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Hereford cow and calf

cow and chicken digestive tracts

aurochs skeleton

Holstein-Friesian cow

Brown Swiss cow

Milking Shorthorn cow.

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Guernsey cow

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Beet. Beta vulgaris. Sugar beet. Two rows of harvested beets.

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Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

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7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

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Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

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Hereford cow and calf

cow and chicken digestive tracts

aurochs skeleton

Holstein-Friesian cow

Brown Swiss cow

Milking Shorthorn cow.

Visit a dairy farm and learn how Danish red cattle contribute to Denmark's national economy

Watch how dairy cows are kept comfortable in Saudi Arabia

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Do Cows Pollute as Much as Cars?sanctity of the cow cattle ox female heifer steer bull ovary Wagyu gayal Hereford Angus Jersey Holstein-Friesian

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

A Quiz from Shrews to Whales

Lion (panthera leo)

Deadliest Animals Quiz

Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama 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

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

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

7 Questions About Mammals Answered

Demystified

Group of black and white cows in a pasture, Waltshire, England.

Are Cows Really Unable to Walk Down Stairs?