Species Profile

brown otter near green grass

Today I Learned- Otter Dynasties

Goldfish Everyone do yourself a favour and watch Otter Dynasty, one of the best and funniest television programs I’ve seen in ages. Telling a melodrama about succession and warring factions using the clans of smooth coated otters in Singapore. It is beautiful. Smooth coated otters are fish specialists. They live in groups made up of

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Species Profile – Mbenga

Despite its fearsome behaviour and appearance this fish is actually a TETRA (an African tetra to be more precise). They are members of Alestidae, a family of small insectivorous fish that are commonly kept in aquariums5. The Congo tetra, a fellow member of Alestidae Range map, ICUN Red list, 2010

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Russian Tortoise

Agrionemys hersfeldi Habitat: Plains/Steppe central Asia Size: 5-10in Diet: omnivorous, preferring plants Fun facts: Can enter a state of torpor for up to nine months a year 2 Russian Tortoises were the first animals sent to the moon (plus some mealworms that were their food)

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