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Saturday, February 4, 2017
Animal Kingdom
What do the following animals all have in common?
firefly
jackrabbit
koala bear
prairie dog
silkworm
guinea pig
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All of the animals listed above are impostors.
The
firefly
is not a fly. It is a beetle.
The
jackrabbit
is not a rabbit. It is a hare.
The
koala
is not a bear. It is a marsupial.
The
prairie dog
is not a dog. It is a rodent.
The
silkworm
is not a worm. It is a caterpillar.
The
guinea pig
is not a pig. It is a rodent. (And it's not even from
Guinea
, a country on the west coast of Africa. Guinea pigs originated in the Andes mountains in South America.)
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