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christine sorokac

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      christine sorokac on 12 Mar 13
       
      I found it interesting that males establish social hierarchies by necking, where they use their necks to fight. 
  • It stands 5–6 m (16–20 ft) tall and has an average weight of 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) for males and 830 kg (1,800 lb) for females.
  • Its species name refers to its camel-like appearance and the patches of color on its fur.
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  • Their primary food source is acacia leaves, which they browse at heights most other herbivores cannot reach.
Lauren Vitelli

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  • , orangutans are currently found in only the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.
  • Orangutans diverged from the rest of the great apes 15.7 to 19.3 million years ago (mya).
    • Lauren Vitelli
      Lauren Vitelli on 13 Mar 13
       
      Mother and child orangutans stay together for two years before breaking the bond
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  • Orangutans are among the most intelligent primates; they use a variety of sophisticated tools and construct elaborate sleeping nests each night from branches and foliage
Ana Kolbach

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  • Cattle were originally identified as three separate species: Bos taurus, the European or "taurine" cattle (including similar types from Africa and Asia); Bos indicus, the zebu; and the extinct Bos primigenius, the aurochs.
  • A common misconception about cattle (particularly bulls) is that they are enraged by the color red (something provocative is often said to be "like a red flag to a bull"). This is incorrect, as cattle are red-green color-blind.
  • The average sleep time of a domestic cow is about four hours a day.[
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    • Ana Kolbach
      Ana Kolbach on 13 Mar 13
       
      I did not know they slept 4 hours a day pretty crazy. 
lenore gibson

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  • Jaguars are shy, reclusive animals that live in the gr
  • asslands, swamps and jungle
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      lenore gibson on 13 Mar 13
       
      baby jaguars eat large anacada snakes
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      lenore gibson on 13 Mar 13
       
      they have spot for camo
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      lenore gibson on 13 Mar 13
       
      they live with their mother and siblings for the first 2yrs of life
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      lenore gibson on 13 Mar 13
       
      they eat very large anacada snakes
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  • litters of one to four
  • Baby jaguars learn to hunt from their mother, who will brin
  • aguars do not have a set mating season, and can mate and reproduce at any time throughout the year
  • practice their hunting skills
Rocco Mazzo

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      Rocco Mazzo on 13 Mar 13
       
      Golden Retriever topcoats are water-resistant
  • The Golden Retrievers' intelligence makes them versatile, allowing them to fill a variety of roles, including guide dog for the blind, hearing dog for the deaf, hunting dog, illegal-drug detector, and search and rescue participant. Because of their loyal and gentle temperament, Golden Retrievers are also popular family pe
  • Golden Retrievers possess friendly, eager-to-please demeanours,
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  • They were historically developed as gundogs to retrieve shot waterfowl such as ducks and upland game birds during hunting and shooting parties.
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Megan Richards

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      Jessica hosko on 13 Mar 13
       
      I had no clue that cats shows are hobbies and it is called cat fancy
  • Cats have a rapid breeding rate.
  • Cats can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by mice and other small game. They can see in near darkness. Like most other mammals, cats have poorer color vision and a better sense of smell than humans.
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  • Cats are valued by humans for companionship and their ability to hunt vermin and household pests.
    • Megan Richards
      Megan Richards on 22 Mar 13
       
      A group of cats is known as a "clowder" or "glaring."
  • cats are a social species,
  • cats were cult animals in ancient Egypt
  • cats are the most popular pet in the world
Domenique Rodriguez

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      Domenique Rodriguez on 15 Mar 13
       
      The cheetah can go From 0 - 60 miles an hour in only 3 seconds!!
  • These big cats are quite nimble at high speed and can make quick and sudden turns in pursuit of prey
  • The cheetah is the world's fastest land mammal.
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  • Most wild cheetahs are found in eastern and southwestern Africa.
Marcella Greene

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  • The French Bulldog is a small breed of domestic dog, related to the English Bulldog and American Bulldog
  • The origin of the modern French Bulldog breed descends directly from the dogs of the Molossians, an ancient Greek tribe.
  • Americans had been importing French Bulldogs for a while, but it was not until 1885 when they were brought over in order to set up an American based breeding program. They were mostly owned by society ladies, who first displayed them at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in 1896.
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      Marcella Greene on 27 Mar 13
       
      I didn't know that the dogs had to be artificially inseminated to have puppies and I also didn't know that they had to have C sections to deliver the puppies
Chelsea Taylor

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    What makes a responsible digital user
Lindsay Brown

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      Lindsay Brown on 13 Mar 13
       
      Grevy's zebra and the mountain zebras are endangered.
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      Lindsay Brown on 13 Mar 13
       
      I have always found it interesting that the stripes on zebras are all unique. Every zebra can tell the difference between one another....so cool!!
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  • Their stripes come in different patterns, unique to each individual.
  • There are three species of zebras: the plains zebra, the Grévy's zebra and the mountain zebra.
  • They occur in a variety of habitats, such as grasslands, savannas, woodlands, thorny scrublands, mountains, and coastal hills.
kellie debellis

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  • A feline litter usually consists of two to five kittens. The kits are born after a gestation that lasts between 64 and 67 days, with an average length of 66 days.[2] Kittens emerge in a sac called the amnion which is bitten off and eaten by the mother cat.[3]
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  • A litter of kittens being suckled by their mother
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  • Domestic kittens in developed societies are usually vaccinated against common illnesses from two to three months of age.
  • Hand-reared kittens tend to be very affectionate with humans as adults and sometimes more dependent on them than kittens reared by their mothers, but they can also show volatile mood swings and aggression
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    Hand-reared kittens tend to be very affectionate with humans as adults and sometimes more dependent on them than kittens reared by their mothers, but they can also show volatile mood swings and aggression.
stephanie racaza

