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Garter SnakeRock Dove
Sure, you've seen this bird before. But he's no rock dove, he's an ordinary, everyday pigeon, right? Sort of...

PigStriped Skunk
Find out why this guy wins the award for the best defensive player in the animal kingdom.

PigXenosaur
Scientists don't always agree. Consider the mysterious xenosaurs, an unusual family of reptiles whose name means "strange lizard."

Vampire BatManatee
If you added it up, you'd find that manatees eat 10 to 15 percent of their body weight every day. (Yup, that's more than 100 pounds.)



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