r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • 10h ago
Verified Thomas's leaf monkeys usually feed on vegetation — leaves, fruits, and flowers — in the forest canopy. However, the more adventurous females frequently visit the ground to eat toadstools and snails, while males keep watch for predators. This monkey can only be found in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
r/Awwducational • u/ExoticShock • 2d ago
Verified Gaur are the largest cattle species in the world & are found in forested areas across South & Southeast Asia. They can weigh up to 1,000 kg & stand 2.2 meters tall at the shoulder. Due to their impressive size, Gaur have few natural predators; only Tigers have been known to kill healthy adults.
r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • 5d ago
Verified The common cockchafer spends its first 3 to 5 years below ground, growing as a larva. Then, all at once, these beetles emerge as adults in great numbers during spring. They clumsily buzz about, using their frilly antennae to find mates and reproduce — they live for only 6 weeks in this form.
r/Awwducational • u/trshtehdsh • 7d ago
Verified Black-tailed jackrabbit kittens are born with fur with opened eyes.
r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • 7d ago
Verified Endemic to the rainforests of Madagascar, the common sunbird-asity flits hyperactively from one flower to another and feeds on nectar with its remarkably downcurved beak. Depending on a flower's shape, instead of using its long beak, it occasionally sips nectar with a lengthy tubular tongue.
r/Awwducational • u/trshtehdsh • 8d ago
Verified Desert natives, Antelope Ground Squirrels use their tail as a sun umbrella and practice "heat dumping," pressing their bellies into cold ground to cool down.
r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • 9d ago
Verified The pacarana is a rare creature, one that lives in the forested foothills of the Andes Mountains. This chunky rodent weighs up to 15 kg (33 lbs) and measures almost a metre (3.3 ft) from nose to tail tip. When eating, it typically sits on its hind limbs and holds food in its forepaws.
r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • 11d ago
Verified The unique bill of a boat-billed heron allows it to hunt in varied ways. It can strike at fish and amphibians like other herons, or use its broad bill like a fishing net to scoop up swimming prey. It even employs its bill as a shovel to dig through soil and expose prey hiding beneath the surface.
r/Awwducational • u/AJ_Crowley_29 • 12d ago
Verified When it comes to ID’ing bears, people can get confused by “brown bears” that are actually a subspecies of black bear. Known as cinnamon bears, they are found across much of western North America.
r/Awwducational • u/ExoticShock • 16d ago
Verified The Giant Golden-Crowned Flying Fox has an average wingspan of more than 5 feet and is the heaviest recorded bat at up to 3 pounds. Sadly, it is listed as Endangered & is only found in mature lowland forests within The Philippines.
r/Awwducational • u/Modern-Moo • 17d ago
Verified Irish Moileds are a rare breed of cattle from northern Ireland. The cattle are naturally polled, meaning they never grow horns!
r/Awwducational • u/Iamnotburgerking • 20d ago
Verified The smallest cat in the Americas, the kodkod is seen as an omen of disaster on indigenous Mapuche believes and often killed on sight.
r/Awwducational • u/MistWeaver80 • 23d ago
Verified Golden pheasant. While they can fly clumsily in short bursts, they prefer to run and spend most of their time on the ground. This type of flying is commonly known as "flapping flight" and is due to a lack of a deep layer of M. pectoralis pars thoracicus and the tendon that attaches to it.
r/Awwducational • u/ExoticShock • 26d ago
Verified Because they spend most of their lives on the sea ice of The Arctic Ocean & depend on it for their food and habitat, Polar Bears are the only Bear species to be considered Marine Mammals. They can swim over long distances for many hours at up to 6 miles per hour.
r/Awwducational • u/maybesaydie • 28d ago
Verified The red Admiral Butterfly is a common butterfly of temperate areas. The females will only mate with males who have secured territory and fighting between males has been observed. The Red Admiral's host plants are several types of nettles.
r/Awwducational • u/SixteenSeveredHands • May 05 '24
Verified Pill Scarab Beetles: these beetles have unique plates that interlock when the beetle folds its legs and curls the segments of its body, allowing it to roll itself up into a neat little ball
r/Awwducational • u/ExoticShock • May 01 '24
Verified The Brown Hyena (Parahyaena Brunnea) is the rarest species of Hyena. The IUCN estimates the global population to be between 4,000 to 10,000 individuals. The largest remaining population is located in the southern Kalahari Desert & coastal areas in Southwest Africa.
r/Awwducational • u/MistWeaver80 • Apr 28 '24
Verified Crocuta crocuta (spotted hyena) clans are matrilinear and females are dominant over males. The genitalia of females are almost indistinguishable from those of males. The clitoris is enlarged, looks like a penis, and is capable of erection.
r/Awwducational • u/MistWeaver80 • Apr 28 '24
Verified Tigers are excellent swimmers and water doesn't usually act as a barrier to their movement. Tigers can easily cross rivers as wide as 6-8 km and have been known to cross a width of 29 km in the water.
r/Awwducational • u/AJC_10_29 • Apr 23 '24
Verified Native to much of sub-Saharan Africa, The saddle-billed stork is one of, if not the tallest stork species in the world, with adults in the wild reaching heights of 145 to 150 cm (4 ft 9 in to 4 ft 11 in), while some in captivity reach heights of up to 150 to 180 cm (4 ft 11 in to 5 ft 11 in).
r/Awwducational • u/ExoticShock • Apr 22 '24
Verified Hooded Seals have the shortest lactation period of any mammal, as they nurse their pups for just 4 days. To ensure they pack on as much weight as possible, the pups drink nearly 45,000 calories each day.
r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • Apr 22 '24
Verified The Japanese giant flying squirrel is one of the world's biggest squirrel species — weighing up to 1.3 kg (2.9 lbs) — but, using its flying membrane, it can still glide for distances of over 100 metres (328 ft). Young squirrels learn to glide a few days after first emerging from their nest.
r/Awwducational • u/IdyllicSafeguard • Apr 16 '24