Post by sherlew99 on Feb 24, 2016 11:43:16 GMT -6
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Matt Simon Science 07.03.14. 12:30 pm
Adorable Vampire Squirrel Has the World’s Most Absurdly Fluffy Tail
In the forests of Borneo there echoes the legend of the vampire squirrel, a beast so ferocious that it can tackle prey dozens of times its size. Waiting on low branches, it will leap onto the back of a passing muntjac deer, biting into its jugular vein, then wait for its victim to bleed out before consuming its stomach and heart and liver. It must be terribly hideous, right?
Nope.
Matt Simon Science 07.03.14. 12:30 pm
Adorable Vampire Squirrel Has the World’s Most Absurdly Fluffy Tail
In the forests of Borneo there echoes the legend of the vampire squirrel, a beast so ferocious that it can tackle prey dozens of times its size. Waiting on low branches, it will leap onto the back of a passing muntjac deer, biting into its jugular vein, then wait for its victim to bleed out before consuming its stomach and heart and liver. It must be terribly hideous, right?
Nope.
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