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Tuesday, July 25 2006
By elo on Tuesday, July 25 2006, 07:00
Living in Asia (China and around Himalaya), Firefox eats kind of the same food as its cousin the Giant Panda. This quiet, nocturnal animal climbs easily the trees and spends most of its time eating and sleeping. Like a lot of terrific animals, it’s on IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) red list, thanks to poachers!
Friday, July 21 2006
By elo on Friday, July 21 2006, 07:00
African population of Black rhinoceros : 700 000 in the beginning of the 20th century, 70 000 in the 60's, between 10 and 15 000 in the early 80's and only 2400 in 1995. Thanks to anti-poaching policies and occidentals zoo's breeding programs, the number of rhino in nowadays 3600, but the western African subspecies is today extinct.
Here is a zoological micro website
What’s its principle? One animal picture per day, each picture followed by a text giving quick info about the animal.
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