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  1. Loxodonta Cobra

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    Lions, hyenas, civets, porcupine, and aardvark all captured on the same cam:
     
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    It's fake :(
     
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    Rats
     
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    How do you know?
     
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    1. Look at how the species all completely ignore each other. It makes no sense.
    2. Look at the date and time stamp.
    3. They've said it's fake.
     
  6. DesertRhino150

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    A Eurasian lynx has been filmed successfully hunting a markhor in Pakistan:

     
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    Asian elephant blocking trucks on a road to take bundles of sugarcane from them.

    Looks an accident waiting to happen situation to me though.

     
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    Javan rhinoceros taking a mudbath.

     
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    North Island saddleback/tīeke killing a house mouse!
     
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    Just seen this video of a brown hyaena unsuccessfully attempting to hunt an aardvark during the day.

     
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    I saw a planarian flatworm on the side of the freshwater tank at BUGS in London Zoo. I don't think it was meant to be there, but it made a nice change. I think that this was the only time I have seen a planarian at any zoo. Why are planarians ignored at zoos? I'm sure that visitors would be interested in finding out how planarians can regenerate lost body parts.
     
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    Planarians are exciting! To bad I've never seen one though, :(
     
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