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Secretary Birds
This raptor stands at an average of 4ft 3in. They are mainly land-dwellers, like the turkey, and similarly, can fly when they choose. For diet, they enjoy snacking on snakes that they stomp on, though their main diet consists of more commonly found large insects and rodents. They live mainly in the grasslands and savannah of Africa. Named for their exquisite beauty, they flaunt a beautiful head of "hair", and a headdress of grey, black and white feathers. Their legs are a wonderful half-black and half-white, and their "makeup" consists of all-natural designer eyelashes. Their stunning adornments make for a beautiful and terrifying-when-angered bird.
Mandarin Ducks
The mandarin duck, Native to East Asia, is one of two ducks in the genus Aix, the other being wood ducks. Male mandarin ducks are recognizable by their bright colours and patterns. The females have just as much pattern as the males, however, it only varies in greys and browns with only a spot of colour under their wings. Mandarin ducks eat mostly plants and seeds but are considered omnivorous as they will occasionally diet on small snails, fish, and insects. In some Chinese cultures, they believe mandarin ducks, or yuan yang, are lifelong couples, unlike other ducks, and are often considered a symbol of faithfulness in couples.
Blue Jays
The bluejay is a US native bird. Known for its royal sapphire blue plumage with stained glass designed wings. Its diet consists mainly of nuts and seeds, and it often hunts insects and arthropods as well. Like the squirrel, they hide their food to eat later. Its name, blue jay, comes from its blue plume and its loud noisy call, which gives it a nickname called the "jaybird".
Flame Colored Tanagers
The Flame Colored Tanager, formerly known as the striped-back tanager, is common in Central America with a range reaching southern Texas. They eat a variety of insects and fruits and often travel solitary or with a mate, flying with mixed-species flocks. Not discovered until 1985 when a male was found mating with a female Western Tanager. Reverse of the Red Crested Cardinal which is actually a tanager, the Flame Colored Tanager (as well as the Western Tanager) is actually a species of cardinal.
Animal Facts
Red Crested Cardinals
The Red Crested Cardinal, despite its name it belongs to the Tanager family and is not a species of cardinal. Red Crested Cardinals' genus name is Paroaria which translates from the Brazilian Tupí people as "small, red, yellow and grey bird." They mainly live in various South American regions and has been introduced to a few places in North America. Searching on the ground both individually and in groups, they feed mainly on seeds, fruits, insects, and small arthropods.
Snails!
Snails! We all know them as slimy slow little pests, but what most people do not know is that snails are actually quite fast, averaging at 0.029 mph or 153.12 feet per hour! Snails can be quite fascinating, being hermaphrodites they have the ability to reproduce sexually or asexually, and choose their gender at will without confusion! Making great pets for aquarium keepers, snails will entertain you with their surprisingly exciting personalities!
Goblin Sharks
The Goblin Shark is a rare deep-sea shark that has been around for about 125 million years! As the last member of its species, it is often referred to as a "living fossil." Though living evidence of Goblin Sharks is scarce, their anatomy suggests that it is often inactive and sluggish, similar to snakes. Often feeding on teleost fish, it also snacks on crustaceans and cephalopods.
Great Spotted
Woodpeckers
Great Spotted Woodpeckers are a medium sized woodpecker found in most regions of Eurasia and Northern Africa, including Japan, Britain, and other islands. Their plumage is pied black and white, with a red belly, and often males and juveniles will have red on their necks or heads. They are very territorial, normally having a territory range of 12 acres year-round which they claim ownership of by drumming on trees. Adults will be in monogamous pairs, but will change partners each season.
Giraffes
Giraffes are the tallest terrestrial animal alive today. These herbivorous mammals have two bumps called nosecones that are often mistaken for horns. Ossicones are not horns, however, and is instead ossified cartilage covered in skin. Giraffes were long thought to be unable to make noises to communicate, however studies in recent years have shown them using grunts, coughs, snorts, sneezes, hisses, and flute-like sounds to communicate!
dragonfish
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