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No one skips leg day quite like the red-naped trogon
“All looks, no leg muscles,” is what a self-deprecating red-naped trogon might put on its dating app profile.
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Everyone back up, this dartfish looks mad as heck
If fish had beds, this one woke up on the wrong side of hers. Meet Helfrich’s dartfish, a small marine fish with attitude to burn.
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Treeshrews love spicy food and can’t get drunk
Many humans gravitate towards food that has a kick, but this is (understandably) a complete anomaly in the animal kingdom.
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Don’t be fooled by the black-shouldered kite’s smouldering good looks
The black-shouldered kite is as beautiful as it is deadly.
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The dusky lory looks like a bird born from embers
Sporting the colours of freshly molten lava, the dusky lory almost doesn’t look real with its bright orange features breaking through all that sooty black.
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The Sunda stink badger is the cutest little stinker
As cute as a button until it unleashes a milky green stink bomb, the Sunda stink badger really lives up to its name.
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Fairy wrasses are real-life rainbow fish
Hailing from the warm, coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans, including around Australia, Indonesia, and New Caledonia, the fairy wrasses are known for their intensely beautiful (some say gaudy) colouring.
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The tricoloured parrot finch is a jewel-toned beauty
Compact and colourful, this bird is like a living opal.
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The Christmas Island flying fox is a rare sun-seeker
We’ve a lot of love for this daylight-loving larrikin.
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The red strawberry finch is the sweetest songbird
Looking absolutely gorgeous in its vermillion and white-speckled plumage, it’s not hard to see how the red strawberry finch got its name.