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🐦 The Lyrebird is a singing bird, a symbol of Australia, found in the east and Tasmania.
It can mimic other birds, mammals, and sounds like train signals and chainsaws.
🎶 Males have a beautiful 16-feather tail, resembling a lyre, while females have a short brown tail.
The Egyptian Plover, also known as the Crocodile Bird,
catches flies and eats leftover meat 🐜🍖️.
Crocodiles don't need teeth cleaning, their teeth grow and replace themselves 🦷.
They lie with their mouths open to cool down 😴.
The teeth cleaning myth originated from ancient Greeks 🤷♂️.
You've been waiting to see a baby cobra hatch from its egg... or not? 🐍🥚
The royal cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is the largest venomous snake, growing up to 3-4 meters. It grows throughout its 30-year lifespan.
Found in tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia, including India and Indonesia. 🌴
🦔 Porcupines are large rodents 🐭. The most known is the crested porcupine.
It can weigh up to 27 kg and reach 90 cm in length 📏.
Porcupines have two types of quills: long and flexible, and short and stiff 🤯.
They can raise their quills using strong muscles 💪.
Porcupines are generally quiet, but they grunt and puff when threatened 😬.
🐃 The Anoa, a dwarf buffalo, is the smallest buffalo species, with a body length of 160cm and a weight of up to 300kg.
🌴 Found in Indonesia, on the island of Sulawesi.
🚨 Both species are endangered due to deforestation and hunting.
🐯 Despite protection, they are hunted for trophies, with a 90% population decline between 1979-1994.
🦌 European roe deer are elegant animals with a blunt snout and short tail.
Their coat is uniform, golden-red in summer and gray in winter.
🔍 Interestingly, their eyes glow red-yellow at night.
They feed on grass, berries, and mushrooms, and love acorns 🌳
🦋 Meet the Giraffe Weevil, a large beetle species.
It's found only in Madagascar's rainforests, like Ranomaafana National Park.
🌟 This 2.5cm long beetle has a unique neck, used to fight other males for a mate.
🙅♂️ It's harmless to humans and doesn't bite or sting.
The Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne is found in Southern Africa.
Males have a long tail that opens in flight 🐦.
They're small: males 16-19 cm (up to 60 cm with tail), females 12-14 cm.
Here, we see their courtship dance: the female chooses the one that jumps higher and longer 💃.
🐦 The Great Crested Grebe is found almost everywhere.
Its brown back and white front make it unique 🌟.
They have long necks and red-orange feathers on their heads 🌿.
They eat fish up to 25cm long, like carp and pike 🐟.
The Montezuma Oropendola is a songbird found in Central America.
It's named after the Aztec emperor Montezuma II.
Watch its amazing tricks in normal and slow motion 🐦💨
🐻 Kinkajou (Potos flavus) is a cat-sized mammal.
Initially, zoologists thought it was a primate due to its prehensile tail and love for fruits.
It's actually an omnivore from the raccoon family, found in Central and South America.
🌳 They have a round head, big eyes, and round ears. Their strong tail acts as a balance and safety rope.
🌴 These animals are arboreal, rarely coming down to the ground. They sleep in tree holes or on branches during the day.
🦎 The flat-tailed gecko Uroplatus sikorae is the king of disguise!
Only its tongue, moistening a dry eye, reveals its presence 🤫
🐻 Olinguito: the smallest of all raccoons.
Its body is 32-40 cm long, plus a tail of the same length, weighing 750-1100 g.
🌫️ The species' Latin name "neblina" means mist, given due to its habitat in misty mountain forests.
🍃 It mainly eats fruits and leaves, similar to pandas.
🌃 Olinguito leads a nocturnal, solitary life in tree tops, rarely descending to the ground. 🐻
🐸 The Southern African Breviceps adspersus leads a underground life,
emerging only to feed and mate during rainy season.
It digs burrows up to 50cm deep with its hind legs.
When threatened, it inflates like a porcupine fish,
securing itself inside the burrow 🌟
🦉 The Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi) is one of the smallest owl species,
with a body length of 12-14 cm and a weight of around 44g.
They inhabit the southwest US and Mexico.
🌵 They nest in giant cacti, like the saguaro, and feed on insects.
📹 Watch as the male brings food to the female incubating eggs.
🌳 They also nest in trees like mesquite, oak, and pine.
Desert hawk hunting a white-tailed squirrel 🦅🐿️.
Notice its casual walk among cacti...
The desert hawk is known for "joint hunting" in family groups.
