April 29

Animals That Should Be Appreciated| Weekly Post #53

Hello everyone.

After watching a ton of animal videos on YouTube, I was thinking of writing a post about animals that are often forgotten and should be appreciated more, so here you go. 

Picture By: Wikimedia Commons

Wouldn’t you want this adorable thing as a pet? Aardvarks are such spledid creatures and they help with ant and termite problems. 

Aardvark Orycteropus afer

  • Can eat up to 50,000-60,000 ants/termites in one night
  • Tongues are 1 foot long and they can dig holes almost 2 feet deep
  • Found in “…grasslands, savannas, rainforests, woodlands and thickets throughout Africa…” (via Live Science)
  • They are also called ant bears which is pretty cool, don’t you think?

Picture By: Wikimedia Commons

Manatee Trichechus

Behold, the majestic sea cow. I think this animal (and walrus) would act like giant dogs that could squash you into a pancake at any moment, but they love cuddles. 

  • Go to the surface every 3-5 minutes even though they can hold their breath for about 20 minutes
  • Eats sea grass, mangrove leaves, and algae 
  • “…Christopher Columbus himself said that on the previous day he “distinctly saw three mermaids, which rose well out of the sea; but they are not so beautiful as they are not so beautiful as they are said to be, for their faces had some masuline traits.” ” (via Mental Floss)
  • Nearsighted creatures that can see blue, green, and gray but cannot see red, blue, green combinations

Picture By: Flickr via Creative Commons

Echidna Tachyglossidae

A similar creature to porcupine and hedgehog, the echidna. It’s kind of a mixture of different animals. 

  • Spines are actually hair with bits of fur in between to provide insulation
  • Has extreme low body temperature and slow metabolism
  • Lays eggs (just like a platypus)
  • Their brains are bigger than you think

Picture By: Wikimedia Commons via Creative Commons

Water Bears Tarigarde

This is probably considered an organism, but those are animals too, right? Anyway, this is a water bear. They are super tiny and you can’t see it without a microscope. 

  • Discovered by a German pastor
  • Has sharp-like dagger teeth
  • Can outlive dinosaur
  • Eats bacteria or plant cells

I hope you enjoyed learning about different animals and please tell me any other interesting animals in the comments. Hope you have a great day. Bye! ❤︎

 


Posted April 29, 2019 by hmssarah in category Weekly Posts
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