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Recent Examples of alligatorsThe Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences has had alligators on display for more than 100 years, although Claude is the museum’s first albino alligator, the museum said.—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Growing up, Wynter Starks didn’t trick-or-treat like other kids.
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Eve Chen,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
Each year, as the temperature rises, the town’s regular population of around 300 swells with thousands of kids soaking up the simple pleasures of the great outdoors.
Browse the Collection The Kalahari gemsbok or giant oryx is a big tough antelope about the size of a spike bull elk and with long, straight, very sharp horns.
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Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
24 Sep. 2025
Also avoid bats, monkeys and forest antelope, and do not enter caves or mines where bats may live.
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