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The Ole’ Bucket List

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The list kinds crystalized during my first big trip, on which I knocked off my two big targets (the manta ray and whale shark) but since then beyond seeing an antelope (and then many other different kinds), it hasn’t budged much at all. A Leopard in India by Yathin Krishnappa (CC). Hammerhead shark. A beaked whale.

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Why Do Penguins Wear Tuxedos?

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Artists rendition of Inkayacu paracasensis There are 17 living species of penguins, which make up their own Linnean family (Spheniscidae), which is the only family in the order Sphenisciformes. They eat only seafood, including fish, squid, krill and other organisms.

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