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discoverwildlife.com > animal-facts > tallest-animals-world

Taller than a double-decker bus or longer than a lorry: Discover 10 tallest animals on the planet

1+ day, 38+ min ago   (505+ words) Meet the animal kingdom’s true giants – record-breakers in height on land and in the sea Defining “tallest” gets complicated when you leave dry land. While animals like giraffes and elephants are measured by how high they stand, marine species such…...

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discoverwildlife.com > animal-facts > marine-animals > johnsons-abyssal-seadevil-guide

It has gaping cavernous mouths crammed with sharp teeth and one of the wildest mating strategies in the animal kingdom

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (907+ words) These deep-sea fish are known for their iconic lure which tempts prey close to their ferocious mouths so they can trap them in a cage of terrifying teeth This creature goes by several different names: Johnson’s abyssal seadevil, humpback anglerfish…...

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discoverwildlife.com > animal-facts > mammals > raccoons-making-balls

"Awww! Look how cute! They made a little ball!" Scientists view rare example of wild animals making objects simply for a fun kickabout

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (538+ words) Wild pygmy raccoons have been filmed making and playing with pint-sized, papier-mâché footballs. The entrancing behaviour may be a rare example of wild animals making objects simply for fun. Pygmy raccoons (Procyon pygmaeus) are found only on the Mexican island…...

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discoverwildlife.com > animal-facts > deadliest-animals-in-andes

"He was seen convulsing at the surface??? before sinking out of sight???" 10 most dangerous, deadliest animals in the Andes, including one that causes 10,000 deaths a year

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1326+ words) The world’s longest mountain range stretches nearly 9000km along South America’s west coast, through seven countries from Venezuela in the north to southern Argentina. Rising to 6967m above sea level, the Andes’ slopes are swathed in tropical forests, grasslands, semi-deserts and glaciers....

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discoverwildlife.com > animal-facts > fish > mantis-shrimp-burrows

It has superpowers, the fastest punch in the animal kingdom and and is very reluctant to leave its fortress burrow beneath the ocean floor

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (472+ words) Mantis shrimp spend most of their lives in their burrows, only leaving home to hunt and mate Brent Durand/ Getty Images Mantis shrimp may look like a hybrid of a praying mantis (at the front) and a shrimp (at the…...

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discoverwildlife.com > animal-facts > marine-animals > anemone-eats-fish

???We did not want to see this.??? Researchers stunned as predator hiding in plain sight suddenly strikes

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (227+ words) All was placid on the ocean floor, when this predator struck in a flash. Marine researchers know that anything can happen when exploring the underwater world – and that nature can be pretty brutal, both on land and in the ocean....

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discoverwildlife.com > animal-facts > birds > shoebill-facts

It clatters like a machine gun, has a deadly prehistoric-looking beak, can live for 25 years and can grow up to a whopping 1.5m tall with a wingspan of 2.6m | Discover Wildlife

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (805+ words) This bird can can stand still as a statue for hours, will stare you out and cruelly kill its sibling using its huge, razor-sharp bill This odd-looking bird is a charismatic giant that can live up to 25 years in the…...

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discoverwildlife.com > animal-facts > deadliest-animals-colorado

???The victim's muscles go rigid, abdomen, chest and back cramp, then cardiovascular collapse can follow.??? 8 most dangerous, deadliest animals in Colorado

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (1156+ words) Sprawling for a whopping 3.5 million acres of wilderness, the state of Colorado includes habitats ranging from sprawling forests to semi-arid shrublands, and alpine tundra to lowland plains. While most of the species one might encounter in Colorado, even in the…...

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discoverwildlife.com > animal-facts > reptiles > monitor-lizard-guide

It can count to six, recognise faces, reproduce without a male, kill prey much larger than itself??? and has a nasty, venomous bite

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (743+ words) From Komodo dragons to Nile monitors, here's everything you need to know about the monitor lizard genus The monitor lizard is not a single species but an entire genus – Varanus – encompassing more than 80 species that together represent one of nature’s…...

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discoverwildlife.com > animal-facts > animals-that-have-no-predators

"Even amongst their fellow apex predators, they are still top of the food chain???" 7 animals so formidable they have virtually no predators

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (778+ words) While most animals that have no predators are what we call ‘apex predators’, meaning they are right at the top of the food chain, this is not always the case. Sometimes, herbivores grow so large that they become invulnerable to…...