Critter Science

The Diminutive and Abundant Brine Shrimp

1 December, 2022
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Brine shrimp can be found in the salt ponds south of San Francisco, the Caspian Sea, and also in places where saltwater naturally evaporates along the Californian coastline. There are also various types

The Black-Thighed Falconet

30 November, 2022
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The black-thighed falconet can be found throughout Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. They prefer forests, forest edges, and wooded open areas. Their

The Spotted Garden Eel

29 November, 2022
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The spotted garden eel dwells in shallower water, up to 150 feet deep. They can be found off the coasts of northwestern Australia, the Indo-Pacific, the Red Sea, and East Africa. These critters prefer sandy

The Loggerhead Shrike

28 November, 2022
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The loggerhead shrike, aka butcherbird, hails from Canada, United States, and Mexico. These are medium sized song birds with a dark secret. Hey, we all have skeletons in our closet. They may be commonly called

The Pacific Sleeper Shark

25 November, 2022
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The Pacific sleeper shark can be found in the temperate, northern Pacific Ocean at depths of up to 6,600 feet! However, they can also be found in the South Pacific and in Australasian waters as well

The Elephant Trunk Snake

23 November, 2022
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The elephant trunk snake, aka trunk snake or Javan file snake, is a nonvenomous, freshwater and brackish water snake that can be found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. They can be

The Western Jackdaw

22 November, 2022
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The western jackdaw, aka jackdaw, European jackdaw, or Eurasian jackdaw, can be found throughout Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. They prefer cultivated land, pastures, coastal cliffs, wooded steppes

The Sumatran Orangutan

21 November, 2022
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The Sumatran orangutan, aka Sumatran orang-utan, hails from the lowland tropical forests, mangrove forests, riparian forests, and swamp forests of Sumatra, in Indonesia. Orangutans are the only

The Linnaeus’s Two-Toed Sloth

18 November, 2022
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The Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, aka southern two-toed sloth, Linné’s two-toed sloth, or Unau, can be found, with a little searching, in southern Central America on down into northern South America and even

The Eurasian Sparrowhawk

17 November, 2022
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The Eurasian sparrowhawk, aka northern sparrowhawk or just sparrowhawk, can be found throughout Europe, Asia, and into Africa. They can dwell amongst a variety of woodland types; open countrysides