With its fascinating coloring and delicate curling arms, the blue-ringed octopus may be a beautiful creature, but this small cephalopod is also deadly.
Sep 7th, 2008 | 54 comments | 17,481 Views
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Animal Guide: Blue-Ringed Octopus
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Animal Guide: Harpy Eagle
When in pursuit of a meal, harpy eagles can reach speeds of up to 50 miles per hour. This powerful hunter only eats freshly caught meat, and it brings its catch back to the nest to share with its mate and offspring.
Jul 30th, 2008 | 13 comments | 7,879 Views
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Animal Guide: Canadian Lynx
Canadian lynx are specially adapted to endure cold weather. In addition to a thick winter coat, the lynx has wide, padded, furry paws that work like snowshoes.
Jul 28th, 2008 | 13 comments | 4,221 Views
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Animal Guide: Husky
Huskies were initially bred by nomadic Inuit peoples of the Arctic who needed a strong and hardy dog to help pull sleds many miles in tough conditions.
Jul 28th, 2008 | 6 comments | 3,389 Views
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Animal Guide: Red Deer
Red deer are social animals that spend most of their lives in male or female herds. The two sexes come together only during the annual mating season. Each spring, young are born.
Jul 28th, 2008 | 2 comments | 4,260 Views
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Animal Guide: Cuttlefish
Cuttlefish, along with octopuses and squid, are cephalopods — animals from an ancient branch of the tree of life that have been trolling the oceans for more than 500 million years.
Jul 20th, 2008 | 2 comments | 4,526 Views
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Animal Guide: Honeybee
Like ants and termites, common honeybees, which are black with characteristic orange-yellow rings on the abdomen, are social and cooperative insects.
Jun 9th, 2008 | 6 comments | 4,327 Views
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Animal Guide: Gray Wolf
Gray wolves are considered a "keystone" species -- one with a dramatic effect on its environment. For example, the recent reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park has led to the recovery of the entire ecosystem, from vegetation to beavers to hawks and eagles.
Jun 9th, 2008 | 1 comment | 8,162 Views
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Animal Guide: Cape Griffon Vulture
Like other vultures, the Cape Griffon does not kill its prey, but rather feeds preferentially on the soft tissue and bone fragments of dead animals -- usually nothing smaller than an antelope -- that they find solely by sight.
Jun 9th, 2008 | 0 comments | 3,116 Views
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