The adventures of Joshua and some animals!
Last night my Grandma was doing some hedgehog watching until something caught her eye, at eleven O’Clock she saw Spike who was a porker but there was another hedgehog but it was actually a bit smaller. Grandma was so excited to meet her new baby hoglet, we named it prickles and Grandma was so giddy she couldn’t get to sleep!
Black and white lemurs:
Fact 1: Lemurs are a type of primate that typically lives in forested areas. They are very furry and have long tails, and there are almost 100 different species in all. Black and white ruffed lemurs have a very striking black and white coloration. Their white ruff, a ring of fur around their face, is where they get their name.
Fact 2: Out of nearly 100 different types of lemur, there are only two which are ruffed – the black and white and the red. We have both types of ruffed lemur at Folly Farm. The black and white ruffed lemur can be found in the trees in the Madagascan rainforests. They live for up to 20 years in the wild.
Fact 3: Black and white ruffed lemurs are at spreading pollen, like bees!
Fact 4: Black and white ruffed lemurs, like many lemur species, use their long tails to help them balance.
Fact 5: Ruffed lemurs have the second loudest call of all primates. The aptly named howler monkey wins that contest!
Arborteum gentle lemurs:
Fact 1: Lemurs face an array of dangers across Madagascar, the only place where they exist in the wild. Some people hunt them, or even collect babies for the pet trade — an example of why cuteness can be a double-edged sword. But the single greatest threat to lemurs is the same thing causing most wildlife declines around the world: habitat loss, driven by everything from logging and agriculture to climate change.
Fact 2: Yet despite lemurs’ widespread popularity, they are Earth’s most endangered group of mammals, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). About 94 percent of all lemur species have a threatened status on the IUCN Red List, including 49 listed as Endangered and 24 listed as Critically Endangered.
Fact 3: Lemurs are easy to love. They’re cute, charismatic and oddly humanlike, which isn’t just a coincidence. Lemurs are primates like us, and while they’re not as closely related to people as chimpanzees and other apes are, they’re still family.
Fact 4: In light of lemurs’ precarious future, here’s a closer look at these amazing animals — and the habitats on which their survival hinges.
Fact 5: The smallest living lemur is the pygmy mouse lemur, which is less than 2.5 inches (6 centimetres) from head to toe — although its tail adds another 5 inches. The largest living lemur is the indri, which can stand as tall as 2.5 feet (0.75 meter) in adulthood.
Fantastic lemur pictures
Josh here! I have my own site! Awesome!