American wigeons are small ducks that are equally at home on land and in the water. Loud, gregarious and distinctive, more than 2.5 million wigeons live in North America.
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The caiman lizard is a semi-aquatic species named for its large, heavy scales that resemble those of the caiman crocodile. It has a green body and a reddish-orange head.
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Allen’s swamp monkeys are small, stout animals with brown and gray-green fur and long tails. These highly social primates live in central Africa’s swamp forests where they spend most of their time in trees.
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A cousin of the mockingbird, these medium-sized gray songbirds are common across the warmer parts of North America, where they are frequently heard (but less often seen) in backyards and parks. They often return to the same summer territory year after year.
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Meerkats are active carnivores that live in burrows in Africa. These social animals live in groups, called mobs, with as many as 30 individuals that keep watch and scare off predators or other meerkats.
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Abyssinian ground hornbills are large, primarily terrestrial birds that live in savannas, grasslands, and scrub across north-central Africa from Senegal and Guinea on the western coast to Ethiopia on the eastern coast. They have to have a tree in their habitat to nest.
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Living fossils older than the dinosaurs, horseshoe crabs have been on Earth for around 450 million years. They are famous for their enormous breeding swarms, which can involve up to a million crabs at one time.
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Black-necked stilts are a tall, medium-size shorebird with black-and-white coloration, long pink legs, a long neck, and a straight black bill. They spend most of their days gracefully darting along shorelines and wetlands and wading in shallow water.
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Australian snake-necked turtles, sometimes called common or eastern long-necked turtles, are named for their long, narrow necks. This semi-aquatic turtle is dark gray or brown with a yellow underside and is native to southeastern Australia.
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North American birdwatchers can easily recognize these sociable, fruit-eating birds. With their distinctive silky-smooth plumage, handsome black mask, and buzzy, high-pitched calls, cedar waxwings are often encountered in orchards, farm fields, and other places with lots of fruit-bearing trees and bushes.
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