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Bird keeper Wesley Bailey shares an update on the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s success breding brown kiwi.
our team helped raise four Guam kingfishers—a species considered extinct in the wild
True to their name, red-bellied piranhas have red undersides. Their bodies are gray and flecked with bright, silver scales. Native to the Amazon River basin, these fish are important scavengers. They tend to travel in schools of 20 or more.
Food/Eating Habits In the wild, a good portion of their diet consists of fins nipped
Twig catfish, named due to their resemblance to twigs, are found throughout the Amazon, Orinoco and Panara rivers, as well as rivers of the Guyana Shield. They are one of the only fish known that have evolved to eat wood as a primary energy source.
Conservation Efforts The twig fish’s status in the wild is unknown.
Von der Decken hornbills are native to dry regions of eastern Africa. Males have large, red bills while females have black bills. Like other hornbills, female Von der Decken hornbills bury themselves alive to hatch and rear their chicks. For two months, the male feeds the female and the chicks through a slit in the mud nest.
Food/Eating Habits In the wild they eat small ground prey, eggs, fruits and insects
Dunlins are a medium-sized sandpiper with a slightly down-curved black bill. In North America, dunlins spend the summer breeding season in the arctic and subarctic regions, and winter along both coasts of the United States and Mexico.
Lifespan The oldest known wild dunlin from Europe was 24 years old.
Black-tailed prairie dogs are one of five species, the others being Utah, Mexican, white-tailed and Gunnison’s prairie dogs. These social rodents are industrious diggers, excavating prairie dog towns, which are U-shaped with chambers connected by tunnels.
Lifespan The lifespan in the wild for black-tailed prairie dogs is up to 8 years
The shaggy-coated sloth bear is native to India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Sloth bears primarily eat termites and ants, and unlike other bear species, they routinely carry their cubs on their backs.
Other potential predators include jackals, wild dogs, wolves, leopards and other
