[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]Ring-tailed or South American coati A relative of the racoon, the coati lives on the ground or up in the trees, where it can move about easily using its sharp claws and balancing with its long tail. An...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Domesticated some 8 to 11,000 years ago, goats are farmed today all over the world: they can survive in places where grass is too sparse for other herbivores like sheep or cattle. There are numerous different breeds, varying in coat, size and weight (9...
[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] Lord of our forests… Red deer are found in the forests of Europe, North America, China and Russia… and even in Algeria and Tunisia! The males are more imposing than the females, who do not have antlers. The young...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]An elegant and shy monkey This elegant primate has a striking appearance with an orange crescent on its forehead and a white beard. An omnivore, it mainly eats fruit, but also enjoys leaves and fungi, and even a few small insects and worms! It lives...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The world's largest rodent! The capybara looks like a giant guinea pig: it can grow to as much as 1.35 m in length and weigh 65 kg! Like all rodents, its long incisors keep growing throughout its life. It often goes into water, to get...
[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 primates, natives of the South American forests, are known for their ability to use tools; for example, taking stones to break open nuts. They also show intelligence and curiosity. At La Barben, you can observe a whole...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]These elegant antelopes are one of the few to show a colour variation between the sexes. The females and the youngsters are light-coloured, but the male's upper body grows gradually darker, becoming a deep brown or even black. The males also have long, ringed...
[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]Alpaca Alpacas are common farm animals in the Andes. They cope with the lack of oxygen at these high altitudes through a number of adaptations, including an elevated number of red blood cells. Slightly smaller than llamas (their...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]A giant survivor The American bison is an impressive animal: up to 3.8 m long, 1.86 m tall, a huge head… And yet it can run at up to 60 km/h! There were once millions of bison living on the North American prairie. But once the...
[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]Desert ass Hardy and attractive, this wild ass is found only in the Horn of Africa, where it lives on desert plains and rough mountain terrain. With only a few hundred individuals left in the wild, this species is...