Chinchillas’ teeth never stop growing. In fact, they can grow upwards of 12 inches or 30cm in just one year. This is why they are such avid chewers and why they will chew anything in sight if they don’t have access to proper chew toys.
Zebra finches are loud and boisterous singers. Their calls can be a loud beep, meep, oi! or a-ha!. Their song is a few small beeps, leading up to a rhythmic song of varying complexity in males. Males begin to sing at puberty, while females lack a singing
Chevrotains, also known as mouse-deer, are the smallest hoofed mammals in the world. They are found in forests in South and Southeast Asia, with a single species in the rainforests of Central and West Africa. They are solitary or live in pairs, and feed a
Gladiator Spider carefully weaves a quadratic net, which is very elastic, and although not very sticky, it does well to entangle whiskers, bristles, and hairs. When it’s ready, the gladiator spider waits for the perfect moment. Its eyes are very developed
Cheetahs don’t roar like lions and tigers. Since they don’t have a hyoid bone like other big cats, they can purr and also sound like this!
This is the Parotia Bird, it has one of the most complex and spectacular courtship dances in nature. Not a single member of this genus are endangered.
Bohemian Waxwings can eat huge numbers of berries, each bird sometimes consuming several hundred a day, more than double its own weight. One individual was recorded as eating between 600 and 1,000 cotoneaster berries in six hours, and defecating every fou
Very little is known about the smallspine spookfish (Harriotta haeckeli). It stands out as a surprisingly cute creature among its companions in the deep ocean, found as deep as 2,600 metres (over 8,500 feet). It rarely grows larger than 70 cm and has a ve
Pika (Ochotona princeps) - related to rabbits (not rodents) vocalize frequently whenever they see something out of the ordinary. It uses both call and song vocalizations. The call is used to warn other pikas of a predator or intruder, and it sounds a litt
New study reveals that bumblebees will roll wooden balls for seemingly no other reason than fun, becoming the first insect known to 'play'
Two years ago, this penguin was diagnosed with a foot condition that made it painful to walk. Doctors in Boston stepped in, performed surgery, and fitted the penguin with custom shoes. This is the moment she got to take a walk around the aquarium
Koala joeys usually stay in the mother's pouch for about six months. After this, they will ride on their mother's back and remain there until they are almost one–year old, at which point they can live more independently.
Giant pandas are the only bears with grasping paws! Instead of opposable thumbs, an elongated wrist bone acts as a sixth finger to let them hold bamboo more easily.
Giant pandas communicate to each other using a variety of sounds; growl, bark, huff, and squeak. Bleat and squeak of baby panda cubs are heard here. Mothers may be 900 times larger and 400 times heavier than their babies. Cubs stay with panda mothers for
Native brown bears had once roamed about Switzerland until the early 1900's and then disappeared. They have since been re-introduced to nearby forests in northern Italy. Several brown bears have made their way to the Parc Naziunal Svizzer. This brown bear
Baltimore orioles forage in trees and shrubs, also making short flights to catch insects. They acrobatically clamber, hover and hang among foliage as they comb high branches. They mainly eat insects, berries and nectar, and are often seen sipping at hummi
Cheetahs meow and purr just like housecats! Their voice box is fixed, with vocal cords that vibrate as they breathe in and out. This allows them to purr, but strips away their ability to roar like tigers and lions.
Raccoons learn to climb at about 2 months old. This baby decided to come down the tree on its own after watching mom drag its sibling down.
Punganur dwarf cattle which from the Chitoor District,Andhra Pradesh in southern India is among the world's smallest humped cattle breeds.This breed's milk has a high fat content. While cow milk normally has a fat content of 3 to 3.5 per cent, the Punganu
Marine mammals like Manatees exhibit unihemispheric sleep (one hemisphere is induced to sleep while other hemisphere is awake) because they have to come to the surface to breathe, to enjoy the restorative benefits of sleep while still being on the lookout
The so-called "walking popcorn bug" is actually a flatid planthopper nymph covered with a protective layer of waxy white filament, like a cottony cushion. Planthoppers are known for jumping away at very high speeds when they are startled or when they reac
