Chinese alligator | Smithsonian's National Zoo The critically endangered Chinese alligator is one of the few alligators outside of the Americas. It is native to slow-moving, freshwater areas of the lower Yangtze River in China where it eats snails, crustaceans, insects, fish, young waterfowl and...
READ MORE: 40 Interesting Facts About Snow Leopards Nutria, photographed by Petar Milošević via Creative Commons 42. Nutria Latin Name: Myocastor coypus Habitat: Freshwater marshes, wetlands Size: Length: 17 to 25 in; Weight: 15 to 22 pounds Diet: Insects, freshwater mussels, crustaceans ...
They eat various types of food, including diatoms, algae, blue-green algae, and invertebrates such as minute mollusks and crustaceans. While the head swings from side to side, food is strained from the muddy water with small comblike structures inside the bill. The bird’s pink colour comes...
The end-Permian extinction occurred 252.2 million years ago, decimating 90 percent of marine and terrestrial species, from snails and small crustaceans to early forms of lizards and amphibians. “The Great Dying,” as it’s now known, was the most severe mass extinction in Earth’s history, ...