[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]A snake heavyweight This snake is the heaviest in the world, especially the females: they can be 5 times larger than the males! It owes its name to the green color on its back, while the belly may...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Le poids lourd de la planète serpents Ce serpent est le plus lourd au monde, particulièrement les femelles : celles-ci peuvent être 5 fois plus grosses que les mâles ! Il doit son nom à la couleur verte...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Le plus grand des félins ! Pouvant atteindre 3m de long et un poids de 300 kg, le tigre est le plus grand des félins. Puissant et majestueux, il est capable de faire des sauts de 10...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Fox or wolf? Contrary to its name, the maned wolf looks more like a red fox on stilts. Its long legs are certainly an adaptation to the tall grass among which it moves: it can thus see over...
Since 2013, the Afdpz (French Association of Zoological Parks) has created a conservation fund to support programs for the protection of animal species. It collects funds from the various member parks of the Afdpz. In 2017, 17 programs, located in 15 different countries, benefited from €...
Since 2000, the EAZA (European Association of Zoos and Aquaria) has organised several conservation campaigns, which are rolled out across the network’s zoos to meet two objectives: -to raise visitors’ awareness of the issues addressed - to collect funds to finance conservation programmes related to this theme Over...
The Sri Lankan leopard subspecies (Panthera pardus kotiya) is considered Endangered by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). Indeed, there are less than 800 individuals on this island! Here as elsewhere, the panthers indeed suffer from the fragmentation and disappearance of their habitat...
The bearcat is a medium-sized mammal (9 to 20 kg) native to the tropical forests of Asia. Arboricultural, it is carnivorous with a frugivorous tendency. But its biology and its way of life are very little known! Its numbers in the wild are declining, and it...
In Africa as elsewhere, felids are endangered species: they are victims of hunting and/or poaching and persecution because accused of attacking livestock. In addition, their habitat is reduced and fragmented, by deforestation, grazing or global warming. Thus, there are only 7,100 cheetahs or 20,000 lions. The...
Found only in certain forests of Colombia, cotton-top tamarins are Critically Endangered: only 7000 of them remain! The reasons: deforestation (only 1% of their original forests remain) and catches for trafficking in "pets". The Proyecto Titi foundation does a complete job for their protection, through different axes: -...