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The fossa is a carnivore that hunts small to medium-sized animals. One of eight carnivorous species endemic to Madagascar, the fossa is the island's largest surviving endemic terrestrial mammal and the only predator capable of preying upon adults of all extant lemur species , [ 26 ] [ 29 ] the largest of which can weigh as much as 90 percent of ...
The juvenile female fossa's os clitoridis and pseudo-penis shrink as she grows, unlike that of other pseudo-penis species. [ 3 ] The mammalian pseudo-penis appears to be simply for display, though the spotted hyena is an exception: the female spotted hyena urinates, copulates, and gives birth through her pseudo-penis.
A naked mole-rat living at the Lincoln Children's Zoo was the first animal to be photographed for the National Geographic project, The Photo Ark, which has the goal of photographing all species living in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries around the globe in order to inspire action to save wildlife. [75]
Penguins throw poop bombs, lemurs secrete a stinky perfume to woo mates and even the cutest of monkeys sometimes eat their own. Here are some of the weirdest animal stories that caught our attention.
The cubital fossa, antecubital fossa, chelidon, or inside of elbow is the area on the anterior side of the upper part between the arm and forearm of a human or other hominid animals. It lies anteriorly to the elbow (antecubital) (Latin cubitus) when in standard anatomical position. The cubital fossa is a triangular area having three borders. [1]
In anatomy, a fossa (/ ˈ f ɒ s ə /; [1] [2] pl.: fossae (/ ˈ f ɒ s iː / or / ˈ f ɒ s aɪ /); from Latin 'ditch, trench') is a depression or hollow, usually in a bone, such as the hypophyseal fossa (the depression in the sphenoid bone). [3]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Little Rock Zoo has welcomed a new furry friend- Riana the fossa. Riana is 16 years old, and zoo officials said that she is the second fossa to join the zoo’s community.
The animal was noted for its strange pouch or "second belly", and how the offspring reached the pouch was a mystery. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] On the other hand, it was the Portuguese who first described Australasian marsupials.