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Which animals produce antibiotics to protect themselves?

Porcupines often climb trees in search of food, sometimes falling from them to the ground and injuring themselves with their own quills. To prevent infection, the porcupine's body produces fatty acids that coat its quills and act as natural antibiotics.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Can a mockingbird scream with its own voice?

Most people believe that because of its name and remarkable ability to imitate the songs and calls of other birds, the mockingbird is incapable of anything else. The imitative abilities of this creature are amazing. A case was noted when one observer heard how within 10 minutes a mockingbird reproduced the trills of 32 different birds! The mockingbird can even improve the songs of other birds by adding its own trills and overflows.

Did you know that the mockingbird sometimes even tries to imitate the sounds it hears near the farm - the clucking of a chicken, the barking of a dog, the creak of a wheelbarrow, or the sound of a postman's whistle? This, however, does not mean that this intelligent bird does not have its own distinct song. And she sounds very nice. The singing of the mockingbird pleases the ear in the US South, where this bird is found by the thousands. From time to time he sings in the winter. Around the beginning of March, he sings during the day and quite often on moonlit nights. He seems to be proud of his ability to sing.

Quite often it seems that one bird is trying to outsing another! But not only this makes people love the mockingbird. The bird is sociable and trusting by nature, and it may seem that she wants to live next to a person.

Occasionally, the mockingbird nests in bushes or vines around the entrance to a house. At other times, it builds nests on the corner of a fence, in bushes, thickets, or other familiar places. The nest is made from ropes, shreds, bark, feathers - in a word, from everything that comes across. It is tightly folded and lined on the inside. And when the eggs hatch, the mockingbird is ready to fight to protect them. He can attack birds twice his size, cats, dogs, and even humans.

Truly, this is a creature that is ready to die if necessary in order to protect its home and family! While the mockingbird prefers the South, it occasionally makes its way to northern states such as Maine. In summer, it can be found along the entire coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

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