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Tibetan Fox Has the Most Unimpressed Face in Nature.
The Tibetan fox is one of the most distinctive-looking wild canids on the planet, and one of the least expressive, at least on the surface. Its square, jowly face carries heavy brow ridges and downturned eyes that give it a…
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Sunfish Facts: Inside the Life of the Ocean’s Heaviest Bony Fish
The ocean sunfish is the heaviest bony fish on Earth, reaching weights of over 2,000 kilograms and lengths of 3 meters. Few…
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Proboscis Monkeys Have Noses Bigger Than Their Faces. The Bigger the Nose, the More Mates..
Proboscis monkeys live only in the coastal forests, mangroves, and riverine forests of Borneo, and the adult male is one of the…
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Saiga Antelopes Have Noses Like Vacuum Cleaners… They Nearly Went Extinct Twice.
Saiga antelopes has one of the most distinctive faces in the mammal world. The nose is large, bulbous, and drooping, with downward-facing…
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Okapi: The Secret Giraffe Cousin with Zebra Stripes
The okapi was unknown to Western science until 1901, which is remarkable for an animal the size of a horse. It lives…
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Kakapos Are the World’s Heaviest Parrot. They Forgot How to Fly…
Kakapos are parrots that weigh up to 4 kilograms, smell strongly of honey and flowers, are completely flightless, and are almost certainly…
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Numbats Eat Three Million Termites a Year. Nothing Else…
Numbats are the only marsupial that feeds exclusively on termites, and they have organized their entire existence around that single food source…
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