Animal enthusiast, Cartoonist, Photographer, Writer
This category includes a few of our closest relatives.
I’ve just come back from a family holiday in County Donegal, and now I’ve come to write a review about the two zoos we visited there: Wild Ireland and Tropical World. It was Wednesday, the 5th of August, and my … Continued
Scientific name: Daubentonia madagascariensis Size: 30-40cm long, tail about 60cm Origin: Africa (Madagascar) Diet: Omnivore IUCN status: Endangered Threats: Deforestation, inaccurate folk belief (some Malagasy people consider it a sign of evil and death) Zoos I have seen them: Dublin Zoo, London Zoo Interesting fact: … Continued
Scientific name: Pan troglodytes Size: 64-94cm Origin: Africa Diet: Omnivore IUCN status: Endangered Threats: Deforestation, hunting for bushmeat, diseases such as Ebola Zoos I have seen them: Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, Chester, Welsh Mountain Zoo, La Vallée des Singes, Amsterdam Interesting fact: … Continued
Scientific name: Gorilla gorilla Origin: Africa Diet: Omnivore, but mostly herbivore Size: 1.3-1.7m IUCN status: Critically Endangered Threats: Deforestation, poaching for bushmeat, Ebola virus contracted from humans Zoos I have seen them: Dublin Zoo, Belfast Zoo, La Vallée des Singes, ZSL … Continued
Scientific name: Lemur catta Origin: Africa (Madagascar) Size: 95-110cm Diet: Omnivore IUCN status: Endangered Threats: Habitat loss, hunting, capture for the pet trade Zoos I have seen them: Countless… Interesting fact: Nearly all of Madagascar’s 105 existing lemur species are threatened … Continued
Scientific name: Mandrillus sphinx Size: 55-110cm Diet: Omnivore Origin: Africa IUCN status: Vulnerable Threats: Deforestation, poaching for bushmeat Zoos I have seen them: La Vallee des Singes, Tierpark Hellabrunn, Chester Zoo, Natura Artis Magistra Interesting fact: The largest of the … Continued
Scientific name: Pongo pygmaeus Origin: Asia (Borneo) Size: 1.1-1.4m Diet: Omnivore IUCN status: Critically endangered Threats: Conversion of rainforests to palm oil plantations, poaching for its meat and for the illegal pet trade Zoos I have seen them: Dublin Zoo, Chester … Continued
Scientific name: Leontopithecus rosalia Origin: South America (Brazil) Diet: Omnivore Size: 30cm, tail up to 40cm IUCN status: Endangered Threats: Habitat loss through deforestation Zoos I have seen them: Dublin Zoo, Belfast Zoo, La Vallée des Singes, Ménagerie du Jardin des … Continued