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The 12 Creatures of Christmas: Featuring some amazing and unique animals with a special holiday theme.
I hope you have enjoyed learning about some of the many fascinating creatures found in the world around us. Thanks for your continued support and Merry Christmas!
The 12 Creatures of Christmas: Featuring some amazing and unique animals with a special holiday theme.
Reindeer are native to the tundras and forest of North America, Europe and Asia. They are also known as Caribou. A Reindeer’s nose is highly specialized allowing them to smell food hidden under snow or even allow them to detect the scents of possible predators. Their noses, though not red in color, is covered in hair, and their large nasal passages aid in warming the freezing cold air before entering their lungs.
The 12 Creatures of Christmas: Featuring some amazing and unique animals with a special holiday theme.
Polar Bears are the largest land carnivore alive today. They are often considered marine mammals because of their dependence on arctic sea ice and their excellent swimming ability. A Polar Bear’s claws are two inches long and their massive paws measure nearly 12 inches across.
The 12 Creatures of Christmas: Featuring some amazing and unique animals with a special holiday theme.
Hawaiian Monk Seals are only found in the tropical islands of Hawai’i. While they spend most of their time at sea, they will rest and give birth on the many island’s sandy beaches or volcanic rock shorelines.
The 12 Creatures of Christmas: Featuring some amazing and unique animals with a special holiday theme.
The Man-Faced Stink Bug is known for its distinctive black markings that resemble a human face. Found in India and Southeast Asia, their bright colors of red, orange, yellow and cream are a warning to predators that they taste bad. They also produce a foul odor for defense!
The 12 Creatures of Christmas: Featuring some amazing and unique animals with a special holiday theme.
Angel Sharks possess flattened bodies and expanded, wing-like pectoral fins. Angel Sharks are ambush predators. They typically rest on the sea floor where special muscles help pump water over their gills, allowing them to breathe without swimming and lying motionless to strike unsuspecting prey!
The 12 Creatures of Christmas: Featuring some amazing and unique animals with a special holiday theme.
Snowy Owls inhabit treeless tundra regions and meadows. With large wings, a velvety texture on their feathers and comb-like serrations on the leading edge of their wing feathers they are capable of nearly silent flight!
The 12 Creatures of Christmas: Featuring some amazing and unique animals with a special holiday theme.
Ribbon Eels are a unique species of moray eel native to the reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. All Ribbon Eels begin life as male. They are black when they hatch and develop yellow bands as they age, then transition into blue and yellow as they mature. As they become older they become an all yellow female capable of laying eggs!
The 12 Creatures of Christmas: Featuring some amazing and unique animals with a special holiday theme.
Rockhopper Penguins are among the smallest of the crested penguins. Found nesting on the rocky shores of the sub-Antarctic islands, they are known for their ability to hop from rock to rock to move around!
The 12 Creatures of Christmas: Featuring some amazing and unique animals with a special holiday theme.
Llamas and Alpacas are domestic animals originally from South America. The have provided food, fiber and companionship to people for around 6000 years and are desired for their soft, silky fleece that is warmer, stronger and softer than sheep’s wool!
The 12 Creatures of Christmas: Featuring some amazing and unique animals with a special holiday theme.
Belugas are also known as white whales and are native to the icy Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas. The English name “beluga” comes from the Russian word meaning “white.”
The 12 Creatures of Christmas: Featuring some amazing and unique animals with a special holiday theme.
Sea Stars are commonly known as Starfish. They are marine invertebrates related to sand dollars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers. Found in oceans worldwide, Sea Stars typically have five arms but some species have more than 40!
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