[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]Ces marsupiaux, aux formes proches des kangourous, se déplacent principalement par bonds, grâce à leurs longues pattes et à leur queue musclée, pouvant ainsi atteindre une vitesse de 65 km/h ! Après seulement 29 jours de gestation, le...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Une vaste famille Les vervets font partie du genre Chlorocebus, tout comme les grivets et les singes verts, d'autres espèces très proches. Ces primates sont rencontrés en Afrique sub-saharienne, dans des habitats variés : forêts, savanes, zones cultivées, et même zones urbaines ! Ils ne sont...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] A large family Vervet monkeys belong to the genus Chlorocebus, as do grivet monkeys and green monkeys, other closely-related species. These primates are found in sub-Saharan Africa in a variety of habitats: forest, savannah, farmland, and even in urban areas! They are not endangered, but do...
[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 planeur des Pyrénées Le vautour fauve plane très haut dans le ciel, à la recherche d'une charogne, un animal mort. Grégaire, il vit en colonies, installées sur des falaises ; c'est là qu'il construit son nid. Il...
[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] The glider of the Pyrenees Griffon vultures glide high in the sky, searching for carrion. They are gregarious creatures and live in colonies, building their nests on cliff ledges. They play an important health role: by cleaning up...
[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] The cleaner of the savannah The African white-backed vulture lives in the trees of the savannah, nesting in the high branches and feeding on the carcasses of large herbivores. Several hundred of them can be found on a...
[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 nettoyeur de la savane Encore appelé vautour à dos blanc, ce vautour habite les savanes arborées, où il trouve de hauts arbres où nicher et les cadavres de grands herbivores. Ils peuvent se retrouver à plusieurs centaines...
[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] These attractive lemurs have very thick fur with asymmetric black and white markings. They live up in the tall trees of the Madagascar forest, in small groups of 2 to 5 individuals. There they find the fruit...
[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]Ces attachants lémuriens se reconnaissent à leur pelage particulièrement dense, avec des tâches noires et blanches asymétriques. Ils vivent dans les hauts arbres des forêts de Madagascar, en petits groupes de 2 à 5 individus. Ils y...
[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] An invasive species in our region… This turtle is easily recognised by the red stripes on the sides of its head. Though young terrapins are mainly carnivorous, adults eat a larger proportion of plants. A popular pet, millions of...