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Fleur @Fleura (35063) • United Kingdom 12 Mar

We had friends to stay at the weekend and they brought with them a motion-activated night-vision camera. They set it up opposite what is obviously a well-trodden gap in the fence between us and our next-door-neighbours, and were...

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Another visitor today!

Fleur @Fleura (35063) • United Kingdom 19 Oct 23

This morning when I got up and looked out of the widow, there was a fox outside. And rather surprisingly, the fox wasn’t harassing the chickens but appeared to be trying to reach the remaining apples on the trees! I’ve never...

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The neighbours popped in

Fleur @Fleura (35063) • United Kingdom 18 Oct 23

We live next to an area of woodland where there are some deer. Sadly most of the deer we see are the invasive Muntjac species. At least one of these strolls through our garden almost every afternoon. So it’s quite exciting to see...

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I am a domesticated mammal in the...

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 7 Dec 21

...house. What?!? One of my young learners interrupted me during the class. I was surprised by what she said. I am not sure if I am going to be insulted. The conversation goes like this. Student: 'Teacher, you are a...

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M is for Meerkat

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222534) • United States 24 Jun 19

The meerkat is in the mongoose family and lives in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, the Namib Desert in Namibia, southwestern Angola and South Africa. A group of meerkats is called a mob, gang or clan. There are 20-50 meerkats...

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Fishers Are Back in Washington

celticeagle @celticeagle (189915) • Boise, Idaho 4 Dec 16

In the 1800 and early 1900's the fisher declined in numbers due to trapping because of their lush fur and bushy tails. The mammal, similar to the weasel, is making a comeback in the forest of Mount Rainier National Park. It had...

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Nature post of the day – vole!

Fleur @Fleura (35063) • United Kingdom 21 May 16

I was going to write about something completely different, but then when I was out in the garden re-potting a plant I suddenly saw something small moving along the edge of the flowerbed. At first glance I thought it was a dead...

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Dolphins in the Ganges are now an endangered species.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 15 Oct 11

Dolphins which were once abundant in the Ganges are now a rare species in the river. But it is a good news that they can still be spotted in the Ganges along 460 KM stretch between ‘Sagar’ and ‘Farakka’. However, the equitable...

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Do you flying mammal in the world?

jeannames @jeannames (303) • Turkey 8 Feb 10

Birds flying, mammals sits. Mammals occasionally runs. Do you know flying mammal in the world?

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walk on water... who can do this?

akotalagato @akotalagato (1334) • Philippines 16 Oct 09

well i dont know anybody alive today who can walk on water. i dont know of any other mammal for that matter who can walk on water. but this dolphin sure can. his tail is so strong that it can hold his body up above water for a...

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7 reasons not to mess with Children

rima14 @rima14 (20) • India 19 Jun 09

A little girl was talking to her teachers about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat war very small. The little girl...

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Scientific classification of a Centaur

missak @missak (3311) • Spain 26 Mar 09

Today I was thinking of a silly reflection I wish to share with you... A centaur is, according to popular mythology, a living being with a half human body and a half horse body so... we can easyliy think a being...

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Dolphins are Amazing

bbydollz @bbydollz (114) • United States 5 Nov 08

I have always been so amazed by dolphins, they are the greatest mammal that I can think of. I will one day swim with them. I am not quite sure what drew me to them, but I am pretty sure it had something to do with how graceful and...

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word's manmals at risk of extinction

blueinha @blueinha (18) • South Korea 7 Oct 08

The most comprehensie assessment of the world's mammales has confirmed an extinction crisis, with almost one in four at risk of disappearing forever. The new study shows that at least 1,141 of 5,487 mammals on Earth are known to...

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Facts 2: Just to say something

BYOLA2871 @BYOLA2871 (4371) • South Africa 19 May 08

Do you know that Dolphins are mammals and like all human beings sleep at night just below the water surface? They frequently rise to the surface to get air. Just needed to say something and give a little education.

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I can't eat ice cream...anyone feel my pain?

lifbrue @lifbrue (108) • United States 10 Apr 08

My junior year of high school I was pronounced lactose intolerant and since then my enjoyment of life has never been quite the same. No ice cream, no pizza, no creamy sauces. Why go on at all?

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Steaks cloned? It saves?

zenith2007 @zenith2007 (241) • Italy 4 Mar 08

I have read that soon we can eat steaks and cloned oho then tried to deepen. Here's what I discovered. 1. The first cloned mammal, officially, is the work of British researchers, about ten years ago, they cloned a sheep: the...

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what is this? (photo)

singlepixel @singlepixel (2743) 28 May 07

LEMUR or OWL MONKEY or SLOTH BEAR?This is the only species of its kind that is nocturnal.With its large eyes, it is well adapted to see at night, but it can not perceive colors.

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Guess this mammal?

singlepixel @singlepixel (2743) 28 May 07

A male is called a BULL. A female is a called a COW. A young is called a CALF. It is an endangered species with a lifespan in the wild reaching 40 years old. It is a herbivore with a very poor eyesight. First correct answer...

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Orang utan the intelligent mammals

pclife @pclife (246) • Malaysia 25 Apr 07

Have you ever seen this mammals? Orang utan is the intelligent mammals . It is one of great ape species that only can be found in Borneo & sumatra islands. Their names derves from malay & indonesian phrase means "Person of the...

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