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Amazing Animals
Photo: a guanaco

Photograph by Skip Brown

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Guanacos

Trek the Andes with a guanaco with these videos, fun facts, postcards, and more.

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Photo: Duck-billed platypus

Duck-Billed Platypus

Part mammal, part bird, part reptile, platypuses are one of nature's most unlikely animals.
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Check out pictures of cute pets and more when you visit our friends at KOL.

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  • Photo: bull shark

    Bull Sharks

    Think great whites and tiger sharks are scary? Then swim with the dangerous bull shark in these videos, fun facts, photos, and more.

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  • Image: a tyrannosaurus rex

    Tyrannosaurus Rex

    Tyrannosaurus rex could eat up to 500 pounds (230 kilograms) of meat in one bite! Get the facts on this carnivore and check out other dinosaur profiles.

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  • Photo: close-up of a giraffe eating

    Giraffes

    Come to the giraffe’s neck of the woods and check out videos, fun facts, and postcards of these towering mammals.

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  • Photo: a cheetah and a cheetah cub grooming each other

    Cheetahs

    Slow down for the lowdown on cheetahs. Click here for videos, fun facts, postcards, and more.

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  • Photo: A boa constrictor

    Boa Constrictors

    Related to the anaconda, these muscular snakes grab their prey and then... squeeze! Discover fun facts, video, photos, and more.

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A cat has about 20 muscles in each ear.