Cute And Interesting Animal Facts
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07/09/2014
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Animals & Nature
A collection of cute animals along with some interesting facts about them!
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Orphaned kittens should never be fed cow's milk. Instead, try to find a foster mother or commercial kitten formula. -
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Service dogs can be trained to help people with mental illnesses, fetch items for the disabled, and even detect seizures before they happen. -
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It is against Swiss law to keep guinea pigs alone. A service even exists that provides a guinea pig companion to keep a lonely guinea pig company should its partner die. -
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Rhipicera femorata is a species of beetles that are particularly distinguished by their feather-shaped antennae, which may help in locating mates. -
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Birds, like the red-tailed hawk, have very little flexibility in their eye movement, so they move their whole heads around instead. -
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The bird flu hasn't become the human pandemic we feared in might be, but it did kill at least 162 baby harbor seals. -
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Mallards are thought to be the most abundant ducks on Earth. -
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Orphaned baby bats at Tolga Bat Hospital require a lot of care and get wrapped in blankets! -
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Although it may look scary, the daring jumping spider is non-poisonous and is not harmful to humans. It does not build webs, but instead uses silk to make a web safety line when jumping just in case it misses. -
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Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus, are reef dwellers, preferring sheltered lagoons and inshore reefs. -
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Tiny Seahorses Growl When Perturbed! -
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Aardwolves, which are very closely related to hyenas, live almost exclusively on termites. -
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The idea that Benjamin Franklin preferred the turkey as the national bird comes from a piece correspondence where he described called the eagle as "a bird of bad moral character." -
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Though its eyes are roughly the same size as those of a human, the bald eagle has a visual acuity at least four times as powerful and see in color. -
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Puppies need to meet 100 people by the time they are 12 Weeks old, and you should start socialization around 8 weeks. Those that do not receive adequate socialization during this period may display fearful behavior around humans or other dogs as adults. -
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Monarchs are among the most well-known of the butterflies, but did you know theres an entire court of Lepidopterans? There are Queens, Emperors, Viceroys, Admirals, Ladies, and even a Monk! -
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Baby orangutans don't break contact with their mothers for the first four months of their life. -
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You can tell this Rosy Maple Moth is a male by his fluffy antenna that he uses to find female moths which emit pheromones. -
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The gliding membrane of the Japanese Dwarf Flying Squirrel extends from the ankles to the wrists, but they lack a membrane between the hind legs and the base of the tail. -
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Woolly Bear caterpillars eat toxic plants to treat themselves when they have parasites. -
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There is evidence that Chimpanzees wage war to conquer territory, making them one of the only species other than humans to participate in warfare. -
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The English word raccoon is an adaptation of a native Powhatan word meaning animal that scratches with its hands. -
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The Hickory Horned Devil, the larval form of the Royal Walnut Moth, can grow to nearly 6 inches long and is harmless despite its fearsome appearance. -
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Sunda Colugo aka Malayan Flying Lemur can glide over 100 m with little loss in elevation. -
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The rock hyrax, although often mistaken as a rodent is much more closely related to the elephant than a guinea pig. -
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Tiger Mother Licking Her Cub...Tigers may be one of the most revered animals, but they are also vulnerable to extinction. As few as 3,200 exist in the wild today.
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