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Reptiles
Primates
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Singing Champions
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The biggest snake in the world. Also known as the Water Boa, this giant, semi-aquatic meat-eater lives in swampy areas of tropical South America.
Where does an anaconda live?
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It's diet consists of fruit, leaves, flowers, insects, tree gum, sap and bark.
What does a lemur eat?
100
Easily recognized by its coat of reddish-orange with dark stripes, it is the largest wild cat in the world. The big cat weighs up to 363 kilograms.
What is a tiger?
100
They most commonly have an elongated head with a distinct narrowed neck, long legs, and a prominent, segmented tube for feeding (rostrum). Most species are dark in color with hues of brown, black, red, or orange.
What is assassin bug?
100
Its features include a strong, curved bill, strong legs, and clawed feet. Many of them are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured.
What is a parrot?
200
These creatures are carnivores. Although they eat mostly carrion, they will also ambush live prey with a stealthy approach. When suitable prey arrives near a their ambush site, it will suddenly charge at the animal and go for the underside or the throat.
What does a Komodo dragon eat?
200
These animals are very small and lightweight. They have a small, round head, very long arms (the arms are longer than the legs), and a short, slender body.They have lightweight bones. Like all apes, they have no tail.
What is gibbon?
200
They are the largest of South America's big cats and the third largest cats in the world. At one time these cats roamed all the way to the U.S.-Mexico border, but they are now only occasionally sighted in Texas and Arizona. Most of them are found in the Amazon River basin.
What is a jaguar?
200
It's a yellow-orange tropical butterfly from the Americas, about 3-4 inches wide. It belongs to the group of Heliconians, tropical butterflies that have a bad taste and smell, and a large head.
What is a julia?
200
These birds are diurnal, generally travelling in pairs or small family groups. Larger flocks sometimes form in the non-breeding season. The largest number of them are found at some roosting sites, where as many as 2400 individual birds may be found.
What is a hornbill?
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It is found in Colombia, Venezuela. It is commonly kept as an aquarium pet, and is sometimes sold as a "fish" in aquarium stores.
Where is a rubber eel found?
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It is a primate of the Old World monkey family, closely related to the baboons. It is found in southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo. They mostly live in tropical rainforests and forest-savanna mosaics.
Where is a mandrill found?
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In different areas of the world, these cats have many different names. They may be called mountain lions, cougars, wildcats, panthers, fire cats swamp lions, deer tiger, American lion or catamounts. They're also sometimes known by their nicknames, "ghost of the wilderness" or "ghost walker."
What is a puma?
300
The species was named by Lord Walter Rothschild in 1907, in honour of Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. The first European to discover the species was Albert Stewart Meek in 1906, a collector employed by Lord Walter Rothschild to collect natural history specimens from Papua New Guinea.
What is a Queen Alexandra Birdwing?
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These champions are poor flyers. There are four species of them; they live in South and Central American rainforests, and are in danger of extinction. These brilliantly-colored creatures were sacred to the Mayans, and figured prominently in their legends and art.
What is a quetzal?
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Its head is wide and triangular shaped and they have good binocular vision and vertical pupils. They have large fangs which are like hypodermic needles allowing a direct injection of venom into their prey.
What is a Horned Palm Viper?
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Like chimpanzees,they have longer forearms than legs, long fingers and mobile shoulder joints. The coat is black although it may turn grey with age and, in contrast to chimpanzees, the face is black, and the hair on the crown projects sideways, as opposed to backwards.
What does a bonobo look like?
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Like other cats, they are adapted for eating meat. They have pointed fangs used to deliver a killing bite, and sharp back teeth that can tear food like scissors.
What is an ocelot?
400
These amazing animal are walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkable leaf mimics in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia.
What is a Phyllidae?
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They are brightly coloured birds that present broad heads, large eyes and a hooked, flat and broad beak. They range from 13 to 28 centimetres in length, and live in the dense canopies of wet forests.
What is a broadbill?
500
These reptiles spend most of their life in trees.They live in the north of Australia and in New Guinea.They have the nickname, "bicycle head."
What is a chlamydosaurus?
500
Its natural habitat is wet and dry rain forests from Mexico to Brazil but can be found in zoos and as pets all over the world. It usually spends most of it's time in tops of trees and is very agile at jumping from one tree top to another.
What is a kinkajou?
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It is a strong yet slender animal, with long legs and a fairly short tail. Due to its leg length, it is relatively one of the tallest cats. The head is small in relation to the body, and the tall, oval ears are set close together.
What is a serval?
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It lives in the Brazillian rainforest. Zoologists have never seen it flying, and believes it uses its wings to attract insects and butterflies to eat.
What is a Butterfroguin?
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They are small birds with a longish tail, a laterally flattened bill, brown backs . They look for insects on bark, rotting stumps or bare twigs, moving mechanically in all directions on the trunk like a woodcreeper, but without using the tail as a prop.
What is a xenops?