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Fireflies: To Glow or Not to Glow
by Langston Dyer, age 8
There are more than a thousand types of fireflies and each one is uniquely different. Although these nighttime insects are known for glowing in the dark, not all of them do.
Fireflies use an organ in their abdomen to create lights and each one produces a different kind of light. Some of them glow while others flash their lights. The males send a message to the female fireflies by flashing their lights.
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Ring Tailed Lemurs are Social Animals- Just Like You
by Miguel Rea-Garcia, age 8
Ring-tailed lemurs are one of the most social animals in the world. They can often be found in a group spending hours soaking up the sun.
Ring-tailed lemurs are the most recognizable of all lemurs. They have black and white fur, and their tails have black and white stripes. Their eyes look mostly light brown with a little yellow. The ring-tailed lemurs are territorial and can sometimes be aggressive.
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Human Activity Continues to Threaten Sloth Species
by Yani Thoronka, age 11
Human activities have endangered the pygmy three-toed sloth. Pygmy sloths only live in tropical rainforests. Their habitat varies from Central American countries, such as Honduras, to South American countries, such as Brazil. There are many different types of sloths, but their population overall is decreasing.
The red mangrove forest of Isla Escudo de Veraguas is a remote island off the coast of Panama and home to the pygmy sloth. Pygmy sloths protect themselves by covering their coats with blue-green algae, providing camouflage as they hang on tree foliage. The pygmy sloth is very inactive. However, lack of movement actually protects it from predators.
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Honey Bees are Critical to Agriculture
by Marc Reyes, age 11
Did you know that there are female bees that can reproduce without the use of a males' sperm?
For the majority of animals, including bees, in order to reproduce, the sperm must fertilize the eggs. However, the Cape honeybees in South Africa are able to reproduce without the help of males. This is called asexual reproduction. Somehow, the Cape honeybees' DNA has changed, resulting in their ability to reproduce independently.
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More Recent Animal Watch Articles
Besides the obviously cool fact that they have eight arms, octopuses have some other awesome features that many people do not know about.
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Koalas are cute but feisty. Originally mistaken as bears by Europeans, koalas are a type of marsupial, that are stronger than one might think.
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There are more than a thousand types of fireflies and each one is uniquely different. Although these nighttime insects are known for glowing in the dark, not all of them do.
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Bald eagles are very important and beautiful birds. Bald eagles used to be endangered, but with people protecting them, now they are ranked “least concerned.”
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Most people know that frogs and toads are different, however most people didn't know what makes them different from one another. There are many unique traits that separate these two amphibians. For example, frogs have more predators and jump higher, but toads move faster because they jump closer to the ground. Also, frogs tend to live closer to water, while toads prefer to live near drier areas.
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Insect colonies are much more intricate than you might think. Many insect species work together to build their colonies.
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A small fish, known as the archerfish, have an extraordinary talent: they can shoot down prey using jets of water. Recently, researchers have found that archerfish have another special talent- they can recognize human faces.
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Ring-tailed lemurs are one of the most social animals in the world. They can often be found in a group spending hours soaking up the sun.
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Emperor penguins are the largest of all penguins. These Arctic animals have unique behaviors.
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Beluga whales are interesting animals. Most people don’t know much about them, but they are unique in many ways. Their bodies, the way they live in their environment, and the way they communicate, all contribute to making belugas the stand- out whales they are.
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Sea otters are found in North America, and they are interesting and valuable animals because they act differently than other sea creatures.
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Spiders are one of the most feared of all insects. However not all spiders are harmful to human. Only spiders that produce venom are harmful to humans. And even those only attack humans when they feel threatened and need to defend themselves. Most spiders use venom, a type of poison, to kill their prey.
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Humans along with most animals have five senses, but some snakes have a sixth sense. That sense is very important to snakes and has the potential to be very useful to humans as well.
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Human activities have endangered the pygmy three-toed sloth. Pygmy sloths only live in tropical rainforests. Their habitat varies from Central American countries, such as Honduras, to South American countries, such as Brazil. There are many different types of sloths, but their population overall is decreasing.
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With a name like whale shark, you would think this animal would be either a whale, or a shark, or perhaps a strange fierce combination of both. However, whale sharks are actually the world’s largest fish, but don’t worry: they don’t eat humans.
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Did you know that there are female bees that can reproduce without the use of a males' sperm?
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Some wolves are common, but the Yellowstone wolves are heroes. Yellowstone National Park is lucky to have these kind of canines because they are important to the park community.
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When I think of woodpeckers, I always say to myself, “All that pecking must hurt.” But according to recent studies, woodpeckers are not harmed in their feeding process.
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