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3 days ago · The lion ( Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the tip of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male lions are larger than females and have a prominent mane.
14 hours ago · While commercially successful, Animal also generated controversy for its portrayal of violence and its potentially misogynistic themes. The film follows a man returning from the US after an ...
2 days ago · Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the Batoidea ( rays and kin).
22 hours ago · The tiger ( Panthera tigris) is a member of the genus Panthera and the largest living cat species native to Asia. It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail and orange fur with black, mostly vertical stripes.
5 days ago · India, which accounts for half the world’s tiger population, declared it the national animal and launched Project Tiger in 1973, a successful program under which selected tiger reserves received special conservation efforts and status.
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1 day ago · In this case, the two-and-a-half-year-old male had become "a little too familiar," in the words of CAP-Ours, a network of some 30 associations supporting the animal's presence in the Pyrénées.
1 day ago · Animal agriculture produces 15% to 20% of greenhouse gas emissions, compared with 10% for passenger road transportation. But the alternative protein industry received only $635 million in government support in 2022, compared with roughly $40 billion in direct purchase subsidies for electric vehicles.
