Filthy, Flying, Chinese Street Cats!
Category: china
After a recent heat wave in China's Sichuan province, local cats sprouted strange appendages resembling wings...
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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: china
After a recent heat wave in China's Sichuan province, local cats sprouted strange appendages resembling wings...
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Category: indonesia
Wildlife officials from Southeast Asia met in Cisarua, Indonesia this week to discuss cross-border animal smuggling. Chief among their concerns was the rapid growth in pangolin trafficking. Scaled mammals with long, sticky, extendable tongues (up to 16"), Pangolins were once...
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