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‎src/data/animals/aye-aye.json‎

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"name": "Aye-aye",
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"scientificName": "Daubentonia madagascariensis",
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"category": "nocturnal-oddities",
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"habitat": "Rainforest canopy and bamboo thickets",
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"location": "Madagascar",
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"description": "The aye-aye is Madagascar's strangest primate, with bat-like ears, beaver-like teeth, and a skeletal middle finger used for tapping trees and extracting insect larvae. Local superstitions consider it a harbinger of bad luck, making it one of the most persecuted animals on Earth.",
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"funFacts": [
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"Uses echolocation-like tapping to find insect larvae in wood",
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"Has a specialized skeletal middle finger that grows continuously",
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"Builds a new nest every night in the treetops",
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"Is the world's largest nocturnal primate",
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"Locals believe seeing one brings death, leading to persecution"
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],
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"conservationStatus": "Endangered",
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"image": "/uploads/aye-aye.jpg",
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"size": "36-44 cm (14-17 inches) body length",
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"diet": "Omnivore"
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}

‎src/data/animals/barreleye-fish.json‎

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"name": "Barreleye Fish",
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"scientificName": "Macropinna microstoma",
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"category": "deep-sea-creatures",
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"habitat": "Deep ocean twilight zone",
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"location": "North Pacific Ocean (600-800m depth)",
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"description": "The barreleye fish has a completely transparent head filled with fluid, allowing its tubular eyes to rotate upward to spot prey silhouetted against the faint light from above. This bizarre adaptation makes it one of the most alien-looking creatures on our planet.",
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"funFacts": [
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"Has a completely transparent, fluid-filled head",
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"Eyes can rotate 90 degrees to look straight up through its skull",
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"Was first described in 1939 but transparent head wasn't discovered until 2004",
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"Steals food from siphonophores using its precise eye movement",
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"Can remain motionless for hours waiting for prey"
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],
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"conservationStatus": "Least Concern",
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"image": "/uploads/barreleye-fish.jpg",
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"size": "15 cm (6 inches)",
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"diet": "Carnivore"
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}

‎src/data/animals/blue-ringed-octopus.json‎

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"name": "Blue-ringed Octopus",
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"scientificName": "Hapalochlaena",
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"category": "venomous-oddities",
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"habitat": "Shallow tide pools and coral reefs",
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"location": "Pacific Ocean (Australia to Japan)",
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"description": "Despite being only the size of a golf ball, the blue-ringed octopus carries enough venom to kill 26 adult humans within minutes. When threatened, brilliant blue rings appear across its body as a warning. There is no antidote to its bite.",
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"funFacts": [
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"Carries enough venom to kill 26 adult humans",
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"Only weighs 10-100 grams but is one of the world's most venomous animals",
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"Blue rings only appear when threatened or excited",
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"Venom causes total paralysis within minutes",
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"No known antidote exists for its bite"
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],
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"conservationStatus": "Least Concern",
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"image": "/uploads/blue-ringed-octopus.jpg",
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"size": "12-20 cm (5-8 inches) including tentacles",
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"diet": "Carnivore"
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}

‎src/data/animals/coelacanth.json‎

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"name": "Coelacanth",
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"scientificName": "Latimeria chalumnae",
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"category": "living-fossils",
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"habitat": "Deep ocean caves and rocky slopes",
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"location": "Indian Ocean (off South Africa and Comoros)",
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"description": "The coelacanth was thought extinct for 66 million years until a living specimen was caught in 1938. This 'living fossil' has lobed fins that move like limbs and is closely related to the first fish that walked on land. It can live over 100 years and doesn't reach maturity until age 55.",
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"funFacts": [
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"Thought extinct for 66 million years until rediscovered in 1938",
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"Lobed fins move alternately like a walking animal",
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"Can live over 100 years and pregnancies last 5 years",
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"Has a primitive lung and can detect electrical fields",
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"One of the closest living relatives to land vertebrates"
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],
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"conservationStatus": "Critically Endangered",
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"image": "/uploads/coelacanth.jpg",
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"size": "1-2 meters (3-6 feet) long",
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"diet": "Carnivore"
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}

‎src/data/animals/dumbo-octopus.json‎

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"name": "Dumbo Octopus",
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"scientificName": "Grimpoteuthis",
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"category": "deep-sea-creatures",
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"habitat": "Deep ocean floor and water column",
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"location": "Deep waters worldwide (3000-7000m depth)",
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"description": "The dumbo octopus is the deepest-living octopus species, residing at crushing depths where sunlight never reaches. Named for its ear-like fins that resemble Disney's Dumbo elephant, it gracefully flaps through the abyssal darkness like an underwater ghost.",
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"funFacts": [
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"Lives deeper than any other octopus species",
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"Ear-like fins make it look like it's flying underwater",
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"Can swallow prey whole due to lack of ink sac",
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"Has no breeding season - can reproduce anytime",
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"Some species glow in the dark with bioluminescence"
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],
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"conservationStatus": "Data Deficient",
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"image": "/uploads/dumbo-octopus.jpg",
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"size": "20-30 cm (8-12 inches)",
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"diet": "Carnivore"
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}

