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  1. As I mentioned in my previous post, albatrosses and their relatives tend to be a group of birds that resides for... fb.me/1oSV9jHhr 8:11 AM Dec 23rd, 2011 via Facebook
  2. Albatrosses and their relatives, also known as the Procellariiformes, are one of those lucky groups of birds that... fb.me/IsQZMAPd 8:39 AM Dec 22nd, 2011 via Facebook
  3. Perching birds, also known as passerines, are the most species-rich of all the bird groups. Taxonomists estimate... fb.me/1uADBaQZa 2:22 AM Dec 22nd, 2011 via Facebook
  4. Although many birds exhibit a fondness for life in the trees, it is the woodpeckers that deserve top rank as the... fb.me/19EEGQbrb 10:54 AM Nov 27th, 2011 via Facebook
  5. This video went viral earlier this week ... if you haven't seen it yet, it's worth a watch. It shows a massive... fb.me/F8A6AMWe 3:11 PM Nov 9th, 2011 via Facebook
  6. This video went viral earlier this week ... if you haven't seen it yet, it's worth a watch. It capture a massive... fb.me/1j2ToR3WW 3:10 PM Nov 9th, 2011 via Facebook
  7. Browse pictures of molluscs, including bobtail squids, common cuttlefish, chambered nautiluses, argonauts... fb.me/1jUVGxHwq 10:19 PM Nov 2nd, 2011 via Facebook
  8. Two oddball molluscan groups, the Caudofoveata and Solenogastres, are often clumped together for convenience in a... fb.me/1eIFOPH4e 4:55 PM Oct 25th, 2011 via Facebook
  9. Browse a collection of pictures of molluscs - scallops, argonauts, nautiluses, squids, gastropods and more. fb.me/SuiZFY94 3:34 AM Oct 24th, 2011 via Facebook
  10. The snails and slugs form a group known more formally as the pulmonates. The pulmonantes are unique from other... fb.me/1dWGxPBuC 5:40 PM Oct 17th, 2011 via Facebook
  11. Of all the many ways animals get around—running, climbing, swimming, flying, lumbering, jumping, slithering—the... fb.me/Yuq0CCky 9:21 AM Oct 14th, 2011 via Facebook
  12. While bivalves may well be knick-named the mirror-image molluscs, gastropods are by comparison the twisted... fb.me/Rau8DaMT 12:44 PM Oct 9th, 2011 via Facebook
  13. Among the various types of molluscs, the bivalves are pretty easy to spot thanks to their symmetry. Bivalves have... fb.me/1bnEyybAM 10:00 AM Oct 9th, 2011 via Facebook
  14. Via the Pacific Whale Foundation: Encounter with largest brained animal on Earth for your Sunday enjoyment. Video... fb.me/1jLIqqCk6 8:40 PM Sep 25th, 2011 via Facebook
  15. RT @OperMigration: The rain is falling gently on the cranes. ( @opermigration live at goo.gl/7P8lF@OperMigration ) 1:37 PM Sep 23rd, 2011 via TweetDeck
  16. Help Save Mt. Kenya | Every Tweet Gets A Tree Planted In the Mount Kenya Forest #savemountkenya africapoint.com/savemountkenya… via @africapoint 6:15 PM Sep 22nd, 2011 via Tweet Button
  17. You may wonder why, after several entries about various hoofed mammals, we arrive suddenly at a group of mammals... fb.me/U4sp1hjN 4:06 PM Sep 22nd, 2011 via Facebook
  • Name Laura Klappenbach
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  • Bio Freelance writer, blogger and About.com guide to animals & wildlife. Tweets about biology, evolution, and zoology. Find me on FB @ facebook.com/animalswildlife
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