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blue wildebeests Carolus Linnaeus: Systema Naturae
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
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greylag. Flock of Greylag geese during their winter migration at Bosque del Apache National Refugee, New Mexico. greylag goose (Anser anser)
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Key People

Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson
American biologist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier
French zoologist
Lancelot Thomas Hogben
English scientist
Dana, James D.
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
Johannes Müller
German physiologist
Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Lorenz
Austrian zoologist
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
British biologist and writer
Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel
German embryologist
Conrad Gesner.
Conrad Gesner
Swiss physician and naturalist
Eugenie Clark
Eugenie Clark
American ichthyologist
Steller's sea cow
Georg W. Steller
zoologist and botanist
Charles Henry Turner.
Charles Henry Turner
American scientist
John James Audubon
John James Audubon
American artist
Flannery, Tim
Tim Flannery
Australian zoologist
Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin
American scientist and industrial designer
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French naturalist
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall
British ethologist
Peter B. Medawar, 1960.
Sir Peter B. Medawar
British zoologist

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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
greylag. Flock of Greylag geese during their winter migration at Bosque del Apache National Refugee, New Mexico. greylag goose (Anser anser)
Biology Bonanza
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Model of a molecule. Atom, Biology, Molecular Structure, Science, Science and Technology. Homepage 2010 arts and entertainment, history and society
Science Quiz
vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
Animal Factoids