Animals

The March of the Red Crab
A Moth Find a New Home
Suicidal Birds
A leopard and A cheetah
The Spectacular Hornbill
The Antelope with an extraordinary nose
Masquerading Males
Tiny But Powerful
Electric Fishes
Paternal Care
Hairless Cat
Passionate Parrot
Calling Out To Mother
Hot Wheels
Discs On Their Wings
Two-humped Camels
Frozen Frog
Silken Chambers
Earth Pig
Swordsman of the Sea
The Ostrich Trick
Electrifying Meal
Bizarre Turtle
Grey Whales
The Flying Lemur
The Winged Fishing Creature
Llamas
A Different Sort of a Parrot
The Tailless Cat
The Ancestor Of The Rhino
Acquisitive Wood Rats
The Butterflyfish
The Amazing Jumper
The Largest Deer
The Devil’s Coach-Horse
The Porcupine With A Prehensile Tail
The Irritating Fencing
The Acrobatic Otter
The Busy Termite Colony
Superb Mimics
The Canary
Snow Monkey
Jumping Spiders
Glass Lizard
Beetle Rhino
The World’s Smallest Bear
Hygienic Ants
Flat as a Pancake
The Carpet Shark
The Centipede Walk

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The Tiny Leaper

The galago is a tree-dwelling African animal that jumps with its long hind legs, quite like a frog. It is known for its ability to leap long distances like 4.5 metres. The largest galago is about the size of a squirrel, while the smallest is hardly 15 cm long. This is excluding the bushy tail which is longer than its body. The galago's tail helps it to balance.
The galago has thin, large, hairless bat-like ears, that it folds while leaping through trees and while resting. It is sometimes called a 'bush baby' as it sleeps all through the day. It is a nocturnal animal with enormous eyes that provide excellent vision at night, when it jumps from tree to tree in search of food.

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Last updated on :12/13/2004