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Observe the South American lowland tapir wading in a swamp for food
Observe the South American lowland tapir wading in a swamp for food
The proboscis of the lowland tapir (
Tapirus terrestris
) is flexible and used in foraging for food.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Observe the South American lowland tapir wading in a swamp for food
Learn about the similarities and differences between eukaryote and prokaryote cells
Compare the elephant's 95-week gestation period with the marsupial American opossum's 12-13-day gestation
Observe the hagfish's horny teeth and scaleless exterior covering a cartilaginous skeleton
See a survey comparing the largest known single living organisms on Earth: from the animal, plant, and fungal kingdoms
Watch a fight between meerkats and see how a dominant alpha female meerkat expells a subordinate from the pack
Find out what an organism is and consider which one is the world's smallest
Glimpse the Amazon Rainforest's diverse wildlife, from anacondas and sloths to macaws and capybaras
Know about carbon and why it is called the element of life
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