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The pink fairy armadillo or pichiciego is the smallest species of armadillo, first described by Richard Harlan in 1825. This solitary, desert-adapted animal is endemic to central Argentina and can be found inhabiting sandy plains, dunes, and scrubby grasslands. Wikipedia
Location: central Argentina si.edu
Scientific name: Chlamyphorus truncatus
Order: Cingulata
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Are pink fairy armadillo rare: Pink fairy armadillos are found less commonly than they were a few decades ago, and the field sightings have been rare and incidental. Individuals that have been caught in the wild had a tendency to die during or a couple days after they were transported from their natural habitat to captive facilities.
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Location: central Argentina si.edu
Scientific name: Chlamyphorus truncatus
Order: Cingulata
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Family: Chlamyphoridae
Are pink fairy armadillo rare: Pink fairy armadillos are found less commonly than they were a few decades ago, and the field sightings have been rare and incidental. Individuals that have been caught in the wild had a tendency to die during or a couple days after they were transported from their natural habitat to captive facilities.
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The red-lipped batfish or Galapagos batfish is a fish of unusual morphology found around the Galapagos Islands and off Peru at depths of 3 to 76 m. Red-lipped batfish are closely related to rosy-lipped batfish, which are found near Cocos Island off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Ogcocephalus darwini
Order: Lophiiformes
Colors: light brown galapagosconservation.org.uk
Phylum: Chordata
Family: Ogcocephalidae
Kingdom: Animalia
Why do batfish have red lips: It's about as awkward-looking as it sounds! They have a way to lure in their prey. The red-lipped batfish is one of many fish in the order Lophiiformes, also known as anglerfish. Anglerfish are known for their unusual appendages on their heads called illiciums that lure in prey.
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Scientific name: Ogcocephalus darwini
Order: Lophiiformes
Colors: light brown galapagosconservation.org.uk
Phylum: Chordata
Family: Ogcocephalidae
Kingdom: Animalia
Why do batfish have red lips: It's about as awkward-looking as it sounds! They have a way to lure in their prey. The red-lipped batfish is one of many fish in the order Lophiiformes, also known as anglerfish. Anglerfish are known for their unusual appendages on their heads called illiciums that lure in prey.
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They say gorillas are like humans.
Literally apes when no one is looking braaaaping and picking their nose.
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Literally apes when no one is looking braaaaping and picking their nose.
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Goob mornings, it's #Sotterday.