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Happy New Year !
Wishing for happiness all year long :)
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The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae. They are found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula. Populations also extend for considerable distances inland in regions with enough moisture to support suitable woodlands.

The word koala comes from the Dharuk gula (pronounce as as coola or koolah), which mean "doesn't drink".
The scientific name of the koala's genus, Phascolarctos, is derived from Greek phaskolos "pouch" and arktos "bear". Its species name, cinereus, is Latin and means "ash-coloured".

Although the koala is not a bear, English-speaking settlers from the late 18th century first called it koala bear due to its similarity in appearance to bears. Although taxonomically incorrect, the name koala bear is still in use today outside Australia. Its use is discouraged because of the inaccuracy in the name.

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This is a typical ultra wide angle shot made during F1 at Sepang International Circuit in 2010...
No fisheye lens or additional editing effects. Life can be beautiful if you look from other perspective through your own eyes, not only through your lenses.

Agile & smart... He's mimicking whatever human is doing. Really amazed yet funny...
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The Tufted Capuchin (Cebus apella), also known as Brown Capuchin or Black-Capped Capuchin is a New World primate from South America. It lives in the northern Amazon rainforest of the Guyanas, Venezuela and Brazil and to the west of the Rio Negro, as far north as the Orinoco in Venezuela. It is also found in eastern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, including the upper Andean Magdalena valley in Colombia.

The Tufted Capuchin is more powerfully built than the other capuchins, with rougher fur and a short, thick tail.
It has been observed using containers to hold water, using sticks (to dig nuts, to dip for syrup, to catch ants, to reach food), using stones to hit nuts, using sponges to absorb juice, using stones as hammer and chisel to penetrate a barrier and using stones as hammer and anvil to crack nuts. While some of these tasks are relatively simple by cognitive standards (e.g. using a stick to catch ants), others, like cracking nuts with hammer and anvil are only exceeded in complexity by chimpanzees.

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Animals are certainly more beautiful than humans...
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The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all extant land-living animal species, and the largest ruminant. The average mass for an adult male giraffe is 1200kg while the average mass for an adult female is 830kg. It is approximately 4.3m to 5.2m tall.

The giraffe's fur may serve as a chemical defence, and is full of antibiotics and parasite repellents that gives the animal a characteristic scent. The giraffe has one of the shortest sleep requirements of any mammal, which averages 4.6 hours per 24 hours.

Both sexes have prominent horns, formed from ossified cartilage, and known as ossicones. The appearance of horns is a reliable method of identifying the sex of giraffes, with the females displaying tufts of hair on the top of the horns, whereas males' horns are larger and tend to be bald on top, the hairs worn away due to necking in combat. Males sometimes develop calcium deposits which form bumps on their skull as they age, which can give the appearance of up to three additional horns.

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Magnificent animal... So powerful yet graceful...
I couldn't imagine if I'm being chased by him in the open field.
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The Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large-sized feline (order Felidae) inhabiting most of Africa and parts of Middle East. It is the only felid with non-retractable claws and pads that, by their scope, disallow gripping (therefore cheetah cannot climb vertical trees, although they are generally capable of reaching easily accessible branches).

It holds the record as the fastest land speed of any living animal (112 to 120 km/h in short bursts covering distances up to 500m and has the ability to accelerate from 0 to over 100 km/h in three seconds. Thus, the cheetah rely on their speed rather than their claws to exhaust the prey before pouncing on it.

The Cheetah cannot roar, but does have various vocalizations:
* Chirping - When a cheetah attempts to find another, or a mother tries to locate her cubs, it uses a high-pitched barking called chirping.
* Churring or stuttering - This vocalization is emitted by a cheetah during social meetings. A churr can be seen as a social invitation to other cheetahs, an expression of interest, uncertainty, or appeasement or during meetings with the opposite sex.
* Growling - This vocalization is often accompanied by hissing and spitting and is exhibited by the cheetah during annoyance, or when faced with danger.
* Yowling - This is an escalated version of growling, usually displayed when danger worsens.
* Purring - This is made when the cheetah is content, usually during pleasant social meetings (mostly between cubs and their mothers).

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