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Learn how termites use salivary secretions to cement debris to decaying wood nests in their rainforest habitat
Life cycle of the termite. Queen termite (genus Macrotermes) surrounded by workers. Termite castes. termite mound
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Also Known As white ant • Isoptera

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Life cycle of the termite.
Queen termite (genus Macrotermes) surrounded by workers.
Termite castes.
termite mound
Learn how termites use salivary secretions to cement debris to decaying wood nests in their rainforest habitat
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Alfred Edwards Emerson
American zoologist

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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
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Lion (panthera leo)
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
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