Bees
Violet Carpenter Bee – Source: Jeff Clarke
Fact Files
Orca – Killer Whale
A large killer whale showing its no nonsense teeth
Toucan – The Largest Bill on a Bird
Channel-billed Toucan
Orangutans of Borneo and Sumatra
Baby Orangutan
Gorillas – Nomadic Gentle Vegetarians
Gorillas are the largest primates weighing up to 430 lbs (200 kgs). They have enormous heads, long arms and broad powerful chests. Although they look quite fierce they are actually gentle, shy, vegetarians. They eat leaves, fruit, seeds, tree bark, plant bulbs, tender plant shoots, flowers and sometimes ants and termites.
Thorny Devil Lizard – Prickly Desert Ant-Eater
Australian Horned Lizard or Thorny Devil
The thorny devil is covered in spiny, warty protuberances. Narrow channels between the scales act to draw precious droplets of dew or rain to its mouth by capillary action. This is an amazing adaptation that allows them to remain in such a dry environment taking advantage of all possible moisture. The thorns or horns are mostly hollow modified scales.