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The Stellar sea lion, aka Stellar’s sea lion or northern sea lion, is a large sea lion species that can be found from northwestern U.S., western Canada, on over to east Asia and Japan. As pinnipeds go, only the walrus and the 2 elephant seal species outsize them. These sea […]

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If you live or have lived in the southwestern United States, you may have seen a very large black beetle, at night, called the palo verde beetle. These are among the largest insects in North America. The giant walking stick insect is #1. In case you were wondering. And if […]

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Winning the title for the world’s largest (in diameter) spider it’s the huntsman spider! These critters are fast as a whip and outsize the Goliath bird eating tarantula for largest spider. The Goliath is heavier and huskier but the huntsman is larger in diameter and thinner. They are venomous but […]

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Being second isn’t always bad. Especially when you’re the second largest bird in the world, next to the ostrich! The emu is a flightless bird, but don’t let that fool you. They are far from defenseless. They descend from the dinosaur era, so they know how to survive. They are […]

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