This animal is at the top of the food chain and is a huge part of the Artic ecosystem
What are polar bears?
This bird's flight feathers are tipped with soft down, that enables them to hunt noiselessly through the Artic tundra
What is a snowy owl?
The two common types of this animal are the two toed and the three toed
What are sloths?
Well adapted for its desert habitat, this animal can survive without water for extended periods of time, by taking in moisture from food and staying below ground during the heat of the day
What is the fennec fox?
These tiny rodents found in North Africa and Asia, are skilled leapers with much longer hind legs than its forelimbs
What are jerboas?
This is the smallest of the marine mammals, well adapted to sea life, and has a rudder-like tail and hind feet that they use as flippers
What is a sea otter?
This is a member of the raccoon family is a nocturnal carnivore that has long legs and retractable claws
What is a ringtail?
This tortoise is only found on the Galapagos Islands and is the biggest land species as well.
What is the giant tortoise?
This animals footprint, when filled with water, becomes a microscopic ecosystem that provides a home for tadpoles and other organisms
What are elephants?
This venomous snake has the ability to stand up and look its victim in the eye by raising one-third of its body off the ground, when confronted
What is a King Cobra?
This whale lives in the shallow coastal waters in warm months and in deep offshore waters in the colder months
What is a beluga whale?
These mammals are the engineers of their environment, churning soil, trimming plants, and clearing ground to create a habitat for other species
What are prairie dogs?
This bird's eyesight is eight times more powerful than a human's and is the most feared hunter in the Brazilian forest
What is the Harpy Eagle?
This animal is one of the the few megaherbivore (plant eater),weighing more than 2,000 pounds, that is still alive
What is a African rhino?
This is the only Asian rhino with two horns
What is the Sumatran rhino?
These three mammals all have the color white as camouflage
What are the artic fox, wolf, and hare?
This seal can remain at sea for several days traveling great distances in search of feeding grounds, but tend to return to familiar resting areas along rocky shorelines
What are harbor seals?
This is the largest rodent in the world. Its eyes are near the top of the head so it can keep an eye on its surroundings when underwater
What is a capybara?
This is the closest known relative to the giraffe
What is the okapi?
This small wallaby lives in swamps and scrublands only emerge from shelters at night to eat
What are Quokkas?
This marine mammal, sometimes known as the unicorn whale, actually has only two teeth which are located in the upper jaw.
What is the narwhal?
( The left tooth continues to grow and becomes the tusk)
These cats, which are mostly nocturnal, are strong swimmers and agile climbers
What are ocelots?
This is the larges member of the parrot family
What are macaws?
This animal, known as the river horse, seeks refuge from the heat by living in the water during the day and coming ashore at night to feed on short grasses
What is the hippopotamus?
This is the larges flying mammal in the world
What is the Flying Fox?