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Primates Our closest animal relatives are important to protect for a number of reasons. For one, because they are so similar to humans, we can study other primate species to learn more about ourselves. In many areas, primates also promote tourism or are important to cultural and religious beliefs.

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As pollinators, bees are responsible for producing much of the food we eat. Three-quarters of the crops we grow depend on pollinators, including bees. If pollinating insects were to disappear from the planet, crop production would immediately decline by 5-8%. Honeybees alone pollinate about 80% of all flowering plants.

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Bat Bats aren’t just spooky creatures of the night—they help us in numerous ways. Just like bees, butterflies, and birds, bats are pollinators. If you enjoy bananas, mangoes, cashews, avocadoes, peaches, or figs, you can thank bats for helping to pollinate their flowers and disperse their seeds.

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Self love is an ocean and your heart is a vessel. Make it full, and any excess will spill over into the lives of the people you hold dear. But you must come first.

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Dog Many of us are intimately familiar with how dogs can help us in myriad ways. In our homes, classrooms, nursing homes, and hospitals, therapy dogs help relieve stress and anxiety and provide numerous benefits to children with ADHD and autism. Assistance dogs, known as service dogs in the US, receive specialised training to help individuals with disabilities.

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Koala Koalas are important to ecosystems in Australia in a few different ways. First, their droppings fertilise the forest floor, which promotes plant growth—and some small mammals and insects feast on them, too. Second, birds are known to use koala fur in their nests, as it is highly insulating. Third, koalas help preserve eucalyptus forests—if koalas disappeared, other animal populations that would then be able to access eucalyptus would surge, leading to the decimation of the trees.

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Did you know that whales help provide at least half of the oxygen we breathe? They do this because they feed phytoplankton—tiny, plant-like organisms that live near the surface of the ocean. Through photosynthesis, phytoplankton capture carbon dioxide and release oxygen, which also helps combat climate change.

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Giraffes Since they’re the tallest land animals in the world, giraffes can reach parts of trees no other species can. This means they help with the pollination and seed distribution of these plants, as well as encouraging new growth of existing trees. Like rhinos and elephants, they also support soil fertilisation with their dung.

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As megaherbivores, rhinos are essential to maintaining the plant life of their habitats. Many people who live around rhino habitats depend on the natural resources they help provide. By wallowing in puddles, they keep existing water sources open and create new ones. After wallowing, the fertile soil from the mud sticks to their bodies, and as it dries and eventually falls off, it spreads around their ecosystems.

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As the largest land animals on Earth, elephants play a major role in their ecosystems for a few different reasons. First, they consume as much as 150 kilograms (330 pounds) of vegetation every day, and store significant amounts of carbon in their dung, which then enters the soil—not only benefiting it as a fertiliser, but also preventing the greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere.

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If you’re not a fan of ants and termites, you owe pangolins a thank you—one pangolin eats as many as 70 million per year. This prevents forests from being destroyed by termites. Digging for insects with their long, sharp claws, they also create burrows that help spread nutrients and aerate the soil, which is why we call them ecosystem gardeners.

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Don’t let the name fool you—it’s not a spider or a bird. It’s actually a wasp. But this insect leaves one of the most painful bug bites. According to entomologist Justin Schmidt, who created the “Schmidt sting pain index” to measure the severity of bug bites, on a scale of 1 to 4, the tarantula hawk is one of just two insects that scores a 4

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May Allah bless you and your family by the plentitude of His blessings…Ameen! Jummah Mubarak.

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Ringtail lemurs have one of the most unique conflict-resolution tactics of all animals: stink fights. Since lemurs live in large social groups of 20 to 30, breeding season can bring a lot of competition. Male ringtails have scent glands on their wrists and shoulders. The wrist gland produces a volatile, short-lived odor, while the shoulder gland produces a brown, toothpaste-like substance, which is much longer lasting. Basically, male lemurs wave their tails and waft a fragrance toward their rivals, resulting in a smelly standoff until someone backs off.

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Mountain goats generally avoid venturing down into lower elevations—except during seasonal food shortages or during particularly bad weather—as the extreme elevation which they inhabit is their primary defense against predators

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This insect native to New Zealand freezes itself for several months, and then thaws itself. It’s the world’s largest freeze-tolerant insect, and withstands freezing 80 percent of its body tissues. It does this to survive drastic temperature changes thanks to a protein that prevents the formation of ice crystals in its blood-like fluid.

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At over 25 tons, the whale shark is the second largest fish in the world, and yet it’s fueled mostly by plankton, plants, and algae. It has over 4,000 teeth, but it’s a filter feeder. It collects food through a technique called “cross-flow filtration,” similar to some bony fish and baleen whales.

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When the African Lungfish feels it’s in a life-threatening situation, it secretes a mucus cocoon and burrows itself up to nine inches under the soil, where it gets air through its lung via a built-in breathing tube that leads to the surface. It then relies on rainwater to breathe.

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Komodo dragons can grow up to 10 feet long and swell to around 150 pounds, which means they eat…a lot. Try up to 80 percent of their own body weight in a single meal. Their post meal-ritual? They regurgitate all of the indigestible parts (bone, hair, feathers, scales) into gastric pellets that smell awful.

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