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22/05/2024

Educational post of the week🎓📚

Okapi(Okapia johnstoni):

Just like the giraffe and cow, the okapi has four stomachs that aid with digesting tough plants. Also like its giraffe cousin, the okapi has a long, dark tongue that can strip leaves from branches. An okapi consumes between 45 and 60 pounds of food each day, including riverbed clay for minerals and salt.

09/05/2024

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Caecilian(Order Gymnophiona):

Caecilians (pronounced seh-SILL-yens) are tropical amphibians that look like large worms or slick snakes. They have no arms or legs, and sometimes it’s hard to tell which end is the head and which is the tail! Their shiny skin is ringed with skin folds called annuli. Caecilians usually come in shades of gray, brown, black, orange, or yellow. Some have tiny, fishlike scales within the rings.

At home in dirt or water. Most caecilians are burrowers, living in a network of tunnels underground. A hard, thick, pointy skull helps these amphibians dig in soft dirt. Because of their underground lifestyle, caecilians have little need to see or hear. So, their eyes are tiny in some or hidden under the skin or skull in others, making just gray bumps for eyes.

30/04/2024

23/04/2024

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Aye-Aye(Daubentonia madagascariensis):

The aye-aye is a species of Lemur that is found inhabiting the rainforests of Madagascar. The aye-aye is not only the largest nocturnal primate in the world but is also one of the most unique.

It is in fact so strange in appearance, that it was thought to be a large species of squirrel when it was first discovered. The incisors of the aye-aye are ever-growing, much like a rodent. This animal evolved these strong teeth, as well as its skull and jaw, to maximize bite force in order to penetrate tree bark and gain access to insects. Even the rodent-like shape of its head helps improve that bite power!

19/04/2024

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15/04/2024

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06/04/2024

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05/04/2024

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26/03/2024

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22/03/2024

Hi everyone!Something interesting for the day🦩Did you know there are different species of flamingos?

21/03/2024

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