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  2. Animals in ancient Greece and Rome - Wikipedia

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    Beginning in the Sixth Century BCE the Romans began to use chickens as farm animals. The Romans may have introduced chickens to Britain. Pliny wrote that the best hens had an upright comb, uneven claws, black feathers, and red beaks. The ancient Romans and Greeks had detailed knowledge of Chicken biology and behavior. [88]

  3. Raccoon - Wikipedia

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    Captive raccoons often douse their food before eating. One aspect of raccoon behavior is so well known that it gives the animal part of its scientific name, Procyon lotor; lotor is Latin for 'washer'. In the wild, raccoons often dabble for underwater food near the shore-line.

  4. Procyonidae - Wikipedia

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    The clades leading to coatis and olingos on one branch, and to ringtails and raccoons on the other, separated about 17.7 Ma ago. [14] The divergence between olingos and coatis is estimated to have occurred about 10.2 Ma ago, [14] at about the same time that ringtails and raccoons parted ways.

  5. 40 Facts About Animals That Might Make You Look Like The ...

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    The black-footed cat has an extra-fast metabolism, so it literally needs to be constantly hunting and eating just to keep its adorable little body going. Image credits: an1malpulse #24

  6. Procyon (genus) - Wikipedia

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    Cozumel raccoon (P. pygmaeus). Procyon is a genus of nocturnal mammals comprising three species commonly known as raccoons in the family Procyonidae.The most familiar species, the common raccoon (P. lotor), is often known simply as "the" raccoon, as the two other raccoon species in the genus are native only to the tropics and are less well known.

  7. Fighting Florida's Invasive Python Problem One Step at a Time

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    The U.S. Geological Survey has reported near 100% reductions in small mammal populations like raccoons and opossums since 1997, and some, such as rabbits and foxes have “effectively disappeared ...

  8. Why ‘lab leak’ proponents are unconvinced by raccoon dog ...

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    According to the researchers, swabs taken at the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan—long suspected as the pandemic’s epicenter— show evidence of genetic material from raccoon dogs (animals that ...

  9. Northern olingo - Wikipedia

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    The northern olingo (Bassaricyon gabbii), also known as the bushy-tailed olingo or, simply, the olingo (due to it being the most common of the species), [2] is an arboreal (tree-dwelling) member of the raccoon family, Procyonidae, which also includes the coatimundis and kinkajou.