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The Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox

27 July, 2021
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Daily Critter Facts, Flying Mammal Facts

The giant golden-crowned flying fox, aka golden-capped fruit bat or giant fruit bat, hails from the Philippines. These big critters like mature, primary and secondary

The Beautiful, Spiral-Horned Nyala

26 July, 2021
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Ungulate Facts

The nyala is a species of antelope that can be found in thick lowland woodlands, thickets, and green river country in the Lower Shire Valley in Malawi all the way through

The Slender-Snouted Crocodile

23 July, 2021
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Daily Critter Facts, Crocodilian Facts, Reptile Facts

The slender-snouted crocodile is a medium sized croc species that is native to the freshwater lakes of Lake Tanganyika and Lake Mweru in the southeast to the Gambia River in the west

The Galápagos Hawk

21 July, 2021
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Daily Critter Facts, Bird Facts, Predatory Bird Facts

The Galápagos hawk is native to, you guessed it, the Galápagos islands. These large raptors are quite fearless, even around humans. Their preferred habitats are shrublands, shoreline, dry tropical forests, mountain tops, and even bare lava-fields. These hawks do not migrate seasonally. With just over 330 birds left in the […]

The Siberian Polecat

20 July, 2021
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts

The Siberian polecat, aka steppe polecat, masked polecat, or Eversmann’s polecat, looks just like a pet ferret. However, these critters are not friendly towards people… quite the

The Amazing Wallace’s Flying Frog

19 July, 2021
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Daily Critter Facts, Amphibian Facts, Frog Facts

The Wallace’s flying frog, aka abah river flying frog or parachuting frog, can be found in tropical rainforests of southeastern Asia, Malaysia, and Borneo. Contrary to their name, these

The Eurasian Lynx

16 July, 2021
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Daily Critter Facts, Feline Facts, Land Mammal Facts

After brown bears and wolves, the Eurasian lynx  is the 3rd largest carnivore in Europe. You can find these beautiful kitties from the western parts of Europe, through Russia and into

The Bountiful Zooplankton

15 July, 2021
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Daily Critter Facts, Fish Facts

Found in oceans, lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams the world over, zooplankton are tiny, living creatures that are a type of plankton. There are literally hundreds of thousands of

The Geoffroy’s Cat

14 July, 2021
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Daily Critter Facts, Feline Facts, Land Mammal Facts

The Geoffroy’s cat, aka Gato Montes (cat of the mountains) or Geoffroy’s ocelot, is a secretive hunter that can be found near rivers equipped with thick vegetation, woodlands, marshes

The Andean Fox

13 July, 2021
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Daily Critter Facts, Canine Facts, Land Mammal Facts

The Andean fox, aka zorro culpeo, or more famously culpeo, is native to South America. In fact, they are the 2nd largest native canid in South America. The maned wolf is #1

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