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Squirrel monkey
- -Name:Dr.Peeper
- -South America
- -eat fruit and insects
- -most common in pet shops
- -live in groups of 200-500
- -chemical communication; urine on its body
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Red Tegu
- -Name:Sweet cheeks
- -Argentina
- -most wanted, sought after reptile
- -1 million taken out of wild for pet trade each year
- -numbers ok in the wild
- -invasive species in florida
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Kinkajou
- -aka honey bear
- -related to raccoon
- -southern mexico, Brazil
- -eyes large, but small head
- -nocturnal
- -prehensile tail
- -solitary at night but sleep in groups
- -Fruigivore
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Serval
- -found in savanna of Africa
- -carnivorous
- -can leap very high
- -long ears and long legs
- -black on eyes to protect from sun
- -solitary
- -doing ok in wild, hunted for pelt
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Legless lizard
- -aka glass lizard
- -Europe
- -has eyelids
- -external ear openings
- -have inflexible jaws
- -cant unlock jaws
- -can grow tail back one time
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Eurasian Tawny Owl
- -coloration: camouflage
- -needs to sleep in protected, hidden areas during the day
- -eye sockets take up most head space
- -use neck to look around: 270 degrees, 14 neck vertebrates
- -hollow bones
- -powerful feet
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Burmese python
- -Name:sunny
- -South East Asia
- -coloration not good for survival in wild; highlighter color
- -huge problem in florida, no natural predators in everglades
- -try to swallow alligators
- -sunny eats 7 rats a week
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