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/r/Awwducational
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Aardvarks feed on Ants & Termites with a 30 cm long tongue & a muscular stomach to grind them up but will not fully destroy the mound. Instead, they allow the insects to repair the damage so they can return to feed at the same mound in a few weeks.
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2024/07/24
13:54 UTC
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Endemic to Japan, the Japanese badger — like other badgers — lives in underground dens called "setts". However, the Japanese badger is known to be more solitary, with even mated pairs often living in separate setts. It is currently unknown why this is the case.
31 Comments
2024/07/20
21:02 UTC
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Sloth Bears are considered one of the most dangerous mammals in India, with the total number of Human attacks even exceeding the number from all other Bear species combined. However, these are defensive attacks, not predatory, as an evolved response to living among other carnivores like Tigers.
25 Comments
2024/07/15
13:43 UTC
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The spectacled bear is the only bear species found in South America. It is the last living member of a lineage that includes the Giant Short-Faced Bear that lived in North America 12,000 years ago. While they are solitary, they are not territorial & have even been recorded to feed in small groups.
33 Comments
2024/07/10
09:36 UTC
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The palm-nut vulture is unusual among vultures, in that about 70% of its diet is vegetarian — mostly consisting of palm nut fruits. It was once called the 'vulturine fish eagle', because of its eagle-like appearance and the way in which it hunts; swooping to the water's surface to grab fish.
10 Comments
2024/07/08
20:15 UTC
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Snow leopards have specialized nasal passages that warm the air they breathe before it reaches their lungs!
5 Comments
2024/07/07
18:09 UTC
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The Bay Cat is one of the rarest members of the cat family. It's native to Borneo and there are thought to be fewer than 2,500 of them left in the wild. They are active during the day and very little is known about their mating or hunting habits.
46 Comments
2024/07/06
17:53 UTC
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The giant otter shrew is named for its resemblance to both an otter and a shrew, despite not actually being either. It hunts nocturnally in forest pools and streams, swimming with a laterally flattened tail, like that of a fish or crocodile — an unusual swimming method among mammals.
12 Comments
2024/07/06
14:07 UTC
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The white-tailed tropicbird performs noisy, aerial displays — swaying its tail streamer from side to side while gliding through the sky. A male courts a mate by flying above her and touching his tail to hers, they then glide away together in synchronized zigzag flight to find a nesting spot.
11 Comments
2024/06/29
13:28 UTC
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Halszkaraptor was a small dromeosaur about the size of a duck. They had a long neck, legs and a short tail and arms. Short tail would have put their center of gravity at the front which would help them in swimming than walking. They would have hunted underwater due to sensory neurons on their snouts
8 Comments
2024/06/28
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The dwarf mongoose — Africa's smallest carnivore — uses old termite mounds as shelter, living with a family of up to 30 individuals. When foraging for insects, these mongooses work together with hornbills; the mongooses flush out insects and the hornbills watch for aerial dangers.
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2024/06/26
13:41 UTC
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Unlike in "Winnie The Pooh", Bears eat more than just honey when they raid beehives. Both Black & Brown Bears will also consume the larvae & the bees themselves found inside the hive, as both are a good source of protein.
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2024/06/24
13:43 UTC
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The Luzon bleeding-heart dove is named for the vividly red marking on its white breast, which often looks like a real bleeding wound. During courtship, a male follows a female, inflating his breast to show off his "bleeding heart", and tries to win her affection with head bows and flirtatious coos.
22 Comments
2024/06/20
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Coruros live in complex subterranean colonies — feasting on plant bulbs and tubers with their protruding upper incisors. Coruro colonies are nomadic; they move to a set of burrows, eat the plants, and then move on, letting them regrow before eventually returning. The species is endemic to Chile.
14 Comments
2024/06/18
18:49 UTC
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African Servals have large ears that rotate like radar dishes, can hear in ultrasonic, and even hear up to 13 inches underground.
Got to meet one at Barn Hill Preserve in Ethel, LA. A great conservation/rescue. This handsome boy was rescued as a cub and can not survive in the wild.
35 Comments
2024/06/17
13:58 UTC
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Male and female blond-crested woodpeckers look very much alike, apart from the red "moustaches" sported only by the males. These woodpeckers nest near arboreal ants, which seem to deter predators from their nests but don't harm their hatchlings — the woodpeckers also eat the ants.
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2024/06/15
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The coconut octopus carries seashells or coconut shells beneath its arms as it travels — using a few of its arms to hold the shells and the others to walk awkwardly along the sea floor. If this octopus encounters danger, it assembles the shells around itself, forming a kind of armour.
12 Comments
2024/06/13
19:21 UTC
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The Indian Wolf (Canis Lupus Pallipes), made famous from Kipling/Disney's "The Jungle Book", is one of the world’s most endangered and evolutionarily distinct Gray Wolf populations. A study from the University of California said they could represent the most ancient surviving lineage of Wolves.
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2024/06/12
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The thick-billed raven is native to East Africa, where it hunts insects and reptiles, scavenges for carrion and eggs, and steals bones from vultures — its mighty bill supposedly intimidates the birds of prey. It also employs its large bill to dig; unearthing planted grains and hidden mole-rats.
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2024/06/09
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Thomas's leaf monkeys usually feed on vegetation — leaves, fruits, and flowers — in the forest canopy. However, the more adventurous females frequently visit the ground to eat toadstools and snails, while males keep watch for predators. This monkey can only be found in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
13 Comments
2024/06/05
17:57 UTC
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Gaur are the largest cattle species in the world & are found in forested areas across South & Southeast Asia. They can weigh up to 1,000 kg & stand 2.2 meters tall at the shoulder. Due to their impressive size, Gaur have few natural predators; only Tigers have been known to kill healthy adults.
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2024/06/03
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The common cockchafer spends its first 3 to 5 years below ground, growing as a larva. Then, all at once, these beetles emerge as adults in great numbers during spring. They clumsily buzz about, using their frilly antennae to find mates and reproduce — they live for only 6 weeks in this form.
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2024/06/01
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Black-tailed jackrabbit kittens are born with fur with opened eyes.
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2024/05/29
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Endemic to the rainforests of Madagascar, the common sunbird-asity flits hyperactively from one flower to another and feeds on nectar with its remarkably downcurved beak. Depending on a flower's shape, instead of using its long beak, it occasionally sips nectar with a lengthy tubular tongue.
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2024/05/29
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