Errymath: animals

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<span id="ext-gen190" style="font-size: 1.2em;">At first glance, you'd be forgiven for thinking some of these images are the work of Photoshop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But
 no, all these animals belong to a gang of  rare and somewhat 
comical-looking creatures that hide away in the farthest corners of the 
earth, and you might not have seen them until now.</span></div>
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<span id="ext-gen165" style="font-size: 1.2em;">From
 the African antelope with the freakishly long neck, to the tiny 
kangaroo-legged rodent which can bounce an astonishing ten yards, feast 
your eyes of the animal kingdom's most charmingly bizarre characters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold">The gerenuk </span></span></div>
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Gerenuks have long necks, 
disproportionally large ears and can stand on their hind legs while 
using their gangly forelegs to feed from tall trees</div>
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<span id="ext-gen164" style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 gerenuk is, unsurprisingly upon inspection, the longest-necked antelope
 on earth. Found in the Horn of Africa, they take their name from the 
Somali term 'giraffe-necked', and they use their lithe appendages to 
reach high-growing foliage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Gerenuks can also stand on their hind legs and use their gangly forelegs to feed - sometimes reaching up as high as eight feet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Their somewhat comical stature is only enhanced by their large ears, which help them keep cool in the searing African heat. </span></div>
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Ribbon seals are rarely seen by humans
 and thus not well researched, but they populate Arctic pack ice and all
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<span id="ext-gen166" style="font-size: 1.2em;">Ribbon
 seals  inhabit pack ice in the north Pacific Ocean and the adjacent 
fringes of the Arctic Ocean, and due to their remote habitat, little is 
actually known about them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Adults all have four white bands on their black bodies, but are born completely white.</span></div>
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one another during mating season, but that the pattern also works to 
camouflage them when seen from a distance against the broken ice and 
water.   </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold mol-style-medium">The sunda flying lemur </span></span></div>
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Is it a bat? Is it a 
squirrel? No, it's a sunda flying lemur - and confusingly it isn't 
actually a lemur either, nor can it fly, but this beady-eyed colungo can
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 sunda flying lemur looks like a happy hybrid between a bat and a 
squirrel, with big beady eyes and furry wing-like structures. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But
 all is not what it seems. Despite their name, these chaps aren't lemurs
 and they can't fly. They can glide rather effectively, however, for 
distances of around 300 feet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Sunda's
 live in various forests around South East Asia and belong to the 
colugo species. While gloriously graceful mid-air, they are known to be 
clumsy on foot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold">The maned wolf </span></span></div>
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Is it a red fox on stilts? No, it's the only one of its species, the chrysocyon, and is a solitary mammal found in South America</div>
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<span id="ext-gen170" style="font-size: 1.2em;">This
 spindly-legged mammal is not a fox, nor, as its name suggests, a wolf. 
It is special enough to have its own species, the chrysocyon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 maned wolf lives across central regions in South America and possess 
big ears and very long legs. Unlike wolves or dogs, they mate for life 
with one partner and don't form packs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Generally they are shy beings but if threatened, the fur on the scruff of their necks puffs up - thus the name. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold">The fossa </span></span></div>
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The fossa, with its 
chunky paws and long dexterous tail, is unique to forests of the African
 island of Madagascar and is most closely related to the mongoose</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Another confounding-looking creature which seems hard to categorise, the fossa is most closely related to the mongoose. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Until fairly recently, it was thought to be some sort of primitive cat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 fossa, with its chunky paws and long dexterous tail, is unique to 
forests of the African island of Madagascar, where it is the largest 
carnivore, but is sadly endangered due to having lost 90 per cent of its
 habitat, thanks humans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold">The white peacock </span></span></div>
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White peacocks lack the kaleidoscopic 
colour we are used to seeing with this bird, due to a genetic mutation 
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">These startling peacocks are not  albinos, but rather a subspecies of the blue peacock born by genetic mutation. </span></div>
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<span id="ext-gen173" style="font-size: 1.2em;">White peacocks boast beautiful blue eyes but thanks to a lack of melanin have no colour to their plumage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">When
 two of them breed, their chicks are yellow but all turn white, so they 
have been mated and multiplied in captivity. Generally, though, they 
remain a rare sight. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold">The white reindeer</span></span></div>
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Not an albino, despite the pinkish hue of its horns, this rare sight in Swedish Lapland is another example of a genetic mutation</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Much
 like the white peacock, this magnificent creature is of the same 
species as a brown reindeer but is another case of a genetic mutation.</span></div>
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 reindeer, which appear in the wilds of Finland, Norway and Sweden, are 
extremely rare, though they have been born in captivity elsewhere, 
including England.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">In their northern homeland, they are seen by some as magical and a signal of good luck. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold mol-style-medium">The Japanese dwarf flying squirrel</span></span></div>
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This little pocket-sized pipsqueak is 
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<span id="ext-gen175" style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Japanese dwarf flying squirrel looks as if it could be straight out of a Disney film.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">With
 huge cartoon-ish eyes, grey-striped fur and the ability to glide thanks
