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    Wild, extinct, domesticated, endangered - the animal kingdom is filled with creatures of exotic shapes and sizes, making them a firm favourite for curious minds and fact finders of all ages. Here you can find a menagerie of animal facts and pictures of the wonderful beasts that walk the earth, the birds that soar through the sky and the sea creatures that swim through the vast oceans of our Earth.

    The Sudanese Red Spitting Cobra, a predator analysed in Professor Fry's study © Getty Images
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    Revealed: How snakes defend against their own venom

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    Shocking behaviour: Electric eels team-up to zap their prey

    From Dolly to endangered species: A history of cloning © Alamy
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    From Dolly to endangered species: A history of cloning

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    Can wild animals become overweight?

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    Why you’re stroking your cat completely wrong (and how to do it right)

    Why do dogs lick people? © Getty
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    Why do dogs lick people?

    Megalodon sharks ate their siblings in the womb, new study suggests © Getty
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    Megalodon sharks ate their siblings in the womb, new study suggests

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    Rewilding: Can it save our wildlife and temper climate change? © Alamy
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    Rewilding: Can it save our wildlife and temper climate change?

    Rare ant rescued from brink of extinction with help of DIY conservation tools ©John Walters/Buglife/PA News
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    Rare ant rescued from brink of extinction with help of DIY conservation tools

    World’s most threatened orangutan species ‘in more trouble than previously thought ©Andrew Walmsley, PA News
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    World’s most threatened orangutan species ‘in more trouble than previously thought’

    Rise of the Clones: 7 ways cloning is already happening © Getty Images
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    Rise of the Clones: 7 ways cloning is already happening

    In pictures: Sir David Attenborough's new series A Perfect Planet © Silverback Films/Grab/BBC
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    In pictures: Sir David Attenborough’s new series A Perfect Planet

    Panning shot of a Dalmatian Pelican. Its tough, but so worth it when it turns out well. This shot was taken with 1/30s, f/8.0, and ISO 800 at 80mm.
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    Swift Pelican wins top Ecology Photo Prize

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