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The ancestors of American Indians came to North America from Siberia, which is today a part Russia. They came across the Bering Sea at a time when the ocean was much lower and there was a bridge of dry land between Alaska and Russia. Archeologists know ve Full Review »
These are the only porpoises to have a bulbous melon on their heads. As their name suggests, they are also unusual because they lack fins. Finless porpoises have a rounded head without a beak. They lack a dorsal fin, a ridge takes its place, and they have Full Review »
The horseshoe crab is an arthropod, one of many animals with a segmented body, jointed legs, and compound eyes, but is not a true crab. True crabs have 10 legs; horseshoe crabs have 12. Due to the structure of their mouth parts they are more closely relat Full Review »
Mandrills are the most colourful mammals in the world. The skin colours brighten as the animal gets more excited. Males have an orange/yellow beard and an unmistakable bright red and blue snout and rump. Females and juveniles have a duller blue snout and Full Review »
A monkey renowned for its loud call, which the males make to tell other groups where the troop is currently feeding. This helps them save energy by avoiding having to patrol a territory and conflicting with neighbours. A monkey with a prehensile tail and Full Review »
Spider monkeys are so named because of their long, spidery limbs. Their prehensile tail acts like a fifth limb when swinging through the canopy. Spider monkeys have distinctly long, slender limbs, and a long prehensile tail with a hairless area on the und Full Review »
There are about 20 species of guenons, and they are all found in Africa. Red-tailed guenons have speckled yellow-brown fur, with pale under-parts. They have a black face with blue fur around the eyes and white cheeks. Depending on the subspecies, their no Full Review »
When visiting the University of Florida, many if not most people are surprised to hear that alligators live in the lake and ponds on campus. Some non-believers have to be taken to Lake Alice, in the center of campus, and shown good size alligators swimmin Full Review »
Once, huge flotillas of this species would arrive at sandy beaches to nest, but human influence on their habitat has changed that. A small olive-coloured marine turtle, with a thin, heart-shaped shell. In the male, the tail protrudes further out than the Full Review »
In prehistoric times, the musk ox was found throughout northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. It was largely exterminated, surviving only in northern Canada and Greenland; however, it has now been successfully reintroduced in Norway and Alaska. It i Full Review »
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