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Coochie coochie coo

August 15, 2009 12:00 am • Last Updated: August 15, 2009 12:35 am

By Day Staff

A worker at the Sunshine City International Aquarium in Tokyo holds three baby fennecs that were born in mid-May. A fennec is a small nocturnal fox found in the Sahara Desert in North Africa. Its ears are sensitive enough to hear its large insect prey, such as beetles and locusts, walk on the sand.

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