Japanese animals

While Australia is home to the most animals that will kill you, Japan seems to be home to the most animals that will make you go "d'awww." Here are my top ten favorite wild animals of Japan.

Messenger Fox or Kitsune at Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine in Kyoto Japan @FanningSparks | Postcards from Japan #3 – FanningSparks

Did you know that your pet cat won’t go ‘meow’ in Japanese? Instead, a cat’s meow would be nyaa-nyaa (ニャーニャー)! In Japanese, animal sounds are replicated through onomatopoeia. Each sound differs from the biggest and

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Here is Part 2 of this duo of posts. For Part 1, click HERE. What are these two posts about? Well, we are going to be taking a "Top Ten" look at some mammals that look a lot like something they aren't. Sometimes, these two animals are fairly closely related: other times, they are quite far apart! All of these examples will be results of a fascinating phenomenon known as "Convergent Evolution," which is where similar ecological and environmental factors cause two very different animals to…