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  2. Glossary of bird terms - Wikipedia

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    granivores: (sometimes called seed-eating): birds that forage for seeds and grains, [149] such as geese, grouse and estrildid finches. [ 141 ] [ 146 ] herbivore : birds that predominantly eat plant material, and mostly do not eat meat; especially of birds that are both granivorous and frugivorous or are grass eaters, such as whistling ducks ...

  3. Sikkim mountain vole - Wikipedia

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    The Sikkim mountain vole has a head-and-body length of between 97 and 119 mm (3.82 and 4.69 in) and a tail length of 30 to 52 mm (1.18 to 2.05 in). The dorsal fur is dark brown, the underparts are dark grey and there is an intermediate strip of ochre-brown where the two colours meet.

  4. List of amphibians and reptiles of Oregon - Wikipedia

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    Most garter snakes have a pattern of yellow stripes on a brown background and their average length is about 1 to 1.5 meters (3.3 to 4.9 ft). The common garter snake is a diurnal snake. In summer, it is most active in the morning and late afternoon; in cooler seasons or climates, it restricts its activity to the warm afternoons.

  5. Mayfly - Wikipedia

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    Mayflies have ancestral traits that were probably present in the first flying insects, such as long tails and wings that do not fold flat over the abdomen. Their immature stages are aquatic fresh water forms (called "naiads" or " nymphs "), whose presence indicates a clean, unpolluted and highly oxygenated aquatic environment.

  6. List of largest insects - Wikipedia

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    The heaviest of this widespread, varied complex of insects is the Little Barrier Island giant weta, Deinacrida heteracantha, of New Zealand; one specimen weighed 71 g (2.5 oz) and measured nearly 10 cm (3.9 in), [2] giving it one of the largest insect weights ever known. These heavyweight insects can be over 9 cm (3.5 in) long. [8]

  7. Beaver - Wikipedia

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    These include small streams, temporary swamps, ditches, and backyards. These sites lack important resources, so the animals do not stay there permanently. Beavers have increasingly settled at or near human-made environments, including agricultural areas, suburbs, golf courses, and shopping malls. [48] North American beaver eating lily pads

  8. List of phobias - Wikipedia

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    fear/dislike of insects, a zoophobia: Ephebiphobia: fear of youth; inaccurate, exaggerated and sensational characterization of young people Equinophobia: fear of horses: Ergophobia, ergasiophobia fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating Erotophobia: fear of sexual love or sexual abuse: Erythrophobia, erytophobia, ereuthophobia

  9. Dog meat - Wikipedia

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    Some Koreans do not eat the meat, but feel that it is the right of others to do so. [268] A group of activists attempted to promote and publicize the consumption of dog meat worldwide during the run-up to the 2002 FIFA World Cup , co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, which prompted retaliation from animal rights campaigners and prominent figures ...