The white-tailed squirrel gets all the water it needs from food, mainly seeds 🌵💧
🐠 The mandarin fish, Synchiropus splendidus, lives in the western Pacific Ocean from the Ryukyu Islands to Australia.
🌊 They inhabit reefs, preferring protected lagoons, and feed on crustaceans and other invertebrates.
🔥 Their bright colors resemble a Chinese mandarin's robe, earning them names like "green mandarin" and "psychedelic fish"! 🐟
🌟 The Sword-billed Hummingbird has a beak longer than its body 🌿
It uses this unique feature to reach nectar in long flowers 🌸
Its long tongue also helps with feeding, allowing it to occupy a special niche 🌻
They live in the Andes, feeding on nectar and insects, in humid high-altitude forests 🏔️
The Aye-Aye, a unique primate 🐒
It's the largest nocturnal primate, with brown fur, big eyes, and long tail.
Locals believe killing it will bring death 🙅♂️
It weighs 3kg, body length 36-44cm, and has a 60cm tail 🐾
Aye-Aye uses echolocation to hunt, tapping with its middle finger 🎧
🦌 The Indian muntjac is found in tropical mountains of India and Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asia.
It inhabits tropical and subtropical forests, savannas, and bushes, up to 3000 meters high.
🌟 Interesting fact: males mark their territory with their tears! 🙃
🐦 The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher inhabits open shrublands in the south-central US.
🌄 They migrate in flocks of up to 1000 birds.
👀 Males have a distinctive 38cm long, forked tail, while females' tails are 30% shorter.
🍴 They feed on insects, catching them in mid-air, and occasionally eat berries. 🐦
🕷️ The Caribena versicolor is a popular pet spider, easy to breed and care for.
🌴 Native to Martinique, it inhabits tree cavities, spinning a web nest with two exits.
👍 It's calm, non-aggressive, and its venom is harmless to humans.
🐜 Feed them insects smaller than their abdomen, 3-4 times a week for young ones, 1-2 times for adults.
🌞 American pikas (Certhia americana) collect hay every summer to stock up on food before the cold weather.
They are the smallest relatives of rabbits, about 20 cm in size.
🏔️ Pikas live in colonies, are diurnal, and eat grasses, storing food for winter in 50 cm high grass stacks.
🌻 They don't hibernate, so they need these hay reserves to survive until spring. 😊
🐜 Termites, also known as white ants, are social insects that live in large families with a division of labor.
They feed on dead wood, breaking down cellulose with the help of microorganisms in their gut.
In tropical and subtropical regions, they play a crucial role in soil formation. Some species even consider them a delicacy! 🍴
Meet the Wilson's bird of paradise, also known as the magnificent bird of paradise 🐦.
It grows up to 16 cm in length and lives on two islands.
Interestingly, this bird is a neat freak 🙃, it even cleans up leaves to prepare for its mating dance, where it shows off its stunning plumage 🌟.
The female chooses her partner based on how well he cleans and prepares the scene 💃.
🌴 The Ribbon-tailed Astrapia is a species of bird of paradise, discovered last among its kind. It's endemic to Papua-New Guinea.
🐦 The male has a black body with olive-green and bronze plumage, and decorative "ball-like" feathers.
🌟 Its tail feathers are the longest, over 3 times its body length, making it one of the most impressive birds! 😮
🐠 The Stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) is considered the most venomous fish in the world.
It lives on the bottom of coral reefs, disguising itself as a stone.
🚨 Its spiny dorsal fin releases a toxic toxin, causing severe pain, shock, and tissue death.
👣 Be careful, as it can pierce human skin and shoes with its sharp spines! 💉 Medical help is crucial within hours to prevent fatal outcomes.
The Eastern Bald Ibis 🐦 lives in Africa's tropical forests.
It has a long tail, black beak, and strong legs.
They eat insects, mollusks, and small animals.
These birds are monogamous, forming pairs for life 🐤.
Their nests are made of clay and attached to rocky walls 🏰.
We've had many cats, but we always find new ones! 🐱
The Andean cat is extremely rare, with limited scientific knowledge due to its remote habitat. 🏔️
It's 70cm long, with a 45cm tail, and weighs 4-7kg. Its long fur protects it from cold. ❄️
Found in Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina, it lives at high altitudes, feeding on shinchillas and viscachas. 🐰
Its population is very small, making it a protected species, banned from trade. 🚫
🐨 The numbat, a unique Australian marsupial, feeds almost exclusively on termites and ants.
🌟 It can eat up to 20,000 termites daily.
🔍 Numbats use their keen sense of smell to find food, then use their claws and sticky tongues to catch termites.