
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Garden Eel
These eels spend their lives with at least their tail in the sand at all times. The full body is…
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Blister Beetle
The blister beetle, also known as an oil beetle, is a family of plant-eating insects which have the ability to…
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Spinner Shark
The Spinner shark gets its name from its ability to spin through the water and into the air. It can…
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Bonnethead Shark
Of all the fish in the ocean, save those who live where the sun doesn’t shine, nature seems to have…
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Blue Grosbeak
Though the blue grosbeak may be elusive in some areas, it is out there. People hear its song without seeing…
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Red-winged blackbird
The red-winged blackbird is found almost everywhere across North America except for deserts and mountains. The male is easily identified…
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Mallard
The mallard is the most familiar and recognizable duck in the entire world. Found almost anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere…
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Otterhound
The history of this shaggy dog dates all the way back to 14th-century England. These dogs were bred to hunt…
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Kinder Goat
The kinder goat is a medium-sized goat with a laid-back, friendly temperament. Its high-fat, sweet milk and easygoing personality have…
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Pygora Goat
Originally bred in the 1980s as a new species, Pygora goats are a genetic combination of the Pygmy goat and…
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Thrush
The Thrush is called “Heralds of spring” Thrushes are smallish to medium-sized passerines or songbirds. They have a stocky build…
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Hoary Bat
This forest-dwelling hoary bat comes out at night to feed on insects, using its echolocation to locate prey. These bats…
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Salmon Shark
The Salmon shark is sometimes called “Pacific Porbeagle” because its appearance is almost indistinguishable from the porbeagle species. In fact,…
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Thai Ridgeback
Thai Ridgebacks have only been domesticated for approximately 350 years. Before that, they were free-range dogs, roaming southeastern Asia in…
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Pudelpointer
Breed a poodle with an English Pointer and you get a Pudelpointer. These dogs originated in Germany back in the…
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Caiman Lizard
“The Caiman Lizard is one of the biggest lizard species of the Americas” Caiman lizards are a large semiaquatic reptile…
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Ivory-billed woodpecker
Possibly extinct, this iconic species has inspired people to comb the forests and swamps of the south in search of…
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Japanese Squirrel
The Japanese squirrel is a prodigious hoarder. It buries food in the ground to survive the harsh winter. These small…
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Tsetse Fly
Tsetse flies are a type of blood-sucking insect that lives in diverse locations in Sub-Sahara Africa. There are about 27…
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Camel Cricket
Camel crickets are also called spider crickets, sand treaders, camelback crickets and cave crickets. They take their name from their…
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The 5 Best Dog Water Fountains, We Checked
When it comes to drinking their water, dogs seem to care little about what containers they’re using. Even rain puddles…
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Tree swallow
Easily identified by the iridescent hue of the plumage, the tree swallow is among the most common song birds of…
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Wood Bison
The Wood Bison is the Largest living, native terrestrial North American Mammal. In March 2011, the first wood bison roamed…
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Ferruginous Hawk
The name of the Ferruginous hawk is derived from the Latin word ferrum for iron. This refers to the rusted…
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Pitsky
Pitskies are a hybrid dog breed that is the result of breeding an American Pit Bull Terrier with a Siberian…
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Sharp-Tailed Snake
“A Sharp-tailed snake uses its spiny tail to hold down its slippery prey” Sharp-tailed snakes or Sharptail snakes are also…