The woolly opossum, which is a good bit smaller than its cousins, the North American possums is a tree dweller, primarily found in arboreal forests in both Central and South America. This opossum is an omnivore, and will eat fruit, berries, insects, smaller vertebrates and also carrion when they are taking food. The wooly opossum
The Pallid bat is a very pale, sort of buff colored bat that reaches a smaller size, weighing about an ounce, but will also have a wingspan that is as much as nine inches across. They have larger ears and eyes than most bats in North America, but like all bats, their hands and arms
The East African Crowned crane is a tall, majestic looking bird which sports a crown of sorts, made of tall stiff golden feathers that looks for all the world like a real crown. He has large white patches of feathers on his cheeks with small red patches at the top of them and a slate
Rosy Boas are a larger heavy bodied boa constrictor, which is the family of snakes that constrict their prey to kill it rather than eat it live. Rosy boas are among the smallest snakes in the boa family, usually not growing longer than three feet in length. The female Rosy Boa is larger than the
The Reticulated Python is a non venomous species of python that is located in southern Asia. It is also considered the longest snake in the world, with the longest specimen that has been recorded to date to be about the same , or a bit larger than the longest anaconda at about 32 feet long.
The Flying Dragon, native to the rain forests and rubber plantations of Asia and the Indies, is a small lizard that can, when spreading a move able flap of skin that is attached to its movable ribs, form wings for gliding from tree to tree, and is able to cover distances up to 25 feet.
The Giant Hairy Scorpion is the largest scorpion in North America, and can, when fully grown, reach a length of about six inched long in body. They are brown, with yellow pincher’s, with brown hairs covering their bodies from which the name comes. Named for the hairs that cover its body, the Giant Desert Hairy
The American brown pelican ranges from the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts of North and South America. They are most commonly seen from Virginia south to the mouth of the Amazon River and from the central coasts of California to the south of Chile and Galapagos Islands. The Gulf states of Alabama, Louisiana and Texas
The Granite Spiny Lizard is its own species of LIzard, and ranges between 7 and 10 inches long. It is distinguished by strongly keeled dorsal scales that are very pointed on both body and tail. The Granite has a very wide purple stripe on its dorsal. The male is yellowish green or deep blue in
The Caracara, which is also called the Mexican Eagle, is Mexico’s national bird. They have long necks, quite large head and both are white, with bare skin on the face, which shines brighter red. The Caracara is brown/black in color, unless they are not yet mature, in which case they are buff colored, and sport
The Golden Fronted Woodpecker, which is native to Texas and Oklahoma, lives in the scrubs areas, nearly always near cottonwood groves, in cactus groves and near rural areas in such habitats as this is about seven inches long, They are black and white in color, with barred black and white backs, strong facial patterns which
The Addax are the most well adapted of all desert antelope, shaped like a reindeer, they have short necks, high raised up withers and straight backs as well as rounded backsides. They have what looks like a brown toupee that sits on their forehead, and a white mask of hair that crosses their nose. The
The Kinkajou lives in the subtropics or tropical rain forests, in Central and South America, where most of their life is spent in trees. This is a lot easier for them than for many other animals as they have several quite interesting adaptations, one of which is an incredible tail, and the other being some
