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bottlenose dolphin

everyone nose (...happy mistake? knows...) they're mammals but did you know that all dolphins are porpoises? all porpoises are not dolphins though. their perma-smiles can sometimes belie the fact that in the wild they have to hunt as they are after all carnivorous. i thought they'd eat smaller fish only (and they do–mackerel and even tuna) but the diet of a bottlenose actually is primarily comprised of bottom feeders: shrimp; squid; etc. these dolphins are actually very compassionate though and i wonder if this has to do with their high intelligence. they have attempted to aid not just their own but other sea animals as well. they can swim at speeds around thirty kilometres an hour and can hit nearly five metres high out of the water. they weigh a half a tonne. tursiops truncatus in moleskine.

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bobcat

while being the most plenteous of wildcats (which they're also known as) in north america, they're also among the hardest to spot because they're nocturnal. they also seem to like to be sneaky and surprise prey that oftentimes are much larger than they are. national geographic says that they hunt by pouncing with a death blow of a leaping pounce. this is a 3 metre pounce. causing death. an interesting thing i found is the association bobcats have with in american / indian folklore. the bobcat and coyote are referred to as the fog and wind and these are thought to be opposites. some interpretations seem to imply that this is a bit of an allusion to european and native cultures when they were first coming into contact regularly. felis rufus in moleskine

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