The llama is the most well-known South American domestic camelid.
August 24, 2014
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Category Archives: Critters
August 22, 2014
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Eurasian Eagle-owl
The Eurasian eagle-owl is a type of horned owl that lives virtually everywhere on the Eurasian continent.
August 20, 2014
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Racka Sheep
Racka sheep are one of the iconic farm animals of Hungary.
August 18, 2014
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Eyelash Viper
The eyelash viper is a beautiful venomous snake from South America.
August 16, 2014
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Southern Night Monkey
The southern night monkey is really a nocturnal monkey from South America.
August 14, 2014
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Picture-Winged Flies
These are flies from the family Ulidiidae. It seems that people did not really bother to give all of them common names, but they are sometimes called picture-winged flies.
August 12, 2014
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Gelada
The Gelada, also known as the gelada baboon is an old world monkey from Ethiopia.
August 11, 2014
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Japanese Beetle
Japanese beetles are an invasive species in North America.
August 9, 2014
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L’Hoest’s Monkey
L’Hoest’s monkeys are fairly good looking as far as monkeys go.
August 6, 2014
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Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
The skunk cleaner shrimps are probably one of the best known types of shrimp that one can keep in a reef aquarium.
August 4, 2014
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Yellow-legged Zipper
The Yellow-legged zipper is a kind of spider that does not make a web but hunts for food on the ground.
August 1, 2014
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Black Locust Tree
The tree Robinia Pseudoacacia known in English as the black locust is native to the south eastern part of the the US. Nearly everywhere else it was introduced by humans.
July 30, 2014
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American Flamingos
American flamingos live in South America and various islands around it all the way up to Florida.
July 28, 2014
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Brazilian Agouti
Even though agouti is mostly known as a color variation for various animals there is an actual group of rodents known as agouti.
July 26, 2014
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Pygmy Hippopotamus
The pygmy hippopotamus looks a lot like like its full sized cousin.
July 24, 2014
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Hippopotamus
The most dangerous wild animal in Africa is surprisingly the mostly herbivorous hippopotamus.
July 21, 2014
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Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
The eastern cottontail rabbit is one of the most common rabbits in North America.
July 19, 2014
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Domestic Cats
Distributing pictures of domestic cats appears to be one of the most important justifications for the existence of the Internet. So I hereby contribute my share.
July 17, 2014
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Capybara
The capybara is the largest rodent in the world.
July 15, 2014
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Guinea Pig
Guinea pigs are just the cutest little things.