They are opportunistic predators that hunt medium-sized ruminants(反刍动物), such as gazelles. In a sprint, African wild dogs can reach speeds of more than 44 miles per hour. The black spider monkey—also known as the Guiana or red-faced spider monkey— is found in eastern South America ...
The Amazon rainforest, also known as Amazonia, is a massive and vibrant ecosystem that spans over 2.7 million square miles. It is the world’s largest rainforest and river system, home to over 10% of known wildlife species. Discovering a diverse range of animals that thrives in this unique...
A fish that lives in America can live out of water for months at a time similar to how animals got used to land millions of years ago a new study shows.The Mangrove Rivulets a kind of little fish lives in small pools of water. When their
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A peccary is a pig-like mammal that lives in the tropical forests of both South America and the rain forests of Africa, India and Asia. Their food sources are buried in the soft, wet forest soil and consist of roots, bulbs, insects and small animals. The holes left in the ground by ...
(2,000 miles). They gather in sheltered sites, particularly on trees where they cluster on trunks and big branches. In spring part of the populations migrate back to the northern breeding areas. Some of the returning butterflies are members of the first generation that develops from the ...
European Animals– We track over 500 different animals in Europe, including wolves and bears. North American Animals– North America has many beautiful national parks that house some of the rarest animals on earth. Marine (Ocean) Animals– The ocean is teaming with life, from the smallest shrimp...
Marsupials: This is a special group of mammals that carry the young in a pouch. Most of these mammals live on the Australian continent but there are marsupials in South America too such as the opossum. There are more than 330 species of marsupials in Australia. ...
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In general, a manatee is a solitary animal that prefers to live along. The exceptions to this would be a mother with her babies or a male trying to find a mate. These animals spend about half of the day asleep. When they sleep, they stay submerged underwater and only come to the sur...