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Giant Amazonian river otters live in large social family groups and are known to pester caimans to drive them out of their territory and they also feed on piranhas

Spotted hyenas are one of the few mammals where the female is the alpha, and not to mention once a male pup is 2 years old they will kick him out of the clan. Also, on a more vulgar note they have what's called a pseudopenis, which is essentially a fake penis that they have to give birth through, and because of this most pups and some mothers die in the birthing process

Black 'panthers' are really just jaguars or leopards with melanism, which causes them to have a excess of dark pigment

A narwhal's tusk is really just a pair of teeth that grows through the animals upper lip

Boutu or Amazonian river dolphins are by far the most aggressive species of dolphin, though their aggression is only out done by the Orca, they have been known to bite and headbutt humans and most attacks are nearly fatal

Beluga whales are the only species of whale with a proper neck

Sperm whales have a collapsible ribcage which allows them to dive to the extreme depths where they often hunt

Surprisingly, not many species of penguin live in cold climates

Albatross spend over 50% of their lives flying over the ocean

Flamingos and roseate spoonbils get their pink coloration from the shrimp they eat

Lammergeiers mainly feed on the bones of dead animals instead of the actual carrion

The Secretary Bird mainly hunts snakes and will kill it's prey in multiple ways, sometimes by stomping on the serpent with it's talons or dropping it from the sky

Hoatzin have a small pair of claws on their wings as hatchlings, which they use to climb trees and such

Sword billed humming birds can't preen themselves due to their massive bills so they instead scratch themselves to get rid of parasites and such

Blue Jays, despite their beautiful and seemingly harmless appearance, often raid the nests of other song birds and will eat any chicks or eggs that they find

ShoeBill's often will favor the strongest chick of the clutch and will only take care of that chick, and not to mention when the mother leaves the nest the favored chick will often 'bully' it's siblings and will end up killing them most of the time

There is a species of crocodile called a mugger

The Florida everglades is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles live together

There is a species of desert skink called a sandfish

Most species of snakes are cannibals, and the females, like spiders, will often eat the male after breeding

The yellow belly sea snake is the only species that lives in the open ocean

There's a species of giant slamander called a hellbender

In most species of aquatic newts a male will grow a large sail/fin during breeding season

Salamanders are just fully terrestrial newts

A Greenland shark can live over a hundred years, and the oldest specimen is a male that's believed to be 512

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