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Are orangutans introverts?

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The behavior of orangutan introverts stem from their need to find food. Learn why orangutan introverts are more solitary than their fellow apes.

Why are otters playful?

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Playful otters often wrestle, slide and play with their food. Learn how otters are playful and use fun and games as ways to improve their survival tactics.

Milk Snake: Harmless Yet Colored for Danger

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Often confused with the venomous coral snake, which advertises its toxicity through bright bands of color, the milk snake is harmless to humans.

The Tarsier Is One Weird Primate, and Yes, We're Related

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Never heard of the tarsier? Well it's one of the smallest primates in the world but has some of the biggest bug eyes you've ever seen.

11 Pretty Awesome Facts About the Pacific Ocean

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It covers more than 30 percent of the planet, and is home to all kinds of sea creatures. What other facts make the Pacific Ocean so amazing?

How to Help Protect Endangered Species

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Do you know how to help protect endangered species? Find out how to help protect endangered species in this article from HowStuffWorks.

Baird's Tapir

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As with other tapirs, the short trunk of the Baird's tapir is composed of nose and upper lip. The tapir uses its trunk to pick up grasses, leaves is and fruit and carry them to the mouth.

What Species of Dinosaur Are You?

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Once upon a time, the world was ruled by reptiles. Then stuff happened, there were mammals, and here we are. But what if you could go back? What if you could find out what kind of dinosaur you were meant to be? Take this quiz and get prehistoric!

What have we learned from the Human Genome Project?

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The Human Genome Project revealed how the 3.2 billion base pairs contained in the human genome are ordered. Learn more about the Human Genome Project.

Elephants Are Terrified of ... Honeybees?

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Are elephants really afraid of honeybees? HowStuffWorks wants to know.

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