 to a fine membrane connecting its wrists and ankles, it's hard not to 
find these little chaps appealing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">They are found in abundance in sub-alpine areas of Japan, and sadly are even kept as pets in some parts of the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold mol-style-medium">The southern flying squirrel </span></span></div>
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 This variation of airbourne squirrel lives in the US and Canada and is capable of gliding for distances of more than 100 feet</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">More widespread than its Japanese cousin, the southern flying squirrel is a remarkable critter found across the US and Canada.</span></div>
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 are nocturnal, and very social - choosing not to hibernate during 
winter but instead curling up together in groups of more than 20 and 
hiding in tree hollows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Again, they don't actually fly but they are capable of gliding for distances of more than 100 feet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold mol-style-medium">The Chinese water deer </span></span></div>
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This primitive breed of deer has roots
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<span id="ext-gen177" style="font-size: 1.2em;">Upon first glance, the Chinese water deer doesn't appear particularly peculiar, until you zone in on their mouths.</span></div>
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<span id="ext-gen178" style="font-size: 1.2em;">These primitive deer grow long fangs instead of tanduk, which they use to fight one another, and have a wide vocal range of 'barks' and screeches when alarmed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Despite their Chinese heritage, around ten per cent of their world population now resides in the East of England.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold">The blue-footed booby </span></span></div>
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The dance you see before you is the 
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Nice feathers, very impressive feet.</span></div>
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<span id="ext-gen180" style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 blue footed booby is a bird found in tropical regions of the Pacific 
Ocean, and particularly the Galapagos islands. It gets its 
brightly-coloured walkers from the carotenoid pigments present in its 
food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">When
 mating season rolls around, males perform splendid dances to showcase 
these dazzling feet - and the bluer the better in terms of attraction. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold">The caracal </span></span></div>
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This tuft-eared feline may look serene
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<span id="ext-gen181" style="font-size: 1.2em;">The caracal is a medium-sized wild cat that lives in Africa, the Middle East, Persia and the Indian subcontinent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Once
 used in Iran and India to hunt birds, the caracal boasts handsome dark 
turfs on both ears and is often referred to as 'the desert Lynx'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Don't
 cross one though. Caracals are known for being extremely viscous - the 
grumpiest and hissiest of all the wild cats in the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold">The jerboa </span></span></div>
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This peculiar-looking fellow has 
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height and ten feet in length through the hot desert sands of the Gobi 
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">This
 teeny jumping rodent has a bit of everything going on. A mouse-like 
head, long cat-like whiskers, kangaroo-style hind legs and a long tufted
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 may look fragile, but the jerboa is supremely adapted to its boiling 
hot habitat, stretching from Asia to Northern Africa, where they happily
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<span id="ext-gen182" style="font-size: 1.2em;">Its incredible legs can mendorong
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making it one of the bounciest little joy bundles you are likely to 
(not) come across anywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold">The fennec fox </span></span></div>
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Enormous ears distinguish the fennec 
fox from other members of its species, and are essential for dispersing 
heat in the hot environment of the Sahara, the only place they are found
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<span id="ext-gen185" style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 fennec fox is a very small nocturnal fox with disproportionately giant 
ears which it uses to disperse heat, found only in the Sahara of North 
Africa. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">They
 have hairy feet which act somewhat like snowshoes to help them navigate
 over hot sand, and double up as good diggers for all their burrowing 
needs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Fennecs
 live in small communities in wild underground dens, but alas, their 
adorable features make them prime targets for use in the captive pet 
trade. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold">The dumbo octopus </span></span></div>
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This rare deep ocean dweller is 
something of a mystery in many ways, but we do know it can change colour
 and grow up to six feet long</div>
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<span id="ext-gen186" style="font-size: 1.2em;">The dumbo octopus is a rare breed, often called the Blind Octopus due to its large but rather useless eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It
 lives very deep in the ocean and can use jet propulsion to move through
 the water, as well as a crawling motion to cross the seabed.</span></div>
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<span id="ext-gen188" style="font-size: 1.2em;">Although
 not much is known about these shy ocean dwellers, they can grow up to 
six feet long and are capable of changing colour. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-medium mol-style-bold">The spoon-billed sandpiper</span></span></div>
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Sadly, this little wader bird, which breeds in north-eastern Russia and migrates to south-east Asia, is critically endangered</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Fewer
 than 100 pairs of spoon-billed sandpipers remain in the wild,  together
 weighing less than a single swan. Illegal hunting is the main culprit 
for this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The tiny wader birds breed in north-eastern Russia and migrate to south-east Asia for winter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Thanks
 to a dedicated effort from various conservation programs around the 
world, two females laid eggs for the first time in captivity earlier 
this year at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Gloucestershire. Hope 
remains, for now at least. <i>dailymail</i></span></div>
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