Animals

They can be found in savannas, semi-deserts, open woodlands, and mountain forests. In the highlands ...

Vombatus, whose only representative is the common wombat; Lasiorhinus, containing two species: northern hairy-nosed wombat, also called yaminon, and southern hairy-nosed wombat.

Their job is merely to drop an egg into a stranger's nest. When the nest owner realizes that the egg has been tossed, he may throw it or leave the nest altogether.

It can be found in the Indo-Pacific and Oceania, Japan, South Africa, Gulf of Mexico, Suriname, French Guiana, southern Brazil, France, Portugal, Madeira and east of Senegal.

Adults are about 1,7 m (5.6 ft) tall and weigh between 55 and 76kg (121 to 167 lb). Their beak can be very long, ranging from 9.8 to 19 cm (3,9 to 7,5 in). Females are larger than males.

During spring, summer, and autumn, small whites can be seen in meadows, woods, clearings, bogs, and home gardens.

Hedgehogs make lots of sounds: trotting in search of food, they make a snarling voice, purr or cough. Upset, they puff, snort, and even growl loudly.

They spend the majority of the day sleeping–they can sleep for up to 17 hours.

Hierarchy in the bonobo herd is not as strongly marked as among other primates. Frans de Waal, a pri ...