TLDR Siberian ibexes are herbivores. In spring and summer they graze alpine grasses, sedges, and herbs. In winter they switch to twigs, needles, and tall dry herbs, and paw through…
Table of Contents Quick answer Portugal has roughly 17 native amphibian species, and the exact tally shifts by one or so depending on how taxonomists split look-alike groups. Seven of…
TLDR Table of Contents Why Barbados has so few amphibians Most Caribbean islands have a respectable frog list. Barbados has two. Neighbors like Dominica or Trinidad have many more. The…
Ask a biologist how many amphibian species are truly blue and you’ll get a shrug, not a number. Blue is one of the rarest colors in the animal kingdom to…
TLDR Trinidad and Tobago host 35 confirmed amphibian species across 12 families, and every single one is a frog or toad — the islands have no native salamanders and only…
TLDR Mexican agoutis (Dasyprocta mexicana) are frugivores — roughly 87% of their diet is fruit, with the rest split between soft seeds, new-growth leaves, bark, and the occasional insect. They…
Table of Contents TLDR Nobody has ever run a dedicated study on what Herbert’s rock-wallaby (Petrogale herberti) actually eats. What we know comes from its close Queensland cousins and general…
TLDR: Amazon weasels almost certainly eat small rodents, birds, insects, and amphibians, plus fish or crustaceans pulled from the shallows near riverbanks. Nobody has confirmed this by watching one hunt,…
Table of Contents The Quick Answer Hairy-nosed otters (Lutra sumatrana) eat mostly fish, followed by crabs, water snakes, mollusks, frogs, and the occasional waterbird. Fish dominates almost everywhere they’re found,…