Saki Monkey Ain't No Sock Monkey

Saki Monkey (Pithecia)

Generally very shy and cautious animals, many state that this species is very serious looking.  Primarily found in Northern and Central South America from Peru to Columbia and also even Brazil and Bolivia...this tiny creaturs get around.  Small in size, Sakis reach a length of only 30 to 50 cm, with a tail just as long, and can weigh up to 2 kg.  Extremely territorial, this species lives in federations, which is a cliquey group consisting only of a group of parents and their offspring. A diurnal mammal they choose to spend their days living in trees on the rain forests and it is a rare occasion that they will be found walking on land.

The Harmless Thorny Devil

Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus)

The Thorny Devil is a harmless little lizard that will consume between 600-3,000 black ants in a day!  Its camouflaged body of dark desert shades helps this little reptile keep warm during cooler times.  Conical spheres emerging from every inch of the body, and a "false-head" on the back of the neck helps ward off potential predators.  Making a habitat of arid scrub and desert throughout Central Australia, its distribution largely depends on the sandy loam soils in Western Australia. 

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The Shocking Pink Dragon Millipede

Shocking Pink Dragon Millipede (Desmoxytes purpurosea)

Aptly named for its bright pink colour, the shocking pink dragon millipede is spiny, toxic and considered quite dangerous. At 3 cm in length, it is among the largest species in its genus. Beyond it's unusual eye-catching colour it gives off an almondlike scent associated with the cyanide production that occurs in their defensive glands. As beautiful and fragrant as they seem, steer clear as they can shoot cyanide from their mouth!

The Superb Sperm Whale

Sperm Whale (Physeter catodon)

When Herman Melville wrote Moby Dick, a story with a bull sperm whale as a hero, he made an good choice. These colossal marine beasts may grow up to 67 feet and have the largest brain of any modern or extinct animal! Not only does it have a massive brain, it is the largest toothed whale. Though it was hunted intensively until about 1980, the maximum known age is 77 years.

My My A Mountain Beaver

Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia Rufa)

The mountain beaver is actually not even a beaver nor is it confined to the mountains. Under thickets of thimbleberry, in meadows and along streams, through forests of the Pacific coast, this tubby little rodent can tunnel for several hundred feet! The mountain beaver is wonderfully the most primitive extant rodent; Indians of the Pacific Northwest once wore robes made of its brown fur. These little dudes are strict vegetarians, and sometimes climb trees to trim off needles and twigs. The most anyone will ever see of this busy little rodent is burrow holes and tracks as it is considerably a nocturnal animal.

Desert Cottontail

Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)

The Desert Cottontail, also known as Audobon's Cottontail, spends most of the day concealed in a shallow form and becomes most active after sunset. This wittle wabbit scratches a living throughout the central United States from eastern Montana to western Texas, and in northern Mexico. Throughout the weatward valleys its range extends to central Nevada and southern California and Baja California. Shrubbery, grassy grass, and other plant material such as fallen fruits and nuts, make up the bulk of its diet. It rarely drinks as it satiates itself from glistening dew and the water in the plants it consumes. Many desert animals prey mercilessly on cottontails, and sometimes-perhaps to better see its foes-this particular cottontail occasionally climbs trees. The cottontails traditional anti-predator behavior is to hightail it out of the way of harm in zig zags; it can reach speeds up to almost 20 mph!

Northern Sea Lion

Northern Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)

The Northern Sea Lion also known as the steller sea lion, is a threatened specis of sea lion in the norther Pacific. An inhabitant of like coastal waters and offshore islands, the range all the way from the North Pacific from the the coasts of Japan and Kamchatkato the islands of the Bering Sea and coastal Alaska, and southward to California's Channel Islands. They can be easily spotted on Seal Rocks, near San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, and around the Sea Lion Caves on the Oregon Coast. Due to the northern sea lions' significant, unexplained declines in their population over their range in Alaska, they have attracted a considerable amount of attention. Northern sea lions eat a great variety including octopus, squid, crab and fish. Fisherman dislike them as they sometimes eat "commercial fish" and damage their nets in the process. Hunters in British Columbia, in a single year, killed 9,000, cutting the provicial population from 12,000 to 3,000.

The Cute Lil' Coati

Coati (Nasua nasua)

Native to South America, Central America, and south-west North America, unlike other procyonids, this one is the most active during the day. The coati's sensitive, tough, and flexible snout has given it many nicknames: hog-nosed coon, pizotes and snookum bears. It is omnivorous and feeds on anything from berries and mice to insects and lizards. Although their long tail cannot be used to grasp, it helps in maintaining balance while tree climbing.

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Purple Frog

Star Nosed Mole

Scotoplane

Cantor

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