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A couple of facts :D

Reddit Animals

• Tigers and other big cats are able to mimic other animals, tigers in specific mimic deer, bear, cattle and monkeys and the South American Margay can mimic the call of baby monkeys to lore adults. " • Baluga Whales can also mimic voices, whilst on the topic of mimicry a Baluga often toyed with humans by saying "Out!"

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Play the silly word game my spouse and I came up with: "The Lazy Naturalist"

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Some examples: - Lion fish, 1 point. (It It is NOT a lion; is a fish.) - Whale shark, 1 point. Not a whale; is a shark.) - Tarantula hawk wasp, 2 points (not a tarantula; not a hawk) - Bear cat, 3 points (not a bear; not a cat; +1 bonus point for being neither) - Peacock mantis shrimp, 4 points.

Game 40
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Polygynandry and avian swingers

10,000 Birds

Dale studied scarlet macaws, and worked in their conservation, for three years in southern Costa Rica, followed by a year in the Caribbean working on Whale Sharks. Might I assume that women typically bear fewer children, or fewer survive? all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes.

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