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Source: http://bit.ly/2D5MGoZ Public Domain Image Marine Iguana Facts Most notably, the truly remarkable Marine Iguana constitutes a very special type of reptile. This holds true because, to our knowledge, it remains the only lizard in the world able to live and forage in the ocean. This, therefore, makes it presently the only known marine reptile […]Read More
Marbled Cat Facts The Marbled Cat is an extremely reclusive species of small wild cat endemic to a severely restricted range. The IUCN lists this truly amazing rare mammal officially as Vulnerable, pending further evaluation of its numbers. In fact, evidence indicates that fewer than ten thousand individuals may remain surviving, presenting fears of extinction. The primary […]Read More
Blanket Octopus Facts The Blanket Octopus, or Tremoctopus, forms a genus of pelagic cephalopods. Also, the genus contains four currently known species that occupy surface to mid-waters in subtropical and tropical oceans. The common name of the breathtaking creature, understandably, occurs due to the long transparent webs it develops. Further, these connect the dorsal and […]Read More
Sunflower Sea Star Facts This stunning marine creature most frequently goes by the descriptive, as well as informative, common name of the Sunflower Sea Star. That term’s easier to pronounce than its official name, thankfully. The technical name’s truly hard to pronounce. That’s because scientists know it best by the term of the Pycnopodia helianthoides. […]
Amazonian Giant Centipede Facts This astonishing arthropod most frequently goes by the aptly descriptive common name of the Amazonian Giant Centipede. It does, however, have an alternate common name often applied to it. That’s the term of the Peruvian giant yellow-leg centipede. Both somewhat lengthy terms descrive the creature well. Its scientific name, meanwhile, remains […]
California red-sided garter snake Facts This dazzling work of Nature and evolution bears the long-winded common term of the California red-sided garter snake. Sadly, however, its scientific name isn’t any easier to pronounce. That’s because researchers know it as the Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis. By either name, though, it’s a beautiful variety of reptile. It also […]
Flapjack Octopus Facts This incredible example of the efforts of Nature and evolution most frequently goes by the common name of the Flapjack Octopus. Sometimes, however, individuals refer to it by the alternate common name of the adorabilis, for wholly understandable reasons. The distinctive common names for this wonder of Nature do not simply stop […]
Kerengga ant-like jumper Facts This remarkable invertebrate bears the cumbersome common name of the Kerengga ant-like jumper. Though this term’s a mouthful, it’s nothing compared to the scientific name of the creature. That’s because its technical name is Myrmaplata plataleoides. Neither name rolls off the tongue easily, to be certain. Each also fails to properly […]
Anegada ground iguana Facts Although attention-grabbing, Anegada ground iguana serves as only one of the common names for this remarkable reptile. It’s also known by the alternate term of stout iguana. For the moment, no other alternate common names for the fascinating lizard. The official scientific name for the creature, meanwhile, remains that of the […]
Orange-Peel Doris Facts This unique creature, equal parts cute and bizarre in appearance, bears the common name of the Orange-Peel Doris. The distinctive term for it’s certainly more easily pronounced than the scientific name. That’s the tongue-twisting Acanthodoris lutea. Regardless of which term one uses to refer to it, the animal remains a remarkable species […]
Green Milkweed Grasshopper Facts This brilliantly colored insect bears the descriptive and informative common name of the Green Milkweed Grasshopper. That’s not the only common term for the remarkable invertebrate, though. In point of fact, it has at least two alternate names. That’s because it’s also known to some as the African bush grasshopper, and […]
Oribi Facts This beautiful small variety of antelope goes by the short common name of the Oribi. For the moment, the remarkable mammal has no alternate common term. Its scientific name, meanwhile, is the the short yet hard to pronounce term of the Ourebia ourebi. It owes that name to the individual who accomplished the […]
Chocolate Chip Sea Star Facts The most frequently used common name for this creature with the remarkable appearance is the Chocolate Chip Sea Star. This wonder of evolution also goes by several other common names. The principle alternate term’s the horned sea star. Scientists, meanwhile, use a far more difficult to pronounce name for the […]
