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Why is there no mammal with green fur? Green is a good camouflage color, and nonmammals (for example, frogs, snakes, and birds) do come in green. Why not mammals?
Like many kids who grow up with animals, Subah Packer had always wanted to be a veterinarian. She had cats and dogs as pets. She rode horses and trained with an Olympic coach for 13 years. And she even received a degree in zoology from the Univers ...