[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...
[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 water-loving monkey! These macaques are found in various habitats, but preferably near water: mangroves, marshes, swamps, banks of rivers and seas ...
[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 brachiation specialists! Gibbons are the smallest of the “great apes”. These very agile tree-climbers can walk in a bipedal manner (standing on their hind legs), but they really specialise in brachiation: they swing easily from branch to branch...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The Tibetan's friend Yaks are adapted to life in the Tibetan mountains: altitudes up to 6,000 metres, temperatures as low as -40°C… They have developed a number of characteristics to help them survive the lack of oxygen, the cold and the powerful sunlight found there. The...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Royal cattle This cattle breed is well-adapted to the difficult conditions of the African plains: sparse and poor quality food, limited amounts of water and extreme temperatures. They are known for their long horns: up to 2.4 m long and 20 centimetres in diameter! Ankole cattle...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Using their powerful hind legs and muscled tails, these marsupials, very similar in shape to kangaroos, move from place to place in leaps and bounds and can reach speeds of up to 65 km/h! After just 29 days' gestation, the wallaby gives birth to a...
[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] 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] With its short snout and its crest, the tapir is a remarkable animal, often confused with the giant anteater. But this animal only eats plants: leaves, grass, fruit and aquatic plants - in fact, it loves swimming!...
[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] Ants are delicious! The giant anteater mainly eats ants and termites and occasionally larvae and other insects. It has a striking appearance: thick fur, tubular snout, a tongue 60 cm long (the longest tongue of any mammal!) and long...