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20s | Writer | Occasional Artist | Language Nerd | Current WIPs: Wild Hands Toward The Sky / The Atlas House | Microfiction/Poetry Side Blog: Aeonian Thought
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American Marten (Martes americana), blepping in the snow, family Mustelidae, Alaska

  • The American and Pine Martens were once though to be one species, but have been split apart, because of genetic and anatomical differences.

photograph by Courtney Celley/USFWS

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the kagu is an unusual bird endemic to new caledonia. their appearance is marked by their soft grey plumage and large crest, arching over their shoulders; in addition, the kagu is the only bird possessing ‘nasal corns’, passageways that protect the nostrils. kagu mainly hunt prey on the ground, as they are almost entirely flightless. due to their poor flight, they are vulnerable to introduced predators, and as such are now endangered.

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