Oddly Named Animals
This track is a series of the world's animals that have curiously unusual names.
Author Mark Busch
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This American reptile gets its name from releasing an odor from glands located near the bridge of the turtle's shell. The animal is common in the bottom third of the state of Illinios.
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/herpdist/species/st_odoratu.html
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The sucker-footed bat, found in the dry forests of western Madagascar, has suckers located on its thumbs and hind feet which help it catch prey.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070105151427.htm
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The fat sand rat, which is technically a gerbil, gets its name from its large, stocky build. They are active in both the day and night, live in dry desert areas, and create burrow systems to live in.
http://www.waza.org/virtualzoo/factsheet.php?id=110-008-095-001&view=Rodents%20and%20Hares
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The tufted titmouse is a common bird in eastern United States. However, the Tufted Titmouse began expanding its territory from Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey to a a majority of the eastern side of the U.S. Global warming is a possible reason for the expansion.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Tufted_Titmouse.html
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A zonkey is a hybrid of a zebra and a donkey. A zonkey can also be called a zebrass, zebronkey, zeass, zeedonk, donbra, or deebra. Usually, a zebra stallion mates with a donkey mare.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zonkey
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The pink fairy armadillo, which is closely related to the greater fairy armadillo, is the smallest of all armadillos. It gets its name from the pale pink color of its shell.
http://www.msu.edu/~nixonjos/armadillo/chlamyphorus.html
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The blue-footed booby is found in Central and South America. Males "show off" their blue feet in order to attract females. The word "booby" might be derived from the word "bobo" which is the Spanish word for "stupid."
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature/Bluebooby
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The dumbo octopus gets its name from the animal's paired fins that look like elephant ears. The dumbo octopus is located 7,000 meters below sea level, the deepest depth that any cephalopod lives in.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/factfiles/molluscs/dumbo_octopus_bg.shtml
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The yeti crab, which has a coat of hairlike filaments covering its arms and legs, reminded the animal's discovers of the Abominable Snowman. It was found south of Easter Island and off the coast of Chile.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0309_060309_yeti_crab.html