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Long-tailed jaeger videos, photos and facts - Stercorarius ...
The long-tailed jaeger hunts rodents by hovering some distance above the ground, before pouncing on or pursuing the prey on the ground and pecking it to death (2) (3) (5) . It cannot use its feet to grasp prey, instead usually shaking the rodent in the beak to break it apart (3) (5) . Adult lemmings may be too large to be eaten whole, but a breeding pair will often cooperate to tear apart prey...
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Tiger salamander videos, photos and facts - Ambystoma ...
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Tiger salamander biology
Adult tiger salamanders are usually terrestrial and spend most of their lives underground, either in a burrow they have dug themselves or in the burrow of another animal (1) (2) (3) (5) (6) (8) . Individuals of this species have been found up to two metres below the soil surface (2) . Members of the family to which the tiger salamander belongs, the Ambystomatidae, are...
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