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Flying bat

Are Bats Rodents?

animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.

Abundant Animals: The Most Numerous Organisms in the World

Bats. Megabat. Grey-headed flying fox. Pteropus poliocephalus. A pair of grey-headed flying foxes hanging from the ceiling of a cave in South Australia.

5 Surprising Facts About Bats

bat flying

Are Bats Really Blind?

cat. orange and white persian cat with long hair, snarl, growl, teeth

7 Questions About Mammals Answered

Discover

Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

6 Lakes That Are Drying Up

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Nelson Mandela, undated photo.

15 Nelson Mandela Quotes

Estimated battle casualties, Normandy invasion, World War II. WWII, D-Day

Estimated Battle Casualties During the Normandy Invasion and Campaign to Liberate Paris (June–August 1944)

New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.

Why Is It Called Black Friday?

Artist interpretation of space asteroids impacting earth and moon. Meteoroids, meteor impact, end of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Doomsday Predictions, comet

Major Mass Extinctions

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10 Great Sports Rivalries

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Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)

Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz

vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.

Animal Factoids

Lion (panthera leo)

Deadliest Animals Quiz

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

Animal Group Names

Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Animals, mammals.

Ultimate Animals Quiz

Humpback whale breaching out of the ocean. (sea mammal; ocean mammal)

A Quiz from Shrews to Whales

Giraffe standing in grass, Kenya.

Know Your Mammals Quiz

Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz

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cat. orange and white persian cat with long hair, snarl, growl, teeth

7 Questions About Mammals Answered

Bats. Megabat. Grey-headed flying fox. Pteropus poliocephalus. A pair of grey-headed flying foxes hanging from the ceiling of a cave in South Australia.

5 Surprising Facts About Bats

cat. orange and white persian cat with long hair, snarl, growl, teeth

7 Questions About Mammals Answered

animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.

Abundant Animals: The Most Numerous Organisms in the World

Demystified

Flying bat

Are Bats Rodents?

bat flying

Are Bats Really Blind?