The male Royal Flycatcher has a striking, colourful crest

[📹 Stefano Ianiro]

From puppy to full grown Kangal dog in just two years.

[📹 Halil Yetişir]

This bird nest has a secret "false entrance" cleverly designed to confuse predators.

The distinctive features of a Jacobin pigeon

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Snow leopard near Karakoram. There could be as few as 4,000 left, however the exact number is unknown as they are extremely elusive.

[📹 Muhammad Osama / WWF]

When his friend falls, this donkey lies down to hug him & waits for him to get up.

Every being has a degree of understanding and knows kindness.

The Norwegian Forest Cat is a breed of domestic cat originating in Northern Europe and it's one of the oldest, as it's believed to have been brought to Norway about 1000 CE by the Vikings.

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Did you know?

The bearded vulture is the only known animal whose diet is almost exclusively bone.

One of the rarest animal sightings in the world: chirodectes maculatus, only seen once before.

The Black Sicklebill (*Epimachus fastosus*) ranks among the most remarkable of all Birds-of-Paradise. Native to New Guinea’s mountain forests, the male undergoes a stunning transformation during courtship, reshaping his body and plumage into an otherworldly display to attract a mate.

Beautiful rainbow Betta fish

Fun fact: adult scorpions glow under UV light.

There are at least 3 fluorescent compounds in scorpions’ exoskeleton: a phthalate ester, β-carboline and 7-hydroxy-4-methylcoumarin.

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