The Cutest Creatures on Earth Part 3: 40 More Adorable Facts

21Four-horned Antelope

Four-horned Antelope

The Four-horned Antelope is one of the few bovids to have more than two horns. Unfortunately, this makes them a popular target for trophy hunters.


22Puffins

Puffins

Puffins are one of the few seabirds that can hold 10 to 12 small fish during one foraging trip. This allows them to bring more food for their young compared while most seabirds tend to swallow and regurgitate meals for their chicks. 


23Slow Loris

Slow Loris

The Slow Loris is the only mammal that has both a toxic bite and is poisonous. They are nocturnal, and, when threatened, they freeze and remain motionless.


24Jaguar

Jaguar

The jaws of a jaguar are stronger than any other species of cat. With these strong jaws, they will crunch down on bones and eat them. Their jaws are strong enough to crack a sea turtle's shell. In fact, in the zoo, bones are part of a jaguars' regular diet.


25Parrotfish

Parrotfish

Parrotfish spend their days chomping down on coral. After they digest the coral, they poop out sand. Turns out, the majority of sand grains found on white-sand beaches, such as those found in Hawaii, are actually parrotfish poop.


26Hooded Pitohui

Hooded Pitohui

The Hooded Pitohui is the first scientifically documented poisonous bird. Its feathers give off a neurotoxin called homobatrachotoxin which has previously only been found in the skin of poison dart frogs, and handling them can cause numbness. 


27Cats

Cats

Cats travel by placing their hind paws in the print left by their front. This both quiets their steps and ensures solid footing for their powerful back legs.


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28Red-tailed hawk

Red-tailed hawk

The iconic "eagle scream" is not, in fact of a bald eagle. Bald eagles have a high-pitched, laughing call; the fearsome screech often dubbed over eagle visuals belongs to a red-tailed hawk.


29Japanese dwarf flying squirrel

Japanese dwarf flying squirrel

This is the Japanese dwarf flying squirrel. It lives in subalpine forests in Japan and feeds on leaves, bark, fruit, and seeds. 


30Woodcock

Woodcock

When woodcocks rock and strut, they are actually searching for food! It is suspected that the bobbing helps them detect slight changes in the soil, making it easier to detect worms.

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