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In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.

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Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.

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Read the super-informative "Interview with the Bleiman Brothers" here.

March 30, 2007

Why Can’t I Turn Away…?

Category: hamster

Not bizarre. Very normal. Happens tens of thousands of times everyday, I'm sure. Can't stop watching...Mesocricetus auratus...

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Human-Sheep Hybrid Created

Category: human

To baaa or not to baaa?Professor Esmail Zanjani from the University of Nevada unveiled a genetically engineered sheep- well, technically a sheep, we think -that has 15 percent human cells and 85 percent sheep cells this past week. Zanjani injects...

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March 29, 2007

Bizarre Beasts at the Pittsburgh Museum of Natural History

Category: shark

This is exhibit is right up our alley. For the next few months, the Pittsburgh Museum of Natural History is displaying strange prehistoric critters as part of its "Bizarre Beasts" series. Descriptions provided by the Museum.Helicoprion A coil of teeth...

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March 28, 2007

Over Half of Male Marmosets Carry Brother,Aeos Sperm

Category: monkey

Gandalf of the Marmosets, Emperor Marmoset, Saguinus imperatorAnimals that carry cells from another individual, most often a fraternal twin (non-identical), are known as chimeras. Aside from marmosets, chimeras have been discovered in humans, cats and cows. Considered a rare fluke...

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March 27, 2007

Monster Toad Captured!

Category: australia

"This bounty hunter is my kind of scum: fearless and inventive." Cane toad, Bufo marinusThe environmental group, Frogwatch, caught one of the largest specimens of toad ever discovered in Darwin, Australia on Tuesday. The apprehended toad is the size of...

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March 26, 2007

Panda Poop to the Future!

Category: panda

Have a diet rich in fiber? Eating bamboo all day, everyday, means pandas most certainly do. Now, researchers at a giant panda reserve in southern China are looking for paper mills to process their panda's fiber rich poo! The center's...

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March 24, 2007

"Toygers" to Be Recognized as Purebreed

Category: cat

Registered as an official cat breed by the International Cat Association since 1993, toygers will be fully recognized as a purebreed this May, 2007. Toygers display many of the same characteristics as their distant cousins, Bengal tigers, including the trademark...

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March 23, 2007

"Holy Grail" of Peruvian Ornithology Seen in the Wild for First Time

Category: endangered species

One of the world's smallest and rarest owls was seen for the first time in the wild. The American Bird Conservancy announced the discovery Thursday by a group of researchers monitoring Peru's northern jungle. The owl, called an "owlet" due...

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March 22, 2007

New Zealand Scientists May Microwave Colossal Squid

Category: new zealand

Fisherman hauled the world's largest squid ever caught out of the icy Antarctic waters last month. Since then, it has been kept on ice while scientists ponder how to prepare it for permanent display at the University of New Zealand....

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March 21, 2007

Jellyfish: The Revenge

Category: swimming

We're going to need a bigger boat, Lion's Mane Jellyfish, cyanea capillataA swarm of large, stinging jellyfish attacked female swimmers in the World Swimming Championships off of St. Kilda Beach in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday. Winds blew the jellies, most likely...

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