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A nature documentary or wildlife documentary is a genre of documentary film or series about animals, plants, or other non-human living creatures. Nature documentaries usually concentrate on video taken in the subject's natural habitat , but often including footage of trained and captive animals, too.
Once uncommon in the wild; captive breeding has led to the species both recovering across and repopulating much of its range. 3d Other reptiles: Eurasian elk or moose (Alces alces) [75] including subspecies Alaskan moose (A. a. gigas) date uncertain Russia, Finland, Sweden, Alaska
Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million in total. Animals range in size from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long and have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs .
Komodo dragon feeding on a carcass, San Diego Zoo (video clip) Komodo dragons have long been sought-after zoo attractions, where their size and reputation make them popular exhibits. They are, however, rare in zoos because they are susceptible to infection and parasitic disease if captured from the wild, and do not readily reproduce in ...
[186] [187] A wide variety of animals are kept as pets, from invertebrates such as tarantulas, octopuses, and praying mantises, [188] reptiles such as snakes and chameleons, [189] and birds including canaries, parakeets, and parrots [190] all finding a place. However, the most kept pet species are mammals, namely dogs, cats, and rabbits.
As of May 2023, about 12,000 living species of reptiles are listed in the Reptile Database. [2] The study of the traditional reptile orders, customarily in combination with the study of modern amphibians, is called herpetology. Reptiles have been subject to several conflicting taxonomic definitions. [3]
A lion (Panthera leo).Lions are an example of charismatic megafauna, a group of wildlife species that are especially popular in human culture.. Wildlife refers to undomesticated animals and uncultivated plant species which can exist in their natural habitat, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. [1]
The heaviest living flying animals are the kori bustard and the great bustard with males reaching 21 kilograms (46 lb). The wandering albatross has the greatest wingspan of any living flying animal at 3.63 metres (11.9 ft). Among living animals which fly over land, the Andean condor and the marabou stork have the largest wingspan at 3.2 metres ...