What sets the Smith's Longspur apart is its astonishing libido. Small like a sparrow, the Smith's Longspur spends its summers in Alaska and Canada and its winters in the Midwest and the South, congregating in open fields.
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Think those heart-shaped boxes of Valentine's chocolates are impressive? Compared to the size of a human heart perhaps. But a whale's heart dwarfs even those samplers that require weightlifters to hoist them.
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Some folks love it, others dread it. But no matter what your feelings about Valentine's Day, there's no avoiding it. And it's not just humans-- animals in the wild are succumbing to Cupid's arrows as well.
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Unlike humans, who seize the opportunity at Valentine’s Day to proclaim their love for their mate and reinforce the bonds of love over a lifetime, most birds are of a different feather.
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Groundhog Day is here and the furry, kind-of-cute groundhog is in the news. Groundhogs clearly aren't related to pigs or hogs-- so what exactly are they? The groundhog (also known as a woodchuck or Eastern Marmot) is actually a large ground-dwelling rodent and is part of family of ground squirrels known as marmots.
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