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  • The largest living species is the Emperor Penguin
    • Joei Viviani
      Joei Viviani on 13 Mar 13
       
      Not all penguins live in cold climates. Only a few species live far in the south while others live closer to the equator.
  • They spend about half of their lives on land and half in the oceans.
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    • stephanie racaza
      stephanie racaza on 13 Mar 13
       
      I thought it was interesting that the largest living species is the Emperor Penguin (~75lb) and the smallest penguin species is the Little Blue Penguin, also known as the Fairy Penguin (~2.2lb).
  • larger penguins inhabit colder regions, while smaller penguins are generally found in temperate or even tropical climates
  • They spend about half of their lives on land and half in the oceans
  • Several species are found in the temperate zone, and one species, the Galápagos Penguin, lives near the equator.
  • they are not found only in cold climates
  • Some prehistoric species attained enormous sizes, becoming as tall or as heavy as an adult human.
Jennifer Olechnowicz

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      Some Organizations, such as Helping Hands:Monkey Helpers for the Disabled, train capuchin monkeys as helpers for quadriplegics and other severe spinal cord injuries.
  • Unlike apes, monkeys usually have tails. Tailless monkeys may be called "apes",
  • . There are about 260 known living species of monkey
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  • In some areas, some species of monkey are considered agricultural pests, and can cause extensive damage to commercial and subsistence crops.[6] This can have important implications for the conservation of endangered species, which may be subject to persecution.
Shannon Ewasko

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  • They have sharp incisors to clip leaves at the front of the mouth, separated from the grinding cheek teeth by a wide diastema.
  • while the brain's two cerebral hemispheres are like "a pair of shrivelled walnut halves on top of the brain stem, in contact neither with each other nor the bones of the skull. It is the only animal on Earth with such a strangely reduced brain
  • The Australian Wildlife Experience has the first blue-eyed koala known to be born in captivity in the world
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  • Koalas spend about three of their five active hours eating
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      Shannon Ewasko on 12 Mar 13
       
      I found it interesting that handling koalas may cause them stress.
Chelsea Taylor

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  • Giraffes are the world's tallest mammals,
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  • helps them pluck tasty morsels from branches.
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  • Giraffes have beautiful spotted coats. While no two individuals have exactly the same pattern, giraffes from the same area appear similar.
    • amanda vignali
      amanda vignali on 13 Mar 13
       
      I found it interesting that giraffes' height makes it difficult and dangerous to drink water at a hole.
  • Bulls sometimes battle one another by butting their long necks and heads
    • Chelsea Taylor
      Chelsea Taylor on 13 Mar 13
       
      Giraffes have beautiful spotted coats. While no two individuals have exactly the same pattern, giraffes from the same area appear similar.
  • Giraffes have beautiful spotted coats. While no two individuals have exactly the same pattern, giraffes from the same area appear similar.
  • Giraffes eat most of the time and, like cows, regurgitate food and chew it as cud. A giraffe eats hundreds of pounds of leaves each week and must travel miles to find enough food.
  • Female giraffes give birth standing up. Their young endure a rather rude welcome into the world by falling more than 5 feet (1.5 meters) to the ground at birth
  • Giraffes have beautiful spotted coats. While no two individuals have exactly the same pattern, giraffes from the same area appear similar.
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    Amanda Vignali
shannon morgan

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  • The koala is one of the few mammals (other than primates) that have fingerprints.
  • A baby koala is referred to as a joey and is hairless, blind, and earless.
  • The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula.
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      shannon morgan on 13 Mar 13
       
      A koala is not a bear, English speaking settlers from the 18th century called them Koala Bears because of the similiarity in appearance to bears. They actually come from the wombat family.
Lindsay Longo

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      Lindsay Longo on 13 Mar 13
       
      dolphins are one of the most intelligent animals, and have a playful attitude that made them very popular among humans
  • Dolphins are marine mammals closely related to whales and porpoises
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  • eating mostly fish and squid
Zach Bentley

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      Zach Bentley on 13 Mar 13
       
      Cool Fact: When a sloth is in danger, they can move at a higher speed than normal, but they burn up sp much energy doing so.
  • It had been thought that sloths were among the most somnolent animals, sleeping from 15 to 18 hours each day
  • Both names mean "leaf-eaters"; derived from Latin and Greek respectively
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  • The living sloths belong to one of two families, known as the Megalonychidae ("two-toed" sloths) and the Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths)
Caroline Carty

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      Caroline Carty on 13 Mar 13
       
      There are only 1600 pandas in the wild as of 2004. That is such a small number!
  • That the panda cub is 1/900th the size of its mother
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  • The giant panda is perhaps the most powerful symbol in the world when it comes to species conservation.
Dennis Scharff

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  • The two species of lizard within the genus Iguana possess a dewlap, a row of spines running down their backs to their tails, and a third "eye" on their heads
    • Dennis Scharff
      Dennis Scharff on 13 Mar 13
       
      Never realized that iguanas had a photoreceptive third eye on their heads
  • Iguana is a genus of herbivorous lizards native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, several islands in Polynesia such as Fiji and Tonga, and the Caribbean
  • The word "iguana" is derived from a Spanish form of the original Taino name for the species, iwana.
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