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The red mangrove crab, as you would imagine, dwells in and among mangroves. They are ecologically important as they bury and consume leaf litter. These crustaceans are not currently evaluated by the IUCN, but still face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial […]

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The mangrove snake, aka gold-ringed cat snake, hails from Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam. These snakes prefer lowland rainforests and mangrove forests, close to water. Even though they face the threat of habitat destruction, these snakes have a stable population and are listed as Least […]

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The pygmy 3-toed sloth, aka monk sloth or dwarf sloth, can only be found on Isla Escudo de Veraguas, a small island off the Caribbean coast of Panama. Since being separated from the mainland for around 9,000 years, these sloths have evolved into their own distinct genus. The unfortunate part […]

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The nurse shark has got to be 1 of the laziest sharks in the ocean. They can be found in the subtropical and tropical waters of the Western and Eastern Atlantic and Eastern Pacific oceans. These sharks prefer shallower water habitats, like reefs, sand flats, and mangrove-rich estuaries. Nurse sharks […]

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The Atlantic Goliath grouper, aka itajara or jawfish, is the largest known species of grouper and 1 of the largest of the known bony fish. In the west, they can be found in northeastern Florida, on south throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. They can also be […]

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They’re slow-moving, gentle grazers of sea grasses that mean no harm to anyone. The manatee, aka sea cow, is found in only a few locales in the world and there are only 3 known species of these docile creatures in the world today: the West Indian, the Amazonian, and the […]

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The mudskipper is a type of fish that is part of the fish family known as Periophthalmini, which is in the family Gobiidae (gobies). They are amphibious fish, which means that they can live in the water and on land. When on land they use their pectoral fins to walk […]

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