Canvasbacks are North America’s largest diving ducks. Their common name is derived from the breeding male’s canvas-colored white body. When selecting their wintering grounds, they look for large bodies of water with large amounts of submerged aquatic vegetation.
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Collared brown lemurs are found in southeastern Madagascar and are named for the collars of reddish-brown fur around their necks.
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Bennett’s wallabies, sometimes called red-necked wallabies, are medium-sized marsupials found along the eastern coast of Australia, and on the island of Tasmania. Although best known for hopping, wallabies (as well as kangaroos and wallaroos) can also crawl and swim!
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The electric eel is a knifefish and is more closely related to catfish and carp than to other eel families. This electric fish can generate up to 800 volts of electricity!
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One of the world’s largest land tortoises, Aldabra tortoises can reach sizes of up to 550 pounds and ages of up to 150 years old. They are native to Aldabra Island, one of the Seychelles northeast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
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Lesser kudu are striking striped antelope native to the dry lands of northeastern Africa. Once gravely threatened by the rinderpest virus, their numbers are now rebounding.
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The red wolf is a critically endangered canine native to the southeastern United States. Highly intelligent and sociable animals, red wolves were once abundant throughout their native range, but habitat loss and persecution by humans drove this species to the brink of extinction in the 20th century.
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Semipalmated plovers are small, plump shorebirds with a short bill, long orangish legs, and a single black „necklace“ of feathers. They travel across North America each year to their remote sub-Arctic nesting grounds.
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The Rüppell’s griffon vulture is the world’s highest-flying bird. This critically endangered species is vital to Africa’s ecology, flying long distances to eat carrion and keep ecosystems healthy.
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Things are hop-penning at Small Mammal House! On Jan. 24, a wallaby joey popped its head out of mom Victoria’s pouch. Get the scoop on the young joey from animal keeper Esther Wray.
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