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The shape and structure of these leads to the popular name "elephant-nosed fish" for those species with particularly prominent mouth extensions. The extensions to the mouthparts usually consist of a fleshy elongation attached to the lower jaw. They are flexible, and equipped with touch, and possibly taste, sensors.
The African bush elephant (foreground), Earth's largest extant land animal, and the Masai ostrich (background), one of Earth's largest extant birds. In zoology, megafauna (from Greek μέγας megas "large" and Neo-Latin fauna "animal life") are large animals. The precise definition of the term varies widely, though a common threshold is ...
A leopard cat A dhole, an Asiatic wild dog An Asiatic golden cat Bryde's whale in the Gulf of Thailand. There are 264 mammal species in Thailand on the IUCN Red List.Of these species, three are critically endangered, 24 are vulnerable, and two are near-threatened.
Knowing what plants are poisonous to rabbits is key to keeping them safe and healthy. Rabbits are herbivores, meaning they only eat plants so it can be easy to think that anything green is safe ...
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) The African forest elephant is the smallest species of elephant and is one of two species of African elephants, the other being the African bush elephant. It is native to West Africa and the Congo Basin. [13] Its trunk has two finger-like processes and contains about 40–60,000 muscles. [14]
As part of the Late Pleistocene megafauna extinctions, 80% of megaherbivore species became extinct, with megaherbivores becoming entirely extinct in Europe, Australia and the Americas. Recent megaherbivores include elephants, rhinos, hippos, and giraffes. There are nine extant species of terrestrial megaherbivores living in Africa and Asia.
Rabbits can eat the flesh of a tomato as a special treat, but be sure to keep your fluffy bun away from the rest of the tomato plant. The seeds, stalks, and leaves of a tomato plant can be bad for ...
An African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), is an example of charismatic megafauna.. Charismatic megafauna are animal species that are large—in the category that they represent [1] —with symbolic value or widespread popular appeal, and are often used by environmental activists to gain public support for environmentalist goals. [2]