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Animals symbols of different countries

Australia - red kangaroo, emu
China - giant panda
Denmark - red squirrel
France - gallic rooster
Greece - dolphin
India - king cobra, Indian elephant
New Zealand - kiwi
Russia - brown bear
USA - bald eagle
Canada - moose, beaver
UK - lion

15 interesting facts about raccoons

1) Raccoons are distant relatives of bears. 2) The female feeds her offspring 24 times a day. 3) Vision and hearing in babies appears only in the third week of life. 4) On the legs of a raccoon there are thousands of tactile receptors, with their help the animal is able to identify an object, even without looking at it. In water, the action of receptors only intensifies, so raccoons have such a love of rinsing. 5) The joints of the hind legs of raccoons bend 180 degrees. 6) Raccoons are one of the few mammals that are able to descend from a height upside down. 7) In case of danger, the mother-raccoon has about 12 holes for the emergency resettlement of her cubs. 8) In winter, raccoons hibernate, their sleep is not deep, they often wake up. Although in the southern regions, animals do not sleep at all in winter. 9) To survive the winter, the raccoon must gain 30% of its usual mass. 10) Sometimes up to 10 raccoons winter in a large hollow or nest.

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