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===Animals=== | ===Animals=== | ||
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*The female [http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Tremoctopus&contgroup=Argonautoid_families blanket octopus] wears a long skirt. | *The female [http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Tremoctopus&contgroup=Argonautoid_families blanket octopus] wears a long skirt. | ||
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*[[wp:Flying_gurnard|Flying gurnard]] is a fish with (ornamental) wings. | *[[wp:Flying_gurnard|Flying gurnard]] is a fish with (ornamental) wings. | ||
*Calliactis tricolor, Libinia ferreirae, and Lychnorhiza lucerna | *Calliactis tricolor, Libinia ferreirae, and Lychnorhiza lucerna are in a [http://oceanovidaescondida.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/branca.jpg road trip movie] together. | ||
*The [[wp:Eulimnadia_texana|Eulimnadia texana]] is literally the “desert shrimp”, an aquatic life form in a desert that spends most of its time as an egg waiting for a rainstorm. | *The [[wp:Eulimnadia_texana|Eulimnadia texana]] is literally the “desert shrimp”, an aquatic life form in a desert that spends most of its time as an egg waiting for a rainstorm. | ||
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The [[wp:Manx_Loaghtan|Manx Loaghtan sheep]] has up to six horns. | The [[wp:Manx_Loaghtan|Manx Loaghtan sheep]] has up to six horns. | ||
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====Insects and small animals==== | |||
The question mark butterfly's [http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/bfly2/question_mark07.jpg frightening caterpillar form] has maxed out its defense stat. It also has the awesome Latin name Polygonia interrogationis. | |||
The American dagger moth is named for [https://bugguide.net/images/cache/H06/0K0/H060K0E0YQKQBRZQNRKQYRSQYRZQBRJKCQYKWRFKCRN0R0P0YR60L0SQH07QZ0SQYRU0ORYKARI0WRZQOQ80VRJK.jpg its larval form], which looks dangerous because it is; touching it causes a skin reaction similar to that from a stinging nettle. | |||
The [[wp:Cycnia_tenera|dogbane tiger moth]] or delicate cycnia has learned how to make clicking noises that warn bats not to eat them (they'll taste bad). | |||
The [[wp:Euchaetes_egle|milkweed tiger moth]] acquires a compound called cardiac glycoside from the plants it eats, which is capable of stopping the heart. This, in addition to clicks like the dogbane tiger moth's, protect it from bats. | |||
The [http://bugoftheweek.com/blog/2015/1/5/doubling-down-on-defense-the-polka-dot-wasp-moth-isyntomeida-epilaisi polka-dot wasp moth] looks dangerous as a caterpillar but does no harm. It looks even more dangerous as an adult, appearing to be a wasp (and developing danger markings) in order to fool predators. Like many moths, it only eats one or two plants, mainly oleander, but its native food may be the devil’s potato plant, from which it picks up cardiac glycosides for defensive purposes. | |||
The white satin moth [https://bugguide.net/images/raw/OHW/HLR/OHWHLR8HZREHYHNHHR4LVZUHVZIL8ZLLPZRLCHIHCHXHCH9HYHMLNZNH9ZUHZRNHBZSLAHZLAHIHGZ.jpg is] [https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sites/default/files/bamona_images/2011-0630_0.jpg just] [https://www.mindenpictures.com/cache/pcache2/80168856.jpg gorgeous]. | |||
Adorable in [https://featuredcreature.com/from-dangerous-fluff-to-bunny-stuff/ larval form], it's surprising that we don't raise the adult [http://www.flickr.com/photos/34154526@N07/4674281745/ flannel moth] for its fur! | |||
If there's one thing in nature, above any others, that absolutely screams Do Not Touch Me, it's the [https://i2.wp.com/ugaurbanag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/saddleback.jpg saddleback caterpillar]. If it looks they have a painful sting, it's because they totally do; read the list of potential effects of touching one [[wp:Saddleback caterpillar|here]]. | |||
==Parasites== | ==Parasites== | ||