The Amazing World Of Animals
Imagine a dog as wrinkly as a Shar Pei but as big as a mastiff. Scratch that – bigger. Enter the American Molossus. A gigantic dog whose name coincidentally rhyme with colossus, it’s simultaneously a very old and very new breed.
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Some dogs are known by many names. Perhaps none have as many as this breed from the Indian subcontinent. Alangu mastiff, Bongay bully, Desi bully, Indian bully, Indian mastiff, Pakistani bully, Pakistani mastiff, Sindhi mastiff, and Tulla bully are all known names for this breed.
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Known locally as the Vampire of the Great Lakes, the sea lamprey is an ancient, parasitic fish that’s lasted for hundreds of years. Commonly mistaken for a type of eel, the lamprey is a basic vertebrate. They’re a primitive fish made up of cartilage and have multiple rows of sharp little teeth in a mouth that flattens into a disc so they can to latch onto their prey and suck the life out of it – like a vampire.
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For some people, cats and dogs seem overrated. There’s a reason domestic animals are domestic, though, and why wild animals should stay wild. Penguins are no exception, despite being pretty harmless.
Clowns usually have very colorful faces. Pandas are the monochromatic variant. The internet is choc full of videos of these black-and-white bears tripping and falling all over their zoo enclosures. Though majestic, they are anything but graceful.
Hippos are potentially the most aggressive animal on land. Where sharks are known to be deadly in the sea, in 2020 there were only 129 total cases of shark attacks. Hippos on the other hand average several hundred fatal attacks on humans every year. Are these dangerous giants all-powerful?
Golden tigers are one of the rarest animals on the planet. These tigers’ stunning coats do not make them a separate species, though. They’re a breed of Bengal tigers. Their unique coloring is actually a genetic mutation from recessive genes.
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