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Leopard

elo — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:32:00 +0200

Leopards or panthers live in Asia and Africa. Their fur is usually with spots but some are entirely black (Black panther). Leopards hunt by night; capture and kill deer or boars thanks to their vivacity (Leopards are almost as quick as cheetahs.), they eat then in trees on which they climb, thanks to their powerful paw muscles, and spend most of their time.

Some of leopards’ species like North China leopards are endangered.

source : flickr (Michael Poliza) and wikipedia

Chameleon

elo — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:30:00 +0200

Chameleons are reptiles mostly African from iguana family. They’re characterized by their ability to change their body colours: the can become green to maroon different bright colours in between in order to camouflage, defend themselves, seduce, or just show their mood. In order to eat, chameleons can stay still and hidden in trees for several hours until a prey comes and get eaten by them. Chameleons’ tong can be as long as their bodies.

source : flickr (Michael Poliza) and wikipedia (animal suggestion of rakanishu )

Impala

elo — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:27:00 +0200

Impala is an antelopes-looking-like bovid. Like the antelopes, impalas live in African savannahs and its predators are lions, leopards and hyenas. It lives on flat areas, eats all forms of grass and drink very few. Males have lyre-shaped horns becoming an S-shape as they grow older. Impalas live in herds closer in winter than and wider in summer. Inside groups, respect is won by horn-fight between males. It’s interesting to know that black-faced impalas are considered threatened with extinction.

source : flickr (_desertsky) and wikipedia

Hedgehog

elo — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:44:00 +0200

ittle European mammal whose body is covered with prickles, the hedgehog is a nocturnal animal eating smallest animals (Slugs, lizard, rodent, spiders, caterpillars, snails, worms, little frogs, chicks…) and fruits or mushrooms. In winter, as food is getting rare, it hibernates. Hedgehogs are not officially threatened but its tendency to roll into a tight ball is the major cause of hedgehogs’ mortality. Moreover, hedgehogs move slowly, 3 metres per minutes (although blue hedgehogs are known to be quicker).

source : flickr (donaldtownsend) and wikipedia

Ring-tailed lemur

elo — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:00:00 +0200

One of the lemurs, this primate has a tail longer that its body. It lives in families up to 18 members. Herbivore and insectivore, ring-tailed lemurs can eat little mammals from time to time. It lives in South of Madagascar and even though its living areas are endangered, and even though the animal is listed vulnerable by IUCN, ring-tailed lemurs has a pretty good reproduction in zoos.

source : flickr (danielguip) and wikipedia