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.
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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?
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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
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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
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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! ❤︎