Critter Science

The Cool Sunda Colugo

1 April, 2020
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Daily Critter Facts, Flying Mammal Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Primate Facts

The Sunda colugo, aka the flying lemur is a freaky cool critter from Southeast Asia and on some of the Philippine Islands. More specifically from Indochina and southern Thailand

The Unusual Purple frog

31 March, 2020
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Daily Critter Facts, Amphibian Facts, Frog Facts

Looking like a purple bean bag with a pointed nose, the purple frog calls the Western Ghats of India its home. They spend most of the year buried in the loamy soil in wait for the monsoon

The Ginormous Whale Shark

30 March, 2020
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Daily Critter Facts, Fish Facts, Shark and Ray Facts

The massive whale shark can be found in a variety of waters. To see one is a spectacle to behold. They can be found in the waters off the coasts of the Seychelles, Honduras, the Philippines

The Pink Fairy Armadillo

27 March, 2020
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The pink fairy armadillo, aka pichiciego, is native to the grasslands, sandy plains, and sand dunes of central Argentina. Of all the armadillos, these are the smallest. These diminutive

The Superb Bird of Paradise

26 March, 2020
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The superb bird of paradise is a newly classified species of the birds of paradise family. They were first discovered in 1930. However, they were put into their own species

The Giant Gippsland Earthworm

25 March, 2020
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Arthropod Facts, Daily Critter Facts, Worm Facts

The giant Gippsland earthworm can only be found in the clay heavy soil along streams in Victoria, Australia. These giants are so elusive that they were only discovered in the late 1800s

The Adorable Japanese Dwarf Flying Squirrel

24 March, 2020
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Undeniably one of the world’s cutest little critters is the Japanese dwarf flying squirrel. These fluff balls inhabit the Honshu and Kyushu Islands of Japan. They prefer boreal,

The Diminutive Silver-Backed Chevrotain

23 March, 2020
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Ungulate Facts

Once thought extinct, the silver-backed chevrotain was recently rediscovered in Vietnam in 2019! It had been 30 years since the last sighting. It was found by the Global Wildlife

The Annoying, Yet Necessary Housefly

20 March, 2020
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Oops! Left the door open again and here comes the housefly. Typically not 1 but many. These creatures have been around for about 65 million years. They aren’t going anywhere any time soon

The Cute and Often Misunderstood Mouse

16 March, 2020
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Daily Critter Facts, Land Mammal Facts, Rodent Facts

Most people hear the word mouse and immediately think of a pest that invades your house and more specifically your pantry at night, leaving little pellets of poop and stains of urine