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Kunekune Pigs
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: ejaculation
According to a paper to be released in the September issue of the journal "American Naturalist", the number of sperm a male ejaculates may be correlated to his attractiveness as measured by the females in the population. The idea came...
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Category: bird
Bird gets freaky with a puppet.
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Category: fish
Unique fish that crawl out onto the beach to spawn.
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Category: moose
Aptly named by whoever started this viral email... Hmmm...what's that moose up to? The images below the fold are morally reprehensible, even by moose standards....
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Category: mating
"Our goal is to show others what turns us on so that they can see the natural sexual ferocity of our feathered friends."
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Category: shark
In two tantalizing shark discoveries, scientists in Germany have learned that playing certain songs to sharks in aquariums increases their libidos. Meanwhile, a different group of scientists may have discovered the secret rendezvous spot where great white sharks go to...
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Category: australia
Mandarin Goby, Synchiropus splendidusResearchers from James Cook University in North Queensland, Australia have made a startling discovery: gobies intentionally deprive themselves of food to avoid conflict with their rulers. Goby society is lorded over by the largest males and females...
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Category: endangered species
A nearly extinct species of hummingbird has been captured on film for the first time demonstrating its spatula-crazed mating dance. The aptly named Marvelous Spatuletail lives in a single, isolated valley in northern Peru. There are only 350 - 1,000...
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