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World s tallest animal
Giraffe
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World's second-tallest animal
Elephant
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Worlds fastest animal
Cheetah
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Worlds second-fastest animal
Pronghorn antelope
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Worlds fastest two-footed animal
Ostrich
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Longest living animal
Giant tortoise
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Longest living land mammal
Man
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Longest living marine mammal
Bowhead whale
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Largest living animal
Bluewhale
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Toothless whale with two blowholes
Baleen
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Whale with long flippers
Humpback
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Whale with unicorn-like projection
Narwhal
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Orc or orca
Killerwhale
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Deepest-diving whale
Spermwhale
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Lowest animal in food chain
Plankton
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Sea cow
Manatee
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Manatee relative
Dugong
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Sea lion, seal, & walrus family
Pinniped
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Largest pinniped
Elephant seal
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Male & female pinniped which have tusks
Walrus
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"Mud puppy" & "hellbender"
Salamanders
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Largest amphibian
Chinese giant salamander
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Number of hearts in an octopus
Three
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Freshwater crustacean
Crayfish (crawdad)
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Oyster, clam, & mussel class
Bivalves
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Freshwater pearl source
Mussels
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"Blue point" bivalve
Oyster
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"Cherrystone" bivalve
Clam
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Stone & snow sea creatures
Crabs
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Animal with largest eye
Giant squid
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Sea hedgehog
Sea urchin
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Crab with one big claw
Fiddler crab
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Crab that uses a discarded shell
Hermit crab
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Crab & scorpion phylum
Arthropod
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Cone gastropod
Snail
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Best-swimming bear
Polar bear
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Largest bears
Polar and Kodiak bears
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Smallest bear
Sun bear (SE Asia)
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South Americas only bear
Spectacled bear
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Pouched animals of Australia
Marsupials
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Eucalyptus-eating marsupial
Koala (not a bear)
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Baby kangaroo, koala or opossum
Joey
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The kangaroos smaller relative
Wallaby
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Marsupial with the strongest jaws
Tasmanian Devil
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"Hairy nosed" marsupial
Wombat
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Symbol of the World Wildlife Fund
(Giant) Panda
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North American marsupial relative
Raccoon
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South American raccoon relative
Coati
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Source of mohair
(Angora) Goat
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Camelopard aka
Giraffe
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Giraffes smaller African relative
Okapi
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Himalayan ox
Yak
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Woolly ox of northern Canada & Greenland
Musk-ox
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Long-horned European member of goat family
Ibex
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Burchell's animal
Zebra
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Thompsons animal
Gazelle
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South African gazelle
Springbok
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Worlds largest antelope
Eland
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Gnu aka
Wildebeest
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"Ship of the desert"
Camel
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One-humped camel
Dromedary
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Two-humped camel
Bactrian
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Smallest member of camel family
Vicuna (South America)
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South Americas largest member of camel family
Llama
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Llama relative raised for wool
Alpaca
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Narrow-snouted crocodile of Asia
Gavial
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Asia's largest snake
Python
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Western Hemisphere's largest snake
Anaconda
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Adder & rattlesnake family
Viper
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Snake supposedly used in Cleopatra's suicide
Asp (aka aspis)
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World's longest poisonous snake (Southeast Asia)
King cobra
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Cobra killer
Mongoose
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Turtle shell
Carapace
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World's largest lizard
Komodo dragon
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Western hemisphere's largest lizard
Iguana
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Small lizard with suction cup feet,
Gecko
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Lizard of Galapagos Islands
Marine iguana
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Venomous lizard of US southwest
Gila monster
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Great apes
Gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, bonobos
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Two types of gorilla
Eastern & western
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Dominant male gorilla
Silverback
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Great ape of Borneo & Sumatra
Orangutan
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Pan family great ape
Chimpanzee
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Chimpanzees close relative
Bonobo
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Primate of Madagascar
Lemur
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Macaques of Gibraltar
Barbary apes
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Monkey with red nose & blue cheeks
Mandrill
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Borneo monkey known for unusually large
Proboscis monkey
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Asian monkey used in research
Rhesus monkey
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Monkey that can be heard for several miles
Howler monkey
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Long-armed monkey with prehensile tail
Spider monkey
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Long-armed ape of Southeast Asia
Gibbon
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Small new-world monkey
Marmoset
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Smallest monkey
Pygmy marmoset
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Slow hanging tree-dweller of South America
Sloth
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South American long-snouted mammal
Tapir
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South American fiir-bearing rodent
Chinchilla
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The hippopotamus' smaller relative
Pygmy hippopotamus
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Mammals that lay eggs
Monotremes
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Only monotremes
Duck-billed platypus & spiny anteater (echidna)