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The dromedary camel, aka dromedary, Arabian camel, or one-humped camel, is a semi-domesticated species that has been extinct from the wild for over 2,000 years. These camels have a single hump on their back. They are the tallest of the 3 camel species. Due to being domesticated for so long, […]

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The yak is a close relative of the water buffalo and the American bison. These lumbering beasts inhabit the alpine meadows and steppes of the Tibetan Plateau in the Himalayas. They can be found at altitudes of up to 20,000 feet! Yaks are the only wild and domestic mammal to […]

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Water buffalo originally hail from southern Asia. Various species of these bovines have been distributed all over the world. Their wild numbers are bleak though and declining. Wild water buffalo range from Endangered to Critically Endangered by the IUCN. They spend a majority of their day wallowing in muddy water […]

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Since around 10,000 – 14,000 B.C., the goat has been a commonly kept animal. They can be found all over the world, sans Antarctica. Goats have had a long standing value as milk and meat providers. Goats were once traded and used as a type of currency. These critters still […]

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From their big brown eyes, to their famous udders, to the chewing of their cud; it’s the domestic cow. Cows are not just for meat and dairy products you get at the grocery store. In India, they are beloved, revered, and worshiped. There is an approximated 1.4 billion cattle and […]

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Slowly lumbering its way into today’s article is the eland. The eland is the largest and slowest antelope. You can find these beasts on the open plains, sub-desert, savanna, and woodlands of Africa. Elands have reproduced in captivity but the chances of the calf surviving is usually very low. Often […]

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Echidnas, also known as spiny anteaters, are very interesting critters. They are similar to the platypus, as far as being odd. They hail from Australia, Tasmania, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Echidnas are mammals but they also lay eggs. The echidna has spines like a porcupine, a beak like a […]

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