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* ''Deinonychus'' may have hunted in packs. Pop culture [[JurassicPark Velociraptor]]s are ''Deinonychus'' in all but name.

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* ''Deinonychus'' may have hunted in packs. Pop culture [[JurassicPark Velociraptor]]s ''Velociraptor'', those inspired by Film/JurassicPark1993 anyway, are ''Deinonychus'' in all but name.

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* ''Deinonychus'' may have hunted in packs.

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* ''Deinonychus'' may have hunted in packs. Pop culture [[JurassicPark Velociraptor]]s are ''Deinonychus'' in all but name.



* ''Megalosaurus'' & ''Iguanodon'' were the first Mesozoic dinosaurs named. Both were long used as wastebaskets for fragmentary bones that are actually very different and belong elsewhere.

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* ''Megalosaurus'' & (1824), ''Iguanodon'' (1825), & ''Hylaeosaurus'' (1832) were the first Mesozoic dinosaurs named.validly named and used by Sir Richard Owen to define ''Dinosauria''. Both were long used as wastebaskets for fragmentary bones that are actually very different and belong elsewhere.
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* The king cobra is the largest venomous snake.

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* The king cobra is the largest venomous snake. It is [[InNameOnly not a true cobra]], by the way.
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* Mosquitoes are the most dangerous animals on Earth by number of deaths caused.

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* Mosquitoes are the most dangerous animals on Earth by number of deaths caused. They're also the only animals on Earth that are more dangerous than ''humans''.
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* Owls have really good hearing and can fly silently. They can turn their heads very far around. They regurgitate the fur, bones and other indigestible parts of their prey as "furballs" (often implied to be unique to owls, but [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellet_(ornithology) this is false]]). They fly at night, whereas other birds of prey (traditionally called "falconiforms") hunt during the day ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_owl it's not]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter-winged_kite that simple]]).

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* Owls have really good hearing and can fly silently. They can turn their heads very far around. They regurgitate the fur, bones and other indigestible parts of their prey as "furballs" (often implied to be unique to owls, but [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellet_(ornithology) this is false]]). They fly at night, whereas other birds of prey (traditionally called "falconiforms") hunt during the day ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_owl it's not]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter-winged_kite that simple]]). They're one of the few animals that hunts skunks since they lack a sense of smell.
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* No one knows what zebra stripes are for, but likely to be camouflage. No two zebras have the exact same stripes.

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* No one knows what zebra stripes are for, but likely to be camouflage.camouflage[[note]]the [[ScienceMarchesOn most recent research]] indicates that their stripes repel a particularly dangerous type of fly[[/note]]. No two zebras have the exact same stripes.



* The okapi is the only living member of the Giraffid family aside from the giraffe itself, and much more closely resembles their shared ancestors.

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* The okapi is the only living member of the Giraffid family aside from the giraffe itself, and much more closely resembles their shared ancestors. It is the last large terrestrial animal to be discovered by western science, having been identified in 1901 after years of searching.
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* Mammals with binocular vision are carnivores and mammals without it are herbivores. This is usually incorrectly implied to be true for all vertebrates.

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* Mammals with binocular vision are carnivores and mammals without it with peripheral vision are herbivores. This is usually incorrectly implied to be true for all vertebrates.

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* The zyzzyva (a South American weevil) is the last word in the dictionary.




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* Mammals with binocular vision are carnivores and mammals without it are herbivores. This is usually incorrectly implied to be true for all vertebrates.



* "Dolphins are rapists" is on its way to becoming this (it's inaccurate because to say rape due to them being animals, but that's how it's usually phrased).

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* "Dolphins are rapists" have violent sex" is on its way to becoming this (it's inaccurate because to say rape due to them being animals, but that's how it's usually phrased).this.
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* "Dolphins have violent sex" is on its way to becoming this.

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* "Dolphins have violent sex" are rapists" is on its way to becoming this.this (it's inaccurate because to say rape due to them being animals, but that's how it's usually phrased).

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