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  2. Sheathbill - Wikipedia

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    The sheathbills are a family of birds, Chionidae.Classified in the wader order Charadriiformes, the family consists of one genus, Chionis with two species. They breed on subantarctic islands and the Antarctic Peninsula, and the snowy sheathbill migrates to the Falkland Islands and coastal southern South America in the southern winter; they are the only bird family endemic as breeders to the ...

  3. 135 Interesting Facts for Kids and Adults to Blow Your Mind - AOL

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    Interesting Facts for Adults. 11. If you cut down a cactus in Arizona, it can result in a class 4 felony and up to 25 years in prison. ... Dogs can smell 100,000 times better than a human can. 133 ...

  4. Kleptoparasitism - Wikipedia

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    The strategy has been widely studied in birds; in four families, all seabirds, the Fregatidae, Chionididae, Stercoraridae, and Laridae, it occurs in more than a quarter of the species. [6] [4] Such a strategy should only be followed if it is evolutionarily stable, meaning that it offers a selective advantage to individuals that practise it ...

  5. Chitonidae - Wikipedia

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    This Chiton -related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  6. List of canids - Wikipedia

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    Canidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, dingoes, and many other extant and extinct dog-like mammals. A member of this family is called a canid; all extant species are a part of a single subfamily, Caninae, and are called canines. They are found on all continents ...

  7. Caniformia - Wikipedia

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    Caniformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "dog-like" carnivorans. They include dogs (wolves, foxes, etc.), bears, raccoons, and mustelids. [1] The Pinnipedia (seals, walruses and sea lions) are also assigned to this group. The center of diversification for the Caniformia is North America and northern Eurasia.

  8. Utah prairie dog - Wikipedia

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    Utah prairie dogs are a member of the latter of the two groups and the subgenus Leucrossuromys. Utah prairie dogs may have been part of the interbreeding species of white-tailed prairie dogs but their differences are a result of what is known as allopatric speciation – separation of a species by physiographic and ecological barriers. [5]

  9. 10 things you likely didn't know about dogs' tails - AOL

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    Dogs exhibiting the happy right variety are deemed approachable, while the lefty waggers are not. Number 4: Tail shaking is an acquired skill. Puppies begin to learn the ins and outs of it when ...