Madagascar

Madagascar: Land of the Lemurs

Hi again! I will be posting about Madagascar, but first......

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Fossas:

Fossas are the apex predator of Madagascar. They are somewhat related to weasels. If you took a brown weasel, made it the size of a German Shepherd, and gave it longer legs, you have a fossa. Their ankles can rotate completely backwards, so they are completely at home in the trees. They are carnivores, and mainly prey on lemurs. They have to be good in the trees to catch those! Especially Sifaka lemurs!

Lemurs:

Lemurs are primates, which is a family that includes monkeys, lemurs, apes, and humans. They are quick in the trees and can navigate anywhere in them. How a fossa would catch them is to drive them to the ground. They are not super quick on the ground.There are 32 species of lemurs, which are all endemic to Madagascar.

Tenrecs:

Tenrecs are a species of little animal with multiple specialties. Some can climb, some can swim, some can dig. The ones that are just kind of the jack of all trades of the tenrec world look like little hedgehogs. These tenrecs have spikes that they can rattle to make an ultrasonic sound, so mothers can call for their children, and the children can answer, without screaming where they are to predators.

The answer to the previous question.....

Pandas have that distinctive panda pattern so they can see other pandas in the forest. Bamboo is a type of grass. 
The next question is, what is one type of lemur besides the Sifaka? I gave you a simpler one this time.




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