‎src/data/animals/horseshoe-crab.json‎

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"name": "Horseshoe Crab",
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"scientificName": "Limulus polyphemus",
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"category": "living-fossils",
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"habitat": "Shallow coastal waters and sandy beaches",
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"location": "Atlantic coast of North America",
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"description": "Horseshoe crabs have remained virtually unchanged for 450 million years, predating dinosaurs, trees, and even sharks. Despite their name, they're more closely related to spiders than crabs. Their blue blood is harvested for medical research and is worth $60,000 per gallon.",
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"funFacts": [
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"Unchanged for 450 million years - older than dinosaurs",
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"More closely related to spiders than crabs",
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"Has 10 eyes including UV and polarized light detection",
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"Blue blood worth $60,000 per gallon for medical testing",
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"Can survive a year without food"
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],
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"conservationStatus": "Vulnerable",
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"image": "/uploads/horseshoe-crab.jpg",
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"size": "14-19 inches (35-48 cm) long",
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"diet": "Omnivore"
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}

‎src/data/animals/slow-loris.json‎

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"name": "Slow Loris",
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"scientificName": "Nycticebus",
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"category": "venomous-oddities",
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"habitat": "Tropical rainforest canopy",
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"location": "Southeast Asia",
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"description": "The slow loris is the world's only venomous primate. This adorable-looking creature produces toxins in glands on its elbows, which it licks and mixes with saliva to create a venomous bite. Despite its cute appearance, it's one of the most dangerous small mammals.",
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"funFacts": [
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"Only venomous primate in the world",
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"Produces toxin from elbow glands mixed with saliva",
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"Has a grip so strong it can hang from branches all night",
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"Eyes reflect light like a cat's in the dark",
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"Illegally captured for pet trade due to cute appearance"
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],
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"conservationStatus": "Vulnerable",
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"image": "/uploads/slow-loris.jpg",
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"size": "18-38 cm (7-15 inches)",
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"diet": "Omnivore"
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}

‎src/data/animals/star-nosed-mole.json‎

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"name": "Star-nosed Mole",
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"scientificName": "Condylura cristata",
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"category": "nocturnal-oddities",
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"habitat": "Wetlands, marshes, and underground tunnels",
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"location": "Eastern North America",
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"description": "The star-nosed mole has one of the most bizarre facial features in the animal kingdom - a fleshy star of 22 tentacle-like appendages around its nose. This alien-looking organ is actually the most sensitive touch organ of any mammal, with over 100,000 nerve fibers.",
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"funFacts": [
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"Has the most sensitive touch organ of any mammal",
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"Can identify and eat prey in 120 milliseconds",
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"Star contains over 100,000 nerve fibers (6 times more than a human hand)",
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"Can smell underwater by blowing and re-inhaling air bubbles",
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"Eats faster than the human eye can follow"
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],
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"conservationStatus": "Least Concern",
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"image": "/uploads/star-nosed-mole.jpg",
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"size": "15-20 cm (6-8 inches)",
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"diet": "Insectivore"
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}

‎src/data/animals/tarsier.json‎

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"name": "Tarsier",
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"scientificName": "Carlito syrichta",
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"category": "nocturnal-oddities",
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"habitat": "Tropical rainforest trees",
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"location": "Southeast Asia (Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra)",
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"description": "Tarsiers are tiny primates with enormous eyes that cannot move in their sockets, forcing them to rotate their heads 180 degrees like owls. Each eye is larger than their brain, and they can leap 40 times their body length between trees in complete darkness.",
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"funFacts": [
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"Each eye weighs more than its entire brain",
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"Cannot move their eyes so must turn their head 180 degrees",
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"Can leap 40 times their body length between trees",
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"Have the longest fingers relative to body size of any primate",
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"Commit suicide in captivity due to stress - literally die of depression"
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],
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"conservationStatus": "Near Threatened",
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"image": "/uploads/tarsier.jpg",
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"size": "10-15 cm (4-6 inches) body length",
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"diet": "Carnivore"
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}

‎src/data/animals/vampire-squid.json‎

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"name": "Vampire Squid",
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"scientificName": "Vampyroteutis infernalis",
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"category": "deep-sea-creatures",
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"habitat": "Deep ocean oxygen minimum zones",
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"location": "Deep waters worldwide (600-900m depth)",
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"description": "Despite its ominous name, the vampire squid doesn't drink blood. This living fossil can turn itself inside out when threatened and survives in areas with almost no oxygen. It's neither squid nor octopus but belongs to its own unique order.",
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"funFacts": [
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"Can turn itself completely inside out for protection",
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"Survives in oxygen levels as low as 3% (lethal to most marine life)",
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"Has the largest eyes relative to body size of any animal on Earth",
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"Is a living fossil - unchanged for 300 million years",
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"Neither squid nor octopus but in its own taxonomic order"
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],
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"conservationStatus": "Least Concern",
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"image": "/uploads/vampire-squid.jpg",
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"size": "15-30 cm (6-12 inches)",
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"diet": "Carnivore"
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}

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