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Horse Watches Woman Make a Snow Angel, Then Decides to Try It Too
A handler drops into the snow to make an angel, and her horse wanders over with a look of serious…
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Protective Elephant Mom Rushes In When Her Curious Calf Gets Too Close to Humans
A curious elephant calf broke away from its mother to investigate a safari vehicle full of strangers, and what happened…
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Watch Wolves Return to Colorado’s Rocky Mountains for the First Time in Decades
Gray wolves vanished from Colorado by the mid-1900s, and now footage captures the tense, carefully orchestrated moment wildlife crews crack…
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Watch Caribou Let Their Guard Down Just as a Giant Grizzly Bear Sets Its Sights On Them
Many animals avoid grizzly bears when possible, but their reactions depend on the species and the situation. Grizzly bears are…
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This Aardvark Just Pulled Off One of the Most Genius Escapes Ever
It’s safe to say that hyenas don’t have many friends throughout the animal kingdom. These creatures are known for stealing…
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Evolution’s Darkest Trick: How Jewel Wasps Turn Prey Into Living Food
Imagine a predator that doesn’t just kill its prey, but performs a high-stakes “brain surgery” to turn it into a…
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Ornithomimus
Description & Size of the Ornithomimus Ornithomimus is a genus of ornithomimid dinosaur, and its name translates from Greek to…
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Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Lighter than a nickel and armed with a spee-spee battle cry, this tiny North American bird weaves spider silk into…
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Killdeer
The killdeer is a member of the plover group. These are small wading birds that congregate near large bodies of…
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Mozambique Spitting Cobra
“Spitting cobras have openings in the front of their fangs so they can spit venom.” The Mozambique spitting cobra is…
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Arabian Cobra
The Arabian cobra is the only true cobra species that can be found in the Arabian Peninsula. Residing deep within…
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San Francisco Garter Snake
The San Francisco garter snake is among the rarest snake species in the United States. The San Francisco garter snake…
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Pet Horse Guide: What You Need to Know
Before Buying a Horse Owning a pet horse is a goal for many people. It is important to prepare for…
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Yellow Cobra
The Yellow Cobra, or Cape cobra is a highly venomous creature located in southern Africa. Among other names, there’s the…
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Central Ranges Taipan
The central ranges taipan may be among the deadliest snakes in the world. The central ranges taipan, also known as…
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Olive Sea Snake
“Olive sea snakes can stay underwater for two hours without taking a breath” The olive sea snake is sometimes called…
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Eastern Racer
“Fast and Furious” If anyone living in the American south or in states east of the Rockies is going to…
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False coral snake
“The false coral snake mimics both the coral snake and the cobra to scare away predators” A false coral snake…
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Green Rat Snake
The green rat snake catches its meals in midair! The green rat snake is common in Southeast Asia but spends…
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Wrought Iron Butterflyfish
The wrought iron butterflyfish stands out from other butterflyfish species because it isn’t nearly as colorful. Instead, its notable metallic…
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Great Plains Rat Snake
“This snake vigorously shakes its tail as a way to frighten away predators” Normally, the Great Plains rat snake is…
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Kinabalu Giant Red Leech
“Though the Kinabalu Giant Red Leech is called a leech, it doesn’t feed on blood” The Kinabalu giant red leech…
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Keelback
“Are Keelbacks Venomous? It Depends” The keelbacks are a huge family of colubrid snakes that are found in the Old…
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Peppermint Angelfish
Few fish on Earth are as elusive and expensive as this candy-striped deep-sea dweller, which hides in ocean caves so…
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Beauty rat snake
The beauty rat snake is quite a sight to see, and they are often praised for their ability to eliminate…
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Polka Dot Stingray
Hidden in the murky depths of a single Brazilian river, this venomous, polka-dotted predator lives a secretive double life that…
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Japanese rat snake
“The albino Japanese rat snake is a symbol of good luck” The Japanese rat snake is sometimes called the blue…
Bladefin Basslet
The little bladefin basslet may remind you of a round-tail guppy, and they do have many things in common. Unlike…
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Asian Arowana
The name dragonfish comes from its unique appearance, including the massive scales, bright lustrous colors, and the graceful movements through…
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Blue Eyed Pleco
The large size makes it quite a sight to see in any home aquarium, where it has been consistently included…
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Red-Lipped Batfish
Two of the challenges of life for a fish, or any other life form, are to find food and, once…
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Conger Eel
Practically blind, capable of surviving hours out of water, and known to bite divers who stray too close, conger eels…
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Redtail Catfish
Few river fish combine a voracious predator's instincts with such striking, almost tropical coloring, yet this giant of the Amazon…
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Electric Catfish
Ancient Egyptians gave this fish a title that translates roughly to he who had saved many in the sea, and…
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Cecropia Moth
“The Cecropia Moth is North America’s Largest Moth!” This amazing, colorful insect, is so big it can cover the palm…
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Football Fish
Lurking in the darkest depths of the ocean, these rare creatures have a mating strategy so extreme that males sacrifice…
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Cobia Fish
With its cylindrical body and elegant fins, the cobia is one of the more attractive gamefish. Large, the fish is…
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Sea Roach
The sea roach is a crustacean with a gray, segmented shell. Though they breathe through gills, these tiny creatures live…
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Viper Shark (dogfish)
Discovered by accident off the coast of Japan in 1986, this fang-toothed deep-sea predator has baffled marine biologists ever since,…
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Lappet-faced Vulture
Also called the Nubian vulture, this great bird of prey probably makes the lives of other vultures possible. That’s because…
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Griffon Vulture
“The Griffon Vulture can see carrion from thousands of feet above the ground” Its eight-to-nine-foot wingspan is just one of…
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Orange-Crowned Warbler
Despite carrying orange in their name, these secretive songbirds hide their signature color so well that most observers never catch…
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Ortolan Bunting
A tiny songbird so controversial that eating one requires hiding your face from God, this illegal French delicacy has graced…
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Elegant Tern
Elegant Terns are social birds with a loud call that sounds like ‘kar-eek!’ They live throughout a range of rocky…
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European Robin
This tiny garden bird sings before dawn, helps your crops, and may navigate using quantum physics, yet it kills rivals…
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Kori Bustard
Africa's heaviest flying bird spends most of its life on the ground, avoids taking flight even when threatened, and somehow…
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King Vulture
The king vulture is among the largest land-based birds in the world. This bird can be seen soaring far above…
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Death Adder
“The Death Adder is more closely related to the Cobra than other Australian snakes.” Also known as the Common Death…
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Western Hognose Snake
The western hognose snake is a capable actor that will transition from puffing up like a cobra to dramatically playing…
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Lazarus Lizard
The Lazarus lizard, known as the common wall lizard or the European wall lizard, is an invasive species. Locals prefer…