Animals

It translates from Nepalese “nigalya ponya,” which means “bamboo eater.”

The diet varies depending on the species and where it occurs. The basis of their menu is fish and sq ...

Fossa feeds on anything it can lay its paws on, but the most preferable are lemurs.

These birds prefer areas with diverse vegetation, especially areas with papyrus, reeds and water clu ...

Scientists estimate that there might be over 3000 species in total.

Supplementing their diet are leaves, honey, eggs, and sometimes small vertebrates and invertebrates. ...

They coil up, hiss, raise their tail and shake it.

Most popular is Common blue-tongued skink.

In rivers they find shrimp, crayfish, annelids, and insect larvae. They hunt by catching floating specimens or by digging in the bottom of the water body.

Their stomachs are multichambered and inhabited by cellulose-eating bacteria. Digestion is very slow. Sloths descend to the ground to defecate, but it happens only once a week.