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Based on a request that I couldn't figure out how to word properly.Instead of just liking an animal because it's "cool" or "pretty" why not actually learn something about it?
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Hyenas are not marsupials. They are feliform carnivorans related to cats.
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ah I see. Thanks for telling me, guess I had my 'facts' wrong.
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True that! Finally someone who gets it! You're awesome I can already tell, and from your avatar I see you like Spyro! I love Spyro too!
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I'm glad to see that someone else gets it to 
And yes, Spyro is one of the most wonderful games ever imo
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Sharks: Wayy back a long time ago there was a shark called the megalodon he was bigger than a school bus!!!!! Scintists are still wondering if it still exists. In fact sharks mistake people for fish and thats why they attack them!!!!! Still sharks woudent harm you if they knew you wernt a fish. Poor sharks getting killed!!!!!! STUPID SHARK SOUP!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!
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Shark soup? I've never heard of that.
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Look it up,it's really sad.
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Platypus: Found in eastern Australia, born the size of lima beans, grow to be about one foot long, males have poisonous hind legs, mammals, lay eggs, aren't actually secret agents in the suburbs of some tri-state area, live in small tunnels they dig along the side of rivers, and much more.
They are also cool and pretty.
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mine's the fish, the abyss is no haven for any fish (even certain sharks) since the tempeture is cold and dark and only certain fish like the angler have to produce light to at least surive.
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or even staand the pressure and tempeture
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Did you know that some newts can shoot their thyroid bone out of their mouths, stun a fish, and then suck the bone back into place and then eat that fish?
As you know, I like newts ^3^
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Uh... no, I didn't know that.
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poor fish 
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I learn a bit about dogs, and they're still my favorite animal. but I'm specific; it has to be a BIG dog, not those tiny breeds.
I consider those as rats.
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Amen brother. Why don't they just get cats?
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I hate cats even more than I do tiny dogs...
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I like mine, but I general I'd prefer dogs.
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I know lots of stuff about kittehs =^.^=
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Horses can swim and they never lay down while sleeping.
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nahh, akitas can be blue and jump onto 100ft trees just like in Ginga Densetsu Weed.
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Indeed. I must add, instead of liking it just because it's popular, learn something about it. Haha. I love wolves, but I'm not the kind of "Oh wolves have blue eyez and they rox my sox because of that" kind of person. I also love horses but not because they are so popular. xD. I think "Sparkle Dogs" are a bit more entertaining when the artist actually knows a thing or two about the animal BEFORE they turn it into a fantasy animal.
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I though wolves just have blue eyes when they're pups?
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They do only have blue eyes when they are pups. 
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It's extremely rare for a wolf to have 'blue' eyes in adulthood, but they're NEVER husky-dog blue...they're either slate blue or gray.
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Kinda cool, if you ask me.
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I already know *proud of that*
I used to like animals 'cause the're cute or cool or such (in age of 9-12 or something), but it changed. today it's actually the way: the more I learn about animals, the more I REVERE them. not LIKE.
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wolfs dunt hurt u 
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Done and done. Been researching all kinds of animals scince I was 4.
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Awesome :3 it's a pet peeve of mine when people don't know about their favorite XD and animal planet taught me a lot too
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This stamp is my favourite. I don't give a damn if someone likes an animal that people consider "overrated" and in fact, I think the use of that word in conjuncture with animals is pretty silly. But if they claim that wolves, foxes, tigers, etc. are their -FAVOURITE- animals in the whole wide world. If they FEEL like they are one, or have a special bond with them...
They should at least know something about them for chrissakes. I mean. Real info.
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If I remember correctly, there's a specific herd of dear in...Ireland? Anyway, because they're more or less trapped/confined to a certain area, and the lake nearby is too salty, they hunt down birds and drink their blood for liquid sustenance.
There's a subspecies of wolf that eat a specific fruit during the dry season, and are (apparently) the only creature that eats said fruit. Don't remember where they're from, though
There's also a breed of cave horse that was thought to be extinct until...what was it, the mid-90's? They were thriving quite well on this one island, and are also one of the most vicious of wild horses.
