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DOLPHIN
With permanent grins on their
friendly faces, dolphins chatter
to one another as they play in
the waves. But there is a flip side
to Flipper: bottlenose dolphins
have been known to kill their own
babies and for no known reason
hunt down porpoises, beat them
to death, and then play with their
corpses. Maybe they just flip out.

KOALA

With their velvety rounded
bodies and tufty ears, these SLOW LORIS
treetop dwellers are the very
Its cartoon-huge eyes and furry
picture of cuteness. However,
notice the not-so-cute claws, body are adorable to behold,
made for stripping tough tree but the slow loris is capable
leaves and clambering up of pulling a fast one. It secretes
branches. If provoked, they a toxin on its inner elbows and
then mixes it up with its saliva.
will use them to shred your
skin. They also have a nasty When it bites, it injects this toxic
bite that doesn’t bear spit, causing horrible stomach
thinking about. pains and sometimes even death.

CUTE OUTFIT, NASTY SURPRISE KINKAJOU

This sweetie is nicknamed
Awwwww! Look at this adorable assortment of animals. Wouldn’t “honey bear” for its rich golden fur
and its habit of dipping its tongue
you like to take one home to love forever? Think again, as each into nectar. When it sleeps, it wraps
of these charming critters has a teeny-tiny secret: it can its long tail around itself like a fluffy
blanket. But if you startle a kinkajou,
attack, maim, and even kill. They may be cuddly and it may let out a horrendous scream
be begging you to pick them up and give before clawing your flesh and biting
your skin. Honey, that’s not funny.
them a big hug, but danger is their
middle name. No matter how irresistible
these animals appear to be, resist them.

PANDA
With black-ringed eyes, a big round face,
and an adorable chubby, fuzzy body,
a panda looks just as cuddly as a toy version
of itself. If you make a panda angry, though,
get ready for pandemonium. Like other
bears, it has a vicious bite and a scratch
that can tear the skin from your bones.

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