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Also Known As	Arctiidae

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Harnessed tiger moth

Garden tiger moth

Isabella tiger moth pupa

A banded woolly bear caterpillar (Pyrrharctia isabella) with fuzzy black and orange bands crawls on a textured wooden surface.

South African day-flying moth

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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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