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Amavi
@amavi Nov 19, 2018, 9:02 PM UTC

Guess who's back...

Hey Steemians! It’s been such a long time, 8 months in fact, since I was last here. I haven’t forgotten any of you, my amazing followers, and most I have managed to keep in contact with on Discord. I…

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Amavi
@amavi Mar 24, 2018, 11:05 PM UTC

Amazing Animals #28 The Lions-mane Jellyfish

Most animals covered in this series have at least one or two traits that appear human-like, either in appearance or in behaviour, for example most eyes are circular, many animals also have hands and…

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Amavi
@amavi Mar 20, 2018, 9:59 PM UTC

Endangered Species #14 The Okapi

It’s that time again for another instalment of endangered animals, I always try to highlight animals that may not be as well known as some of the species that are frequently in the public eye. The Ok…

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Amavi
@amavi Mar 16, 2018, 7:28 PM UTC

Amazing Animals #27 The Flamboyant Cuttlefish

As a young child I always had the dream of one day becoming a marine biologist, various different life events and changes in interests gradually reduced my focus on this dream, partner that with the…

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Amavi
@amavi Mar 11, 2018, 7:24 PM UTC

Endangered Species #13 The Philippine Eagle

When it comes to animals on this series, it’s often Birds that are the most overlooked animals as well as some of the most difficult animals to save, their large ranges, fragmented populations and we…

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Amavi
@amavi Mar 7, 2018, 8:28 PM UTC

Amazing Animals #26 The Kodiak Bear

It's been a while since we covered the Polar Bear so I feel it's time to cover the animals they are thought to have diverged from roughly 150,000 years ago, the Brown Bears. Aside from the Polar Bear…

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Amavi
@amavi Mar 3, 2018, 7:01 PM UTC

Endangered Species #12 The Ruffed Lemurs

These animals were popularised in the Madagascar film series and continue to be popular animals in zoological facilities, but very little is being mentioned with regard to their rapidly declining pop…

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Amavi
@amavi Feb 26, 2018, 9:23 PM UTC

Amazing Animals #25 The Jumping Spiders

Going to try something a little different today and cover a terrestrial Arthropod for the first time in this series, Arthropods include a wide range of animals such as Arachnids, Insects, Crustaceans…

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Amavi
@amavi Feb 23, 2018, 11:07 PM UTC

Endangered Species #11 The Amur Tiger

I consider myself very lucky in the fact that I’m able to observe these magnificent creatures on an almost daily basis as they are part of our zoological collection and are in fact also part of an in…

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Amavi
@amavi Feb 20, 2018, 11:00 PM UTC

Amazing Animals #24 The Ocean Sunfish

It’s safe to say that cute and fluffy animals reign supreme when it comes to exposure to the general population, but weird and wonderful creatures also worm themselves in to the limelight occasionall…

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