A duck ?A beaver? No ! A platypus !

An mammal but an exception to the rules. The platypus is a mammal commonly found on the east part of Australia. It’s unusual appearance might bring some doubt about their origin and when first discovered it was believed to be an hoax! To add even more confusion they are also one of the few mammalsContinue reading “A duck ?A beaver? No ! A platypus !”

A saber toothed deer ?

The musk deer, an atypical deer or is it ? The musk deer can actually refer to any of seven species of musk deers, for simplification, the Siberian musk deer will be used for this article. The very first thing that one will notice is those vampire fangs that the males possess. They are usedContinue reading “A saber toothed deer ?”

The rarest panther in the world.

The Amur leopard, king of the mountains. Normally people think of leopard as living in the savannah in Africa, the Amur leopard is actually a subspecies who evolved to survives in the mountains and forest of Russia and China. They are solitary by nature, though uncommonly there has been sighting of male and female stayingContinue reading “The rarest panther in the world.”

Fancy a cup of expensive coffee ? The Asian palm civet can help you.

A feline creature despite not being one The palm civet, sometime called cat civet, is actually not a feline but a viverrid (the same family as the mongoose ). They come in a variety of colors such as brown, grey, black or orange coats. Commonly found in south and east parts of Asia, they liveContinue reading “Fancy a cup of expensive coffee ? The Asian palm civet can help you.”

What the hell is a pangolin ? Did it cause the covid-19 virus ?

A very much unique family . There is 8 distinct species of pangolins. Four in Africa ( white-bellied pangolin, black-bellied pangolin, ground pangolin, giant pangolin) and four in Asia ( Chinese pangolin, Sunda pangolin, Indian pangolin and Palawan pangolin). All these species are part of a family of mammals of their own called Manidae. AllContinue reading “What the hell is a pangolin ? Did it cause the covid-19 virus ?”