I could rattle on about these things for years
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hissing cockroaches are actually really quite clean, as they have microscopic..creatures? bugs? I'm not sure what they are, I can't remember, but they live on them, and clean the hissers, which I think is kind of adorable, it's like your own cleaning crew haha xD
And also, if you keep them as pets, from what I've read, is they start to identify you, and won't hiss at you if you pick them up or touch them.
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Monkfish can weigh up to 25 pounds! 
And venomous snakes have different venom potency, etc. depending on what their main prey item is. Not all of them are dangerous to humans. I like how pythons can strangle their prey using their entire body!
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I learned a whole bunch about my favorite animal. I learned that bison kill and injure more people every year in the US than any other wild animal. I also learned that they're considered more intelligent than cattle, though that isn't really saying much. I read that they're more likely to attack than run away and that they don't take crap from anybody. Bison don't make good pets either.
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Owls: Symbol of Athena, known through out many cultures as a symbol of wisdom, nocturnal, and hunt on mice. I could go on...
I hate people who only like an animal because it's "cool" without knowing anything about it too...
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Bats:
THEY CAN'T TAKE OFF FROM THE GROUND, IDIOTS.
There. 8D
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my fav animal is squirrels because I see them the most and I like to watch them...is that a good reason? I also love blue claw crabs because they are yummy
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I chose the platypus as my fav animal because they're poisonous... And missunderstood XD (Lol joke)
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I know!
I hate all those ignorant kids that love wolves because they are 'bigfluffy dogs'. No.
I am in love with the wolf and the maned wolf (two seperate animals, only relation being canine) and I know quite a bit about each. I know a lot about hyena's, too.
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Cats have no collar bone, their whiskers extend out to the width of their body, they have a distant relation to the mongoose family, wild cats rarely have their tails raise above their spine, tigers have striped skin, it's not uncommon for a white domestic cat with blue eyes to be deaf, a Siamese cat's fur changes color based on which parts of it's body are cooler (this is what gives them their 'point' markings), lions have a vestigial barb at the end of their tails, etc, etc...
Is that enough? I could always go on... ¬w¬
Oh, other non-related facts: red pandas are not related to giant pandas (their in their own genus), yet they have a thumb-like wrist bone just like the giant panda does.
Both the hyena and Tasmanian wolf look like members of the canine family, their not. Hyenas actually have a closer relation to cats than dogs (they're even in the suborder Feliformia), and the Tasmanian wolf is actually a marsupial.
...Okay, I cheated a bit, but only for checking the Scientific info. Everything else I knew beforehand. :3
Anyway, I support this.
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Cats have barbs on their penis.
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...Could've sworn I replied to this before... >_>
...Ah well...
That I already knew.
I also know that during the process of mating, a male cat will bite the female on the back of the neck.
I'm kind of a cat nerd! :D
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me thinks Cats Are into S&M.
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...They do seem kinda kinky...lol... XD
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Wolverines can crush bones as thick as a moose's femur to get at the marrow and have been seen chasing bears away from their kills.
Wolverines are awesome
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Studies were done on cuttlefish to test just how smart they are. In one study, someone put a cuttlefish in a small maze. It had two doors - one was outlined in a solid color, one in stripes. If a fake plant was placed in the maze, it meant the striped door is the way out, and the other was covered with glass. If a brick was placed in there, the solid-color door leads out.
The cuttlefish learned this, which shows they can reason and make decisions.
In another test to see if they can learn a behavior, they put a fake fish in the cuttlefish tank. The cuttlefish tried to eat it and obviously couldn't, so then it left it alone. The biologist then put real fish in there a few seconds after dropping the fake one in. Guess what... the cuttlefish learned.
They have the biggest brain-to-body size ratio of all invertebrates. While humans have the biggest at all, cuttlefish and octopi rival each other for the #2 spot.
I could write so much more on these little guys aswell.
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Cuttlefish are so amazing. Second favorite animal, my fave is the sturgeon.
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