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eastern fox snake

The Eastern Fox Snake

  • 12 August, 2022
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Daily Critter Facts, Reptile Facts, Snake Facts

The eastern fox snake can be found around the northeastern portion of Canada and the United States, near the Great Lakes region. They prefer to dwell in forest edges, prairies,

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Tawny owl

The Tawny Owl

  • 11 August, 2022
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Bird Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Predatory Bird Facts

The Tawny owl, aka brown owl, can be found throughout the bulk of Europe, portions of Asia, and also north Africa. They prefer temperate coniferous forests, deciduous forests, riverine forests

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red-knee tarantula

The Red-Knee Tarantula

  • 10 August, 2022
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The red-knee tarantula, aka Mexican red-knee tarantula, hails from the Mexican state of Guerrero, on the Pacific side of Mexico. They prefer hilly, deciduous, tropical forests. These tarantulas are

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timber rattlesnake

The Timber Rattlesnake

  • 9 August, 2022
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The timber rattlesnake can be found from southern Minnesota and even southern New Hampshire, down south to northern Florida and eastern Texas, in the United States. They prefer deciduous

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coral reefs

The Coral Reefs

  • 8 August, 2022
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Coral reefs support up to 25% of all marine life on the planet. Corals are animals, not plants, even though they are rooted to the ocean floor or rocks. Many people think of corals as plants

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banana bat

The Banana Bat

  • 5 August, 2022
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Daily Critter Facts, Flying Mammal Facts

The banana bat, aka trumpet-nosed bat or Colima long-nosed bat, hails from the states of Colima, Michoacán, and Guerrero, in Mexico. They prefer subtropical or tropical dry shrublands

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immortal jellyfish

The Immortal Jellyfish

  • 4 August, 2022
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The immortal jellyfish can be found throughout the world’s oceans. They can tolerate temperate to tropical waters. They are 1 of the few known animals that are able to completely revert

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corn snake

The Corn Snake

  • 3 August, 2022
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Daily Critter Facts, Reptile Facts, Snake Facts

The corn snake can be found throughout the southeastern United States on up to New Jersey and out west to Utah. They prefer overgrown fields, forest openings, palmetto flatwoods, trees, and

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ferruginous hawk

The Ferruginous Hawk

  • 2 August, 2022
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Bird Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Predatory Bird Facts

The ferruginous hawk, aka ferrugineous rough-leg, can be found throughout the western half of Canada and the United States and on down throughout Mexico. These are the largest buteo (not true hawk,

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bald uakari

The Bald Uakari

  • 1 August, 2022
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Primate Facts

The bald uakari (pronounced “wakari”), aka bald-headed uakari, scarlet fever uakari, or red uakari, hails from the Amazonian region of western Brazil, southern Colombia, and eastern Peru

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