r/Awwducational • u/MistWeaver80 • Sep 25 '24

Not yet verified Buff-cheeked gibbons have extensive parental investment by both parents. Females necessarily provide nutrition through nursing the young, but both parents may groom, carry, and protect the immature gibbons. The young stay with the parents for 6 to 8 years after birth.

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r/Awwducational • u/lnfinity • Sep 25 '24

Verified Bees dance to communicate the direction and distance to patches of flowers

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r/Awwducational • u/SunCloud-777 • Sep 22 '24

Verified This shaggy-looking bear, the Mazaalai, is a subspecies of brown bear that lives in the harsh Gobi Desert in Mongolia. The Gobi bear has extra thick underfur & guard hair for insolation as it's unable to burrow during winter. It is considered rare, as there are only 31 bears that exist in the world.

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r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • Sep 21 '24

Verified The torrent duck is highly adapted for hunting within the fast-flowing rivers of the Andes — it kicks with powerful webbed feet, its long claws cling to slippery rocks, and its sleek body allows it to scale waterfalls. Even chicks, soon after hatching, plunge into the dangerous currents.

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r/Awwducational • u/niluphel • Sep 21 '24

Verified Pygmy hippos mark their well-established trails by vigorously wagging their tails while defecating, spreading feces to mark their paths through the rainforest

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r/Awwducational • u/ExoticShock • Sep 20 '24

Article A White Buffalo Calf is considered the most sacred living thing by many American Indian communities such as The Sioux, Cherokee, Navajo, Lakota, & Dakota People. The calf is a sign to begin life's sacred loop and is connected to the story of Ptesan Wi, AKA The White Buffalo Calf Woman.

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r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • Sep 19 '24

Verified The riverine rabbit is among the rarest rabbit species in the world. Considered 'critically endangered', only around 250 individuals survive in a few areas of the Karoo Desert in South Africa — where they typically live along seasonal rivers.

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r/Awwducational • u/MistWeaver80 • Sep 19 '24

Verified Pallas cats are small felines, about the size of domestic cats but appear heavier due to their long, fluffy fur coats. They may be poor runners. Photo credit: Sondra Eriksen Hensema

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r/Awwducational • u/Blissful_Canine • Sep 18 '24

Verified While now restricted to a small range in indias Gir forest, the asiatic lion once had a larger broader range. Stretching across the coastal forests of northern Africa, northern Greece and other parts of southeastern Europe, to south-west Asia and eastern India.

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r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • Sep 16 '24

Verified The Mexican mole lizard digs intricate tunnels that run below the surface of the soil. To regulate its body temperature, the mole lizard moves to tunnels at different depths — it spends cooler mornings near the surface and as the day heats up, it moves deeper and deeper below ground.

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r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • Sep 13 '24

Verified Often described as ghostly, the elusive Japanese serow lives in the wooded mountains of central and southern Japan. Typically solitary, it stands on rocky outcrops, staring down at the landscape, for extended periods — likely watching for predators or rivals. It can be active both day and night.

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r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • Sep 10 '24

Verified The willie wagtail is aggressively territorial. It's known to harass much larger birds (including eagles), venomous snakes, and humans that wander too close to its nest. Before an assault, it flares its white "eyebrows", making it look especially enraged.

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r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • Sep 05 '24

Verified While the spotted owlet is nocturnal, it can sometimes be seen during the day — it will bob its head and stare intensely at anyone who bothers it. This owlet can be located by watching for the small birds that often mob it or — during dusk and dawn — by the owlet's “chirurr-chirurr-chirurr” chuckle.

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r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • Sep 03 '24

Verified The Chinese softshell turtle uses its tubelike nostrils to "snorkel" while staying submerged beneath the water. Most turtles urinate through their cloacas, but to avoid losing water, the Chinese softshell can secrete urea from its mouth — essentially peeing via its mouth.

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r/Awwducational • u/Apprehensive-Ad6212 • Sep 02 '24

Article Parents of the year: Scavenging raptors demonstrate high level of collaboration in raising chicks

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Chimango Caracara in Central Argentina Both parents take responsibility brooding over eggs and hunting for prey.

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r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • Aug 31 '24

Mod Pick During mating season, male red salamanders are not aggressive towards each other. In fact, they actually court one another — this likely isn't a case of mistaken sex, but an attempt to trick rival males into wasting their sperm packets (spermatophores).

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r/Awwducational • u/ExoticShock • Aug 28 '24

Verified The Galápagos Penguin is one of the smallest penguins in the world and is the most northerly occurring penguin species, nesting entirely in the tropics. As there is no soft peat in which to burrow on The Galápagos Islands, they instead live in caves and crevices in the coastal lava.

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r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • Aug 28 '24

Verified The speckled mousebird hangs belly to belly with others in its flock to keep warm while sleeping. After a meal — of toxic plants, clay, dirt, and peddles — a mousebird may hang upside down, exposing the black skin of its belly to the sun in order to warm up and aid digestion.

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r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • Aug 25 '24

Verified Endemic to the Galápagos Islands, the flightless cormorant is the only cormorant that cannot fly. Instead, it is adapted to hunting in water — with larger, more powerful webbed feet, and insulating fur-like feathers. It still spends much time drying after a dive, spreading its tiny wings in the sun.

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r/Awwducational • u/ExoticShock • Aug 23 '24

Verified The Sumatran Short-Eared Rabbit is a rare species found at 600 to 1600 metres in the Barisan Mountains of western Sumatra, Indonesia, and surrounding areas. The local people do not have a name for it as they were not aware it even existed due to being so rare, nocturnal & living in remote forests.

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r/Awwducational • u/SixteenSeveredHands • Aug 23 '24

Verified Green Shell Semi-Slug (Ibycus rachelae): this species has a habit of resting with its tail curled around its body, like a sleeping cat

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r/Awwducational • u/SixteenSeveredHands • Aug 22 '24

Verified Brenthia Moths: these moths can mimic the appearance and behavior of a jumping spider so convincingly that actual jumping spiders will sometimes attempt to court them

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r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • Aug 20 '24

Verified A male Visayan warty pig can become four times larger than a female. During mating season, the male uses his tusks for combat and three pairs of warty growths on his face for defence — he also grows a 23 cm (9 in) long mane to attract females. The species is only found on two Philippine islands.

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r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • Aug 17 '24

Verified A sea pen may look like an underwater quill, but it's actually a colony of individual polyps — one polyp becomes the stalk of the sea pen and the bulb that attaches it to the sea floor, while the rest form feathery branches. Some sea pens have only a few polyps, while others have as many as 35,000.

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r/Awwducational • u/ExoticShock • Aug 16 '24

Verified Red Fox cubs are born blind & deaf at about 100g with dark gray fur that changes to brown in the first 2 weeks as their ears & blue eyes open. At 1 month, their red fur starts to come through & their eyes turn to an amber color. By 6 to 8 weeks their fur fades to red & their muzzle turns white.

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