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Iberian rock lizard (
Iberolacerta monticola
)
Belonging to the Lacertidae family, sometimes called the true lizards, the Iberian rock lizard has a robust, flattened body with...
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Impressed tortoise (
Manouria impressa
)
Despite first being described back in 1882, the impressed tortoise remains something of an enigma, with very little known about the...
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Indochinese box turtle (
Cuora galbinifrons
)
The Indochinese box turtle is a strikingly mottled freshwater turtle. The high-domed carapace has alternating areas of yellowish...
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Wild China
Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys feed primarily on the lichens growing in the forest of the Yunling Mountains.
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Black lechwe are found in large, loose herds in which no strict social system exists.
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Atlantic herring are often found in vast shoals, covering several square kilometres of water.
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Laysan ducks have a novel way of catching flies, running through swarms with their bills open.
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The red panda inhabits mountainous forests thick with bamboo, the main component of its diet.
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The Chinese giant salamander can grow up to 1.8m, and is found in China's mountain streams.
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A single southern wood ant colony can consist of more than 250,000 individual workers.
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The black-necked crane breeds and overwinters on China's high plateaus.
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Wild Bactrian camels are well adapted to the harsh desert climate of the Gashun Gobi Desert.
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The African river-martin, the most primitive living swallow, is usually observed in large flocks.
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Flocks of red knots winter on large tidal mudflats, rocky shores and beaches.
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