Animals Categories : Letter J
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Japanese spider crab
Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on Earth, Japanese spider crabs are the largest, spanning up to 12.5 feet from the tip of one front claw to the other. They’re also one of the world’s largest arthropods, animals with no backbone, external skeletons, and multiple-jointed appendages. In this crab’s case, those appendages…
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Jaguar
The jaguar is the largest feline on the American continent and is the one of the world's 'big' cats to be found in the New World. Jaguars are closely related to leopards and have a number of similar characteristics including the distinctive spotted patterns on their fur. The jaguar is…
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Jabiru
The Jabiru is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. The Jabiru is the tallest flying bird found in South America and Central America, often standing nearly the same height as the flightless and thus much heavier American rhea. For the…
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