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A warak ngendog figure, in the collection of the Great Mosque of Central Java. Warak ngendog (egg laying bird) is a mythical creature resembling a rhinoceros carrying eggs on its back.
This is a list of countries that have officially designated one or more animals as their national animals. Most species in the list are officially designated.
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia (/ ˌ æ n ɪ ˈ m eɪ l i ə / [4]).With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, have myocytes and are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development.
In 2001, scientists at Texas A&M University created the first cloned cat, CC (). [8] Even though CC is an exact copy of her host, they had different personalities; i.e., CC was shy and timid, while her host was playful and curious.
Crepuscular, a classification of animals that are active primarily during twilight, making them similar to nocturnal animals.; Diurnality, plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day and sleeping at night.
The English word beaver comes from the Old English word beofor or befor and is connected to the German word biber and the Dutch word bever.The ultimate origin of the word is an Indo-European root for ' brown '. [2]
Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae.Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related.
The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf, is a species of canine native to North America.It is smaller than its close relative, the gray wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf.