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The maximum penalty for animal cruelty is a $50,000 fine and a five-year prison sentence. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] In addition to restrictions on human interactions with quokkas, they have been tested to be potentially harmful to humans with their high salmonella infection rates, especially in the summer heat.
Females provide only for their own cubs rather than assist each other, and males display no paternal care. Spotted hyena society is matriarchal; females are larger than males, and dominate them. [13] The spotted hyena is a highly successful animal, being the most common large carnivore in Africa.
It is speculated that the transient masculinization either reduces sexual harassment of juvenile females by adult males, or reduces aggression from territorial females. [15] While females of other mammal species (such as the spotted hyena) have a pseudo-penis, [21] no other is known to diminish in size as the animal grows. [20]
Watch the video below to see an enthusiastic soccer-playing elk. A California bear with a hankering for healthy snacks pulled off a daring heist at a La Cañada Flintridge family's garage.
A pika (/ ˈ p aɪ k ə / PY-kə, [3] or / ˈ p iː k ə / PEE-kə) [4] is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative, the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears. [5]
A Salt Lake City zoo has welcomed the world’s deadliest cat, which apparently is also the cutest. On Dec. 28, Utah’s Hogle Zoo announced the arrival of its newest resident: Gaia, an 8-month ...
Slow lorises have a toxic bite, a trait rare among mammals and unique among the primates. [7] The toxin is obtained by licking a sweat gland on their arm, and the secretion is activated by mixing with saliva. Their toxic bite, once thought to be primarily a deterrent to predators, has been discovered to be primarily used in disputes within the ...
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