Monthly:September 2020
Kangaroo Island is situated 15 km off the coast of South Australia. The island measures 155 km long and 55 km wide, with 4400 sq. km of unspoiled and beautiful scenery packed with Australian native flora and fauna. It is one of Australia’s best nature-based destinations. So, if you are keen to see native Australian wildlife roaming free, then this is your place. Getting to Kangaroo Island is easy. A short 45-minute ferry ride from Adelaide will take you to […]
World Gorilla Day 2020 is the day to celebrate Gorillas. It is the same day that Dian Fossey established the Karisoke Research Centre in 1967. A few gorilla facts Gorillas are the world’s largest living primates. Besides chimpanzees and bonobos, they are our closest living relatives. In addition, humans share 95 – 98% of DNA with gorillas. Moreover, these unique primates spend much of their lives on the ground. Gorillas are gentle giants and exhibit many human-like behaviours, such as […]
September 22nd is World Rhino Day 2020. Accordingly, it is a day for celebrating and raising awareness for the world’s last five remaining rhinoceros (Rhinocerotidae): white rhino, black rhino, Indian rhino, Javan rhino, and Sumatran rhino. Sadly, animals only get their designated annual Remembrance Day when they are almost extinct! At the beginning of the 20th century, over 500,000 rhinos roamed around Africa and Asia. Today, an estimated 70,000 rhinos are left