A Hypothesis of Ducks

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A Dash of Tapirs
The most elusive creature, a tapir can remain immobile for days on end, before suddenly and unexplainably running off into the undergrowth for no reason at all. To witness more than one tapir dashing at the same time is a miraculous event.
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A Brubbage of Goats
The goat digestive system is one of the most robust in the animal kingdom. It can consume 15 kilograms of cabbage within 5 miuntes, as tested anually at the Brubbage of the Year Event, held in Bridgewater, Somerset.
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A Conglomeration of Carrots
The West-Namibian Migrating Carrot is a plant found in the red deserts of southern Africa. Capable of surviving without water for days, it migrates through the desert by passing dust through the hollow veins in its roots, wading through the sands.
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A Vestibule of Conservationists
A bizarre species, Conservationists are known for their habit of attending conferences but never leaving the vestibule.
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A Lech of Baboons
Baboons are known for their behavioural antics, but none more than the baboon poulation of Rojhdoyhgian in Burma, who cat call old women in the town streets.
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A Regard of Giraffes
Giraffes have elegant necks, but are unknown as the lawyers of the Savannah. Held in the highest esteem by the animal population, they solve mostly domestic desputes.
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A Bairn of Marmosets
It is said that the Crown Prince Alef of Hilsenkovik, Finland mistook a marmoset for an indigenous child while vacating in Nepal. Hence the scurrilous name, bestowed by the rivals of the prince, the Scots.
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An Elephant of Shrews
To be honest, no one really knows why. They can just assume that someone in the natural history quarter had an accute but tragic attack of irony.
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A Yes of Macaws
The talking parrots of the Amazon themselves gave their collective known, despite naturalists claims that 'yes' is the only word that the parrots know.
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A Thrombosis of Sloths
The sloth population of South-Eastern Malaysia are infamous for the coronary thrombosis epidemic of 1783. Such an event has never occurred again, but the name lives on in the syndicate of grammar.
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The goat digestive system is one of the most robust in the animal kingdom. It can consume 15 kilograms of cabbage within 5 miuntes, as tested anually at the Brubbage of the Year Event, held in Bridgewater, Somerset.

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A Brubbage of Goats

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The West-Namibian Migrating Carrot is a plant found in the red deserts of southern Africa. Capable of surviving without water for days, it migrates through the desert by passing dust through the hollow veins in its roots, wading through the sands.

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A bizarre species, Conservationists are known for their habit of attending conferences but never leaving the vestibule.

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Baboons are known for their behavioural antics, but none more than the baboon poulation of Rojhdoyhgian in Burma, who cat call old women in the town streets.

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