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Cute Animals You've Never Heard Of

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Cute Animals You've Never Heard Of

Nobody likes cats anymore, except for @tenderlove. What kind of animals will your friends be talking about in a year?

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February 06, 2013
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  1. • the largest rodent in the the largest rodent in

    the world world • the preferred prey of the the preferred prey of the anaconda anaconda • mate only in water mate only in water
  2. • the only carnivorous the only carnivorous primates primates •

    each eyeball is 16 mm in each eyeball is 16 mm in diameter and as large as diameter and as large as its brain its brain
  3. • world's smallest deer world's smallest deer • barks when

    in fear barks when in fear • also known as the also known as the "Chilean mountain goat" "Chilean mountain goat"
  4. • pikas often share their pikas often share their burrows

    with snowfinches burrows with snowfinches • related to rabbits and related to rabbits and hares hares • live in North America live in North America
  5. • one of only two extant one of only two

    extant hippo species hippo species • marks trails by vigorously marks trails by vigorously waving its tail while waving its tail while defecating defecating