If you really have an intention to see this butterfly with your own eyes, you are welcome to visit New Guinea, it lives only in a few valleys not far from Popondetta (rainforests) and regarded as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing such a strange and honourable name was given after Queen Alexandra, to Europe this butterfly was introduced in 1906.

As a rule, female butterflies are bigger than male ones. But male species are brighter and more colourful. One very interesting peculiarity: caterpillars of these butterflies adore eating te pipevine plant and it is a toxic one, so the butterfly is toxic to predators and they prefer not to touch it.

These butterflies are real wonders of the world, but they are endangered not only because such processes as deforestation and destruction of habitat, there are a lot of butterflies’ collectors and nothing will stop them from getting such a species, although their collecting is prohibited by the law.

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?

Moray eels have a second set of jaws in their throat called pharyngeal jaws, that also possess teeth. Moray eels are the only known type of animal that uses pharyngeal jaws to actively capture and restrain prey.
Actually, biologists say that morays are not agressive as it known, but shy and secretive, and they only attack humans in self-defense. They also accidentally bite human fingers when being fed, because it cannot see or hear very well, although they have an acute sense of smell!

And one more. If you want to have moray in your home aquarium, just remember, if you have hand been trapped into  moray’s mouth – the worst reaction is the most common and dangerous; to jerk your hand back in autonomic reaction, cutting yourself further on the recurved teeth and landscape. So be extremely careful.
Good night to all of you, sleep sweet )

Most people DO believe that frogs are bad, they bring a lot of inconveniences and even warts. They live in marches and do nothing but spoiling our lives. But it is a disbelief, sometimes they can please our eyes.

Here we will talk about tropical frogs, they are colored, bright and draw attention every time you see them. Unfortunately, very often we spoil frogs lives much more often then they do. Some people even chase them. Very often we forget about our ecology, how drastic it is and feel no compassion to these small creatures, who are extremely vulnerable to any event occurring in the nature: climate, environmental conditions, urbanization. Many species became extinct, as they were not able to adopt to new living conditions. A lot of scientists, research establishments try to avoid this process and stop its development.

As an example, let’s take Dendrobatidae or commonly known as Dart-poison frogs, they live in American tropics and suffer from deforestation. Nowadays, there exist not more than 100 species of them, but these frogs are not capable of living under other natural conditions. One can say, they deserve dying! But it is unfair! These frogs are of great help to medicine. Yeah, no doubts, since the time immemorial, they have been producing a very toxic poison, small portion of this poison (not more than 1 or 2 usual salt grains) is enough to kill a person. Also, this poison was used by Indians to make poisonous arrows and to kill enemies. But, as scientist started studying them, they found out invaluable information about ingredients of their poison and about membrane functioning, because poison of some frogs strikes directly the membrane of a person and provokes apoplexy. Poison of some species can  kill 800 people.

Bodies of these frogs are covered with special liquid poison – it kills small insects and animals. But, 136 micro grams of this poison can kill a person. All poisonous frogs have bright colored appearances! WHY? Because in such a way they warn predators – don’t touch us, it can end awfully. So, it is a kind of protective-warning coloring.

Interesting fact! These frogs are not poisonous in captivity (zoos, research areas). Scientist can explain it as they don’t eat special insects, which provoke the producing of poison. The most dangerous frog in this family is a Golden Poison Dart Frog.