Porcupine with strawberry lollies.

A cute gorilla with a fruit flavoured ice block in London Zoo.

A nice squirrel monkey examines a fruit ice block at the Cotswold Wildlife Park.

Lemurs enjoying ice-cream at Drayton Manor Theme Park near Tamworth.

What an amazing rhino.

Lions are having fun while taking baths in cool water.

Photos Telegraph

Many species of lemurs are native to Madagascar. And only thanks to Madagascar’s isolation that lemurs have succeeded to survive. Nowadays, approximately 60 kinds of lemurs are officially recognized by scientists.

Appearance and biological data:

Sifakas are social animals, they live in groups from 3 to 13 individuals. When meeting another group of sifakas, they usually show a nonviolent confrontation. Growls, shrieks, barks and howls belong to everyday communication of sifakas.

Verreaux’s Sifaka or Propithecus verreauxi is a not very big primate, that lives in Madagascar. The fur is very thick and as a rule white with brown on top of the head, on the sides, and on the arms. Tails are long, they help to maintain a balance while leaping from tree to tree.

Most amusing facts about lemurs:

• capable of singing like whales;
• extracting insects from tree bark with their fingers;
• can’t imagine themselves without “dancing”;
• skillfully jump from tree to tree even if they are covered with spines and thorns. And no injuries afterwards!!!;
• “sifakas” – this name is derived from their usual alarm call “shifak”;

Dangers:

The same as most of species in Madagaskar, these lemurs are threatened by hunting, meat, fur, habitat loss.

Apperance

Any fossa resembles an elongate cat with very big limbs (Oh, I like their paws) and they grow up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) long, and weigh up to 26 pounds (12 kilograms).

Live

Fossa is top predator, and it is famous to feed on lemurs and other small creatures. Fossa’s coats are reddish brown and these animals have rather sharp claws. What is more, the fossa can boast with a long tail, it helps maneuvering and facilitates hunting. Fossas are nocturnal animals.

Some facts

• Fossas are endangered animals;
• They are perfect climbers;
• Claws of these animals are retractable;
• Fossas are very agile animals.

Would you like to meet one?

Appearance

Oriental Longhair cats can be characterized with one word – LONG. Almost everything is long: body, ears, legs, tails. But, cats themselves are of medium size and heads are small. Eyes are of almond shape, thus providing an impression of a really oriental guest. Their coats are longer than coats of Siamese cats and they come in a huge variety of colours.

Personality

Oriental cats are very vocal ones, they adore purring, meowing and drawing your attention in many other ways. Cats are very sociable, active, playful and people oriented. I like their peculiarity to keep their balance while jumping, sitting and even sleeping (for example, on computer monitors or radiators). They will provide you with a myriad of unforgettable moments. Orientals are intelligent, great companions.

Grooming

These cats don’t require extensive and often grooming.

he looks so funny, like a mixture of a bat and a mouse. Unbelievable cuttie! Raz is a short variant from Razafindranriatsimaniry (a Malagasy name meaning “son of a Prince or noble man who envies nobody”). The baby seems to be OK, he is giving food every 2 hours round clock, he gains weight and looks nice. Raz is the 2nd aye-aye lemur to be born in Great Britain, the 1st one was a girl – Kintana, actually, aye-aye is classified as endangered according to the IUCN Red List.

Good luck and health to you, dear little Raz!