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addax

The Addax

  • 1 February, 2024
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Ungulate Facts

The addax, aka screwhorn antelope or white antelope, hails from Africa; more explicitly in Chad, Maritania, Niger, and Mali. These once prolific antelopes have been reduced to a mere fraction of their original populations. It is

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Karpathos frog

The Karpathos Frog

  • 31 January, 2024
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Amphibian Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Frog Facts

The Karpathos frog belongs to the Ranidae (true frog) family. They can only be found on the island of Karpathos, in the South Aegean Sea, in Greece. They prefer rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent

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painted turtle

The Painted Turtle

  • 30 January, 2024
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Daily Critter Facts, Reptile Facts, Turtle Facts

The painted turtle is the only North American aquatic turtle species that can be found throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico. They extend from the west coast to the east coast of all 3 countries. Even though they

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Andean flamingo

The Andean Flamingo

  • 29 January, 2024
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Bird Facts, Daily Critter Facts

The Andean flamingo can be found in the Andean Mountains in South America, which includes northwestern Argentina, northern-central Chile, southern Peru, and western Bolivia. They prefer highland salt lakes with light vegetation.

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red-crowned roofed turtle

The Red-Crowned Roofed Turtle

  • 26 January, 2024
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The red-crowned roofed turtle, aka Bengal roof turtle, hails from northeast India and Nepal. They prefer deeper flowing freshwater river habitats. Due to habitat segregation at the hands of dam constructions; harvesting

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weevil

The Weevil

  • 25 January, 2024
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Arthropod Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Insect Facts

The weevil can be found on every continent sans Antarctica. The majority of weevils are considered pests as they can destroy crops. Weevils are listed anywhere from Data Deficient to Critically Endangered by the IUCN. These

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amur falcon

The Amur Falcon

  • 24 January, 2024
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Bird Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Predatory Bird Facts

The amur falcon can be found in southern and eastern Asia and wintering in eastern Africa. They prefer open forests and grasslands while not breeding, and open wooded countrysides with marshlands during the breeding

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sand cat

The Sand Cat

  • 23 January, 2024
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Daily Critter Facts, Feline Facts, Land Mammal Facts

The sand cat, aka Sahara cat or sand dune cat, can be found throughout northern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and southwest & central Asia. They prefer stony, arid, and sandy desert biomes with little vegetation or water. Even

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Northern Pacific rattlesnake

The Northern Pacific Rattlesnake

  • 22 January, 2024
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Daily Critter Facts, Reptile Facts, Snake Facts

The Northern Pacific rattlesnake, aka western rattlesnake, can be found from Canada, through the western United States, and into Mexico. They prefer brush habitats, grasslands, prairies, and sometimes woods, forests – along streams, rocky

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plateau pika

The Plateau Pika

  • 19 January, 2024
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Daily Critter Facts, Lagomorph Facts, Land Mammal Facts

The plateau pika, aka black-lipped pika, hails from the Tibetan Plateau in China, India, and Nepal. They prefer to dwell in higher elevations of up to 16,400 feet. Their preferred habitats are alpine deserts, steppes, meadows,

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