Day 3: Aye-Aye

Day 3:

Lets go to a place no one has really heard much of before, Madagascar. Deep in the East coast rainforest lives one primate not many people hear of. They are related to chimpanzees, apes, and humans. These creatures are one of the strangest primates. They live only in Madagascar no where else. They have a thick brown coat a big bushy tail and bat like ears. Is this ringing a bell to anyone? Well they are known as an Aye-Aye. They spend most of the day building a nest out of twigs and leaves. In fact they cling on to the trees with their sharp claws, which also helps them hang upside down on branches, and cracking open coconuts, and mangoes. They spend most of their life in trees, staying away from their main predator the fossa. Which are also only live in Madagascar. Their diet consist of fruit, insect larvae, leaves, seeds, grains, nuts and nectar. They are known for their bat like ears. In fact which helps them hear insect larvae in trees. These Aye Ayes are very close to excitation. About 3,000 years ago a similar species went extinct. Natives in Madagascar kill Aye-Ayes on sight, because they are seen as crop pests. I'm glad you're taking the time to read all of this, I hope you keep on because there are still 7 days of blogs to come. Oh and if you've heard of the Aye-Aye tell me more about them. Okay until next time.

Day 2: Malayan Tapir

Day 2:

Here I go again talking about animals you may or may not know but today very few people know about tapirs. The Malayan Tapir for example lives in Burma Thailand, South to Malayan and Sumatra. They weigh about 550-660 pounds and is 7.8-7.9 ft from head-body length. In fact the Malayan Tapir is the largest of the tapir species. They are part white and their fore and hind legs are black. They are nocturnal which means they sleep in the day and party all night… not really. They are solitary They eat leaves, fruit and they feed on about 122 species of plants. About every day they eat 4 to 5 percent of their body weight. They usually live about 30 years old, and in captivity they live up to 35 years old. If you have heard of the Malayan Tapir comment below. Until next time.

Day 1: ShoeBill

So here I am, again writing to you about something a little different this time. Today I will be talking about an unfamiliar creature. This creature indeed exists, they live in African marshes, and are known for their whale head/shoe beak. This creature is known as the ShoeBill. They have a bluish feather coats, long black legs, and a   Its wing span is 6.5 ft, thats huge! Their bill is 23 cm long and 10 cm wide. They weigh about 8-15 pounds and are 3.7 ft and 3.9 at the most. Their closet resemblance is a stork, pelican or heron. Most of their relatives are different species of herons. It eats, African Lung fish, small-large fish, amphibians, turtles, rats, water fowl and sometimes young crocodiles. When they lay their eggs they incubate them for 30 days, and once they are 2 and half months old they can stand by themselves. They live to 36 years old in captivity, they haven't found how old they live in wild. Anyways I'll keep on rambling so to finish off, Shoe bills are vulnerable and yes one of the strangest looking creatures I've ever seen. But if you happen to go to Africa any time soon don't disturb them or any type of animal. Until the next blog.