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Diplomacy Animals: The Koala
Of all the cute, cuddly animals in the world, the koala is probably the most awwwww-inducing. After all, if any animal looks like a plush toy, it’s the koala. Koalas are marsupials: they have a pouch into which the live young have to climb immediately after birth. Which is a pretty tough start to life.…
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Diplomacy Animals: The Urechis unicinctus
Again, not a fish, but creatures in the sea tend to be called ‘fish’ whether they like it or not. This particular creature wouldn’t like one of its common names at all. I did some research into the animal. Yes, I do research. Google’s AI avoided one alternative common name, which is one of those…
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Diplomacy Animals: The Jellyfish
When is a fish not a fish? As it turns out, a lot of the time. There seems to have been a movement among those who were privileged to name animals to tell us that this creature lives in the water when they named them. “We’re going to call it a ‘fish’. It isn’t a…
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Diplomacy Animals: The Yeti
After just eliminating extinct animals from the list, I suppose there is something of a double standard by including a mythical beast. But there is a reason for this (and you’re going to have to read on for that, of course; fascinating, huh?). There are some people who will insist that yeti actually exist. They…
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Diplomacy Animals: The Iguana
Among the range of weird pets, iguanas rank highly for me. I like my pets to be soft and cuddly. Iguanas, fish, tarantulas… no thanks. I can see the attraction, I suppose, in the colourfulness of iguanas. There are two species: the green iguana and the Lesser Antillean iguana, the latter being imaginatively named because…
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