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Sea angel, Clione limacina

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A female Blanket Octopus might get to about a meter or 2 (3.3 to 6.6 feet) in length, but her first 2 pairs of legs are extra specially long. Attached to them is a huge span of webbing that is normally hidden away.In times of need, this drapery is unfurled, spread out and left to billow in the water. This makes her look far larger and more threatening than she actually is, hopefully scaring off any predators. If it doesn’t seem to be working so well, bits of her blanket can even detach from the rest to act as a decoy.

Blanket Octopus are immune to the stings of the Portuguese Man o’ War. They can rip off a few of the Man o’ War’s tentacles and wield them like whips. Poisonous, stinging whips.

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Giant guitarfish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis) (by brian.gratwicke)

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Mountain tapir

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Southern shovel-nosed snake

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Burton's legless lizard

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Violet Dropwing (by Matt Berry)

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Komodo dragon

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Batfish (genus Ogcocephalus) are related to anglerfish, though their snouts are not luminescent. Instead, they draw prey in by discharging a chemical into the water. Batfish are poor swimmers, instead having fins adapted to walking on the seafloor. Like blowfish, some species expand when aggravated.

(photo & information via Jonathan Wojcik, bogleech.com)

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White-tailed Eagle (by Harry Eggens)

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Western spadefoot toad

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Black Lahore pigeon

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Japanese quail

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Regal horned lizard

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Hummingburst Emerald (by bcduncan)

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Komondor dogs (aka 'mop dogs' or 'Hungarian sheepdog') are livestock-guarding dogs with a long history in Hungary, and the breed is one of Hungary's national treasures.

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Slow-worm