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  2. Drill (animal) - Wikipedia

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    The drill is a short-tailed monkey up to 70 cm (28 in) long, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacks the bright blue and red on the face of that species. It has high sexual dimorphism in weight, with males weighing up to 20 kg (44 lb) and females up to 12.5 kg (28 lb). [4] A close-up of face. The body is overall a dark grey-brown.

  3. Mandrillus - Wikipedia

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    Mandrillus leucophaeus occupy the area above the river in North western Cameroon and southwestern Nigeria up until the Cross River, and Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea) which lies off the coast. [ 18 ] [ 5 ] The mandrill occupies the area below the river line in Cameroon, Río Muni , Gabon and Congo. [ 18 ]

  4. Urosalpinx cinerea - Wikipedia

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    Urosalpinx cinerea, common name the eastern oyster drill, Atlantic oyster drill, or just oyster drill, is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murexes or rock snails.

  5. Lake ecosystem - Wikipedia

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    Inland from the littoral zone, one can also frequently identify a riparian zone which has plants still affected by the presence of the lake—this can include effects from windfalls, spring flooding, and winter ice damage. The production of the lake as a whole is the result of production from plants growing in the littoral zone, combined with ...

  6. River Monsters - Wikipedia

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    River Monsters is a British wildlife documentary television series produced for Animal Planet by Icon Films of Bristol, United Kingdom.It is hosted by angler and biologist Jeremy Wade, who travels around the globe in search of big and dangerous fish.

  7. Molluscivore - Wikipedia

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    A molluscivore is a carnivorous animal that specialises in feeding on molluscs such as gastropods, bivalves, brachiopods and cephalopods.Known molluscivores include numerous predatory (and often cannibalistic) molluscs, (e.g.octopuses, murexes, decollate snails and oyster drills), arthropods such as crabs and firefly larvae, and, vertebrates such as fish, birds and mammals. [1]

  8. Blue mussel - Wikipedia

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    Blue mussels are starting to decline in areas such as the Gulf of Maine. Historical references have shown a decrease of about 40 percent in the last fifty years. [ 20 ] This can cause a future problem because mussels are foundation species providing homes and protecting other small animals in the intertidal zone like small fish as well as ...

  9. Macrobrachium rosenbergii - Wikipedia

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    Macrobrachium rosenbergii, also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of palaemonid freshwater prawn. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the Indo-Pacific region, from India to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia . [ 3 ]