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Hairless Racoon
In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.
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.
Category: arctic
235 identical species thrive in the waters around the North and South Poles, despite the distance 11,000 kilometers between them.
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Category: arctic
Some very cool BBC vids of arctic wolves getting pestered by snowy owls, then doing some pestering of their own. Both videos are below the fold because, unfortunately, we can't seem to prevent them from both running automatically and don't...
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Category: antarctica
The Antarctic Benthic Deep-Sea Biodiversity Project (ANDEEP) has been working on an unprecedented project to document marine life near the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean. 80% of the isopods identified are entirely new species. Another species, foraminifera, single celled organisms...
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Category: arctic
In a sad follow up to the story posted this morning, Hope, the bearded seal who swam all the way from the Arctic to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, died at Sea World this afternoon. Scientists do not yet know his exact...
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