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Con Paca
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Con Paca

Paca is a large rodent, living in a tropical rainforest, and has the scientific name of Agouti paca. They often live near water, preferring to live on the banks of small…

December 16, 2018
Pigs are really very stupid?
Animal world

Pigs are really very stupid?

In many places, pigs are thought to be silly animals, eat full and lie down, very stupid. Actually, this is not. In many cases, smart pigs as well as dogs that humans co…

December 16, 2018
Saiga antelope
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Saiga antelope

The scientific name is Saiga tatarica, many in Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Kalmykia region (Russia). Saiga antelopes belong to herbivores, they choose to eat on a hundred d…

December 16, 2018
Baboons also find friends to share
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Baboons also find friends to share

Researchers have observed more than 80 different monkeys over 14 years at the Okavango Delta in Botswana. The result provided the first evidence that some animals mourne…

December 16, 2018
Lazy King - Lazy to grow moss
Animal world

Lazy King - Lazy to grow moss

In the animal world, perhaps the Bradypus tridactylus is the largest but most lazy animal, so it is given an ugly name:

December 16, 2018
Housewife Toad
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Housewife Toad

It's a kind of toad carrying lots of eggs on people who look like housewives wearing a white apron. But the story

December 16, 2018
Falling bird Fratercula arctica
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Falling bird Fratercula arctica

The ancient retractable albatross has a scientific name, Fratercula arctica. This is one of the Atlantic seabirds that has many strange characteristics, which mainly liv…

December 16, 2018
Malay tapirs
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Malay tapirs

Malay tapirs, scientific name Tapirus indicus, often live alone, rarely seeing them in pairs. This tapir likes to live in dense areas and near water. Although their bodi…

December 16, 2018
Chinchilla mouse
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Chinchilla mouse

Chinchilla mice are rodents with the scientific name Abrrocoma cinerea. This animal has the shape of a mouse, has the same fur as the fur of Chinchilla squirrel. It is b…

December 16, 2018
Dog fish Esox lucius
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Dog fish Esox lucius

The scientific name is Esox lucius, a type of ferocious fish that likes to live in low-flow water, along river banks, with lakes and trees. Dogfish is one of the most ad…

December 16, 2018
Discover the mystery of deer horns
Animal world

Discover the mystery of deer horns

Stem cells play an important role in deer's special ability to re-grow new horns, according to a study by the Royal Veterinary University of England. Experts hope this p…

December 16, 2018
Hard rabbit
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Hard rabbit

Ochotona Princeps rabbits live in large flocks, alienating people. They live in high mountain areas, usually at an altitude of 2,500 - 4,000 m. The rabbits are stubborn…

December 16, 2018
Fish language
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Fish language

How do fish species interact with each other? Do they have language? Through research, scientists have said that most fish are available

December 16, 2018
Why is buffalo chewing?
Animal world

Why is buffalo chewing?

The buffalo phenomenon always chews even though there is no food in the mouth that is a digestive phenomenon especially in cattle and it is called the ruminant. Unlike o…

December 16, 2018