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How Instagram’s animal welfare policy is changing your feed and the lives of animals
Instagram is full of colleagues, friends, and former classmates posting photos of themselves on vacation drinking fancy cocktails, swimming in blue water, watching over-saturated sunsets, and maybe, even exploiting animals. Animal tourism has become a significant part of the travel industry, attracting a growing number of people every year. If you ask a tourist, they … Continue reading "How Instagram’s animal welfare policy is changing
The Secret Sounds of Quiet Animals
Even though animals cannot speak in the same way that humans do, they still have their own unique way of communicating with each other. Some communicate by making powerful roars, chirping loudly, screaming, or barking. However, some animals are fairly quiet which can certainly have its advantages. One animal that quietly moves from place to … Continue reading "The Secret Sounds of Quiet Animals"
Alligators in Tourism
Animals Adaptations to Harsh Environments
Animals amaze us with their capacity to exist and thrive in the darkest, driest, hottest, or coldest places in the world. Fanimal has compiled a list of some of the toughest creatures out there and provided insight into their natural mechanisms for adapting to harsh conditions. Below are seven different animals that can teach us … Continue reading "Animals Adaptations to Harsh Environments"
Interesting Facts about the Desert and its Animals
When we think of dirt, we probably think of soil for growing crops, dusty fields, or hiking along trails through the forest or in the mountains. But the sand of the world’s deserts falls into our general idea of “dirt” as well. Animals interact with this form of dirt very differently than their counterparts living … Continue reading "Interesting Facts about the Desert and its
Why Animals Need Soil
Soil is essential to every animal on earth. It is a critical part in providing food, water, air, and habitat to animals. Food One of the most important reasons animals depend on soil is because it allows for their food to grow. Plants are a main source of food for herbivores, omnivores and even … Continue reading "Why Animals Need Soil"
Animals That Lay Eggs In Dirt
Many animals birth their youth by laying eggs in the dirt and allowing their young to incubate before hatching into their new lives! Crocodiles, snakes, turtles, and platypuses are examples of animals that do so, and they all have unique characteristics and habits of their birthing process. Platypus are one of only two mammals who … Continue reading "Animals That Lay Eggs In Dirt"
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