🐛 Snake-mimic caterpillar
It transforms into a snake when in danger 🐍
Expands body segments to mimic a snake, complete with fake eyes 👀
Even attacks predators!
Found in Costa Rica, Mexico, and South America 🌎

🌿 Beautiful video! Watch it calmly, then read if you want.

The Victoria amazonica is the largest water lily in the world 🌟. It has wide, circular leaves with wavy edges, and can support up to 50 kg! 🤯 The underside of the leaf is dark purple or reddish-brown, with sharp spines to protect it from fish and other aquatic animals 🐟.

🐻 Polar bears and spy cameras!
These cameras are used by scientists and documentarians.
A curious bear approached, but the camera escaped!
Fun fact: Polar bears can breed with brown bears, producing hybrids, as they share common ancestors 🐻💡
Their tongues are blue, and their skin is black! 🐻👀

🦊 Rock hyraxes are small, cat-sized mammals, 30-60 cm long, weighing 1.5-4.5 kg.
🔍 They have a unique, rubber-like skin on their feet, with sweat glands, allowing them to climb steep rocks and trees with ease 🌳💨

✅ 🐨 The musk kangaroo rat is a prolific gardener. It buries fruits in the ground for future snacks and often forgets where they're hidden, thus planting new trees.

🌳 This animal is also known as the musk kangaroo, an evolutionary link between possums and kangaroos. It's quite common but hard to spot due to its secretive nature. 🌴 Found in Queensland, Australia.

🌴 The giant papuan grasshopper Hyperhomala virescens is found on the island of New Guinea.
It feeds on leaves and fruits of tropical trees and shrubs.
This large insect can camouflage itself among green leaves 🌿.
Adult males are up to 15 cm long, females are even longer 🦋.
They have a unique appearance with a enlarged prothorax and toothed edges 🌟.
They are nocturnal, move slowly, and are poor fliers 🌃.

🐨 The Potorous tridactylus, a unique marsupial, resembles a musky rat-kangaroo 🐭.
It has fully furred tails and kangaroo-like limbs 🦵.
They inhabit Australia and Tasmania, living in dry bushes and forests 🌳.
Nocturnal and herbivorous, they eat plants, fungi, and insects 🍄🐜.

🐦 The Australian magpie is one of the most dangerous birds, especially during spring!
They attack to protect their young, with males defending a 100-150m radius around their nest.
🚴‍♂️ Most attacks occur in September and October, with cyclists being the most common target.
📊 A website tracks these attacks, showing that 2/3 of cases involve cyclists.
📹 Watch as a cyclist experiences an attack on this video! 😱

🦉 The Buffy Fish Owl (Ketupa ketupu) is smaller than its relative.
Its body length is 38-48 cm, weighing 1-2 kg.
It inhabits forests near water sources, mangroves, and coasts, feeding on fish, amphibians, and reptiles 🐟🦎

🐹 The cactus mouse Peromyscus eremicus looks like a mouse, but it doesn't smell like one.
They live in large groups, covering the floor of their enclosure, and are quite peaceful.
Their favorite food is insects, and when fed crickets or grasshoppers, it's hunting season! 🐜

🤩 Baby cactus mice cling to their mother's nipple and virtually live there, even as she moves around.
As they grow, they start to run after her, and even when fully grown, they still hold on tight! 💕

🐦 The Kookaburra is a large kingfisher,
size of a crow, living in eucalyptus
forests. 🌳 It's famous for its unique
"laughing" call, sounding like human
laughter. 😂 They can live up to 20 years
in the wild and 50 in zoos. 🐧

🐦 The Maltese pigeon is a quite old breed.
They originated from South Asia and were first bred in Italy, then spread to Austria and Germany.
In the US, a variation is bred, the American Maltese pigeon, weighing 550-700g and 40cm tall 🐤.
They require careful feeding to avoid obesity and related issues 🥗.

🦌 Thomson's gazelle inhabits Kenya and Tanzania, one of Africa's most elegant and beautiful antelopes.
It's small: 80-120 cm long, 55-80 cm tall, and weighs 15-35 kg.
🔥 They can run up to 80 km/h, but cheetahs are their main predators 🐯

🐦 The Pink-Necked Green Pigeon inhabits Southeast Asia, found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
🌴 They live in tropical and subtropical forests and mangroves, gathering in small flocks by day and large flocks at night.
🍉 These birds eat various fruits and berries, and can become overweight if overfed. They require space to fly to stay healthy.

🦎 The Savannah monitor, a large lizard, can grow up to 1 meter in length.
🌍 Found in central Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia and Somalia.
🌳 They inhabit open spaces, like steppes and savannas, and are also skilled tree climbers.
👀 Interestingly, they can catch prey on tree branches, despite not being very agile.

Long-tailed widowbirds Euplectes progne live in southern Africa.
Males have a long tail, up to 60 cm, which they display in flight 🐦.
These small birds weigh 25-45 g and are 15-20 cm long.
In spring, males perform a courtship ritual, flying slowly over their territory with their tail feathers spread 🌟.

Wait a few seconds for this bird to spread its wings 🌟
and you'll understand why it's called the sunbird! 🐦

The sunbird Eurypyga helias is found in Tropical America,
from Guatemala to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
It prefers dense tropical forests near water and swamps.
When threatened, it spreads its wings and hisses to scare off predators 😺

🐒 The Bald Uakari is a New World primate.
Its distinctive feature is a red, hairless face.
Body length: 50-55 cm, with a short tail (15-20 cm).
🌟 The red face indicates health, with sick animals having pale faces.
They eat fruits, seeds, flowers, leaves, and insects. 🍃🌿

The Spectacled Bear is the only bear species in South America 🐻. It's endangered and listed in the Red Book.
They have white or yellow rings around their eyes, resembling glasses 🕶️.
Interestingly, they're 95% herbivores, with a diet consisting of plants, fruits, and sugar cane 🍃. They even eat tree bark and corn, making them a bit of a pest in some areas 🌽.

The Grey-throated Warbler lives in subtropical and tropical lowland wet and flooded forests.
🐦 But let's talk about its chicks! 🐤 They mimic toxic caterpillars with bright orange color and long hair-like feathers, moving their heads to resemble a crawling caterpillar 🌿💡

🦋 The Peacock Katydid was discovered in 2006 in the mountains of Guyana.
🌿 It uses two strategies to protect itself:
🍂 folding its wings to look like a fallen leaf
🦅 and raising its wings with eye-like patterns to mimic a giant bird's head, scaring off predators.
👀 Interestingly, its wing pattern is similar to the Peacock Eye butterfly's, used for the same defense mechanism.