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The 15th Friday Animal

 
posted by bad_robot 259 days ago
This animal is the Jerboa. It's a specialized type of rodent, which died out in Europe millions of years ago, but still lives in Africa. It has a couple of cool abilities -... [more]
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The 11th Friday Animal

 
posted by bad_robot 321 days ago
A trip to the aquatic world for this Friday animal. Possibly the best colour of any animal in the world, this is the blue starfish. Much better than it's better know relation,... [more]
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The 10th Friday Animal

 
posted by bad_robot 336 days ago
Today's Friday animal is the hippo. This resident of Africa is another cool animal that is now endangered. However, Hippos, despite their cuddly reputation in children's... [more]
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It's the 4th Friday animal!

 
posted by bad_robot 378 days ago
This is a ZONKEY! Yes, it's a REAL animal - a cross between a Zebra, and a Donkey. This animal actually occurs in the wild, and has also been bred in zoos. There are several... [more]
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The 13th Friday Animal

 
posted by bad_robot 294 days ago
Today's Friday animal is a white deer. These are just like normal deer, but an albino style version. They are very rare, and it is thought that they are origin of the unicorn myth. [more]
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The Fifth Friday Animal

 
posted by bad_robot 371 days ago
This cool customer (ha ha, he lives in the arctic, get it?) is the arctic fox. Not as stupid or annoying the arctic monkeys, this animal has been endangered despite some robust... [more]
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The 14th Friday Animal

 
posted by bad_robot 287 days ago
Today's Friday animal is the Sun Bear. This bear is the smallest of the bear family. And like many other members of the bear family, it is endangered. (by it's only natural... [more]
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12th Friday Animal

 
posted by bad_robot 301 days ago
This weeks Friday animal is the Long Eared Owl. This lives in America, Europe and Asia. It tends to live in nests abandoned by other birds, and does it's hunting at night. It... [more]
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The Second Friday Animal

 
posted by bad_robot 399 days ago
Today's Friday animal is a classic Scottish one - the Highland Coo. Adapted to live in the Highlands, this cow has long hair to keep warm (rather than fat) so it's meat is a... [more]
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The 7th Friday Animal

 
posted by bad_robot 357 days ago
This weeks Friday animal is the Komodo Dragon. This fearsome creature is resident in Indonesia. Thought to have grown to this enormous size due to lack of competition in the... [more]
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The Third Friday animal

 
posted by bad_robot 392 days ago
Today's Friday animal is a bit different from the previous 2 - the Spiny King Crab. This bad boy lives a few thousand feet near the bottom of the ocean, and as you can see is... [more]
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The 8th Friday Animal

 
posted by bad_robot 350 days ago
This lion is called Tejas. He's an asiatic lion, born last week at Chester zoon. he is one of only 350 asiatic lions left in existence. He's the one on the left, by the way. [more]
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The 9th Friday Animal

 
posted by bad_robot 343 days ago
today's subject is the cat! cats have been mans best friend for about 8000 years; despite what dogs lovers say, there really is no competition in the mans best friends stakes -... [more]
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The First Friday Animal

 
posted by bad_robot 406 days ago
The first in a weekly feature looking at cool animals around the planet. First up are some very cute animals - 3 otter cubs! These poor wee things were rescued after losing... [more]
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The 6th Friday Animal

 
posted by bad_robot 364 days ago
This is a Rwandan mountain gorilla. These type of gorillas as critically endangered, mainly because they get caught in traps meant for other animals, and because their habit is... [more]
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