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  1. edawgnj

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    Let me know your thoughts. Curious to see if there is any common response!
     
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    99% of the world’s fauna!
     
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    Glaucus atlanticus
     
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  5. Onychorhynchus coronatus

    Onychorhynchus coronatus Well-Known Member

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    Buffy tufted marmoset
     
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    Sulawesi Dwarf Cuscus
     
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  8. Onychorhynchus coronatus

    Onychorhynchus coronatus Well-Known Member

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    These are fascinating birds indeed, never seen one in the flesh yet but would like to.

    What is it that is so cool about this species to you ?
     
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    Bongo. They're such a beautiful anteleope.
     
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    One thing that I find fascinating about them is that they have the loudest call of any bird ever documented. I listened to a few clips of it on YouTube, and it sounds really weird, but awesome. I recommend you listen to it, but make sure your volume is pretty low, or your ears will be blasted by the super loud sound like it happened to me a couple times :p
     
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  11. Onychorhynchus coronatus

    Onychorhynchus coronatus Well-Known Member

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    Yes, that ability of these birds is really incredible !

    I would really love to see this bird in the wild, it is actually seen here sometimes in São Paulo city but despite that incredibly loud call it is such a secretive and cryptic bird so it is very hard to see.
     
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    Bryozoans:)
     
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    Unrelated but you mention Sao Paulo- does the city zoo still keep Spix Macaw, or have they been relocated to the reintroduction scheme now?
     
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  17. Tetzoo Quizzer

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    Not potoos?
     
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    Orchid Mantis. They're so clever in the way they camouflage it stuns me.
     
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  19. JurassicMax

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    No, I mean the potto (Perodicticus potto).
     
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  20. Tetzoo Quizzer

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    And have you seen the research that some insects are more attracted to the mantis than similar flowers?
     
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