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MAMMAL MONDAY # 42

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Ellie and Edmond ©

MAMMAL MONDAY #42!

We sure hope everyone enjoyed meeting some amazing Olympic Athletes last week! We’re back to our regular Mammal Monday and we’re off to South Asia today to meet one lazy mammal! Ok, they’re not really lazy, but they are named after a lazy animal! Are you ready?

MEET THE SLOTH BEAR!

   Range/Habitat: South Asia/ forests, rainforests, scrub

   Diet: Omnivore: ants, termites, fruits

   Length/Weight: 4 ½-6 ft/120-420 lb

   Conservation Status: vulnerable

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fun Facts:

  • Sloth bears have shaggy fur with a white V pattern on their chest.
  • Sloth bears are nocturnal (active at night).
  • They have non-retraceable claws used for digging up prey.
  • Sloth bears close their nostrils and suck up ants and termites!
  • You can hear a sloth bear suck up bugs up to 100 meters away.
  • They have an excellent sense of smell to locate food!
  • Sloth bears often stand up on their hind legs to look for danger.

Sloth bears are funny looking with their shaggy fur-dos! Can you imagine having to suck up termites for your dinner? Yuck!

   

 

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We’re on a Mission! Code Name: Conservation! Starts Today!

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Ellie and Edmond ©

IT’S HERE! IT’S HERE!! GET THOSE PHOTOS IN! WE’RE SO EXCITED!!

We’re on a Mission!

Code name: Conservation!

That’s right we’re on a mission to catch you in the act of conservation! Here at the Ellie and Edmond headquarters we talk about the small ways you can help animals, such as recycling!

Now we want to see you doing great things for the planet!

So we’re having a Photo Contest! Starting on Wednesday August 1st and ending Friday August 31st,we’re asking our fans and friends to post your pictures of you participating in conservation!

We want to see you recycling, growing a butterfly garden, going to a zoo or aquarium and reading about conservation, making your own green cleaning products, filling a bird feeder or reusing an item.

These are just some of the many things you can catch on film! Be creative and make it fun!

You can post the photos on our Facebook wall or

tweet it to us @EllieandEdmond.

 

We’ll pick 3 winners and announce them on Monday September 3rd. 

You can enter up to 3 pictures. Prizes to be determined!

We are soooo excited to see your pictures! We’ll be posting them once a week on our blog, so you can see all the fun! Please share this with all your friends and family, the more pictures we get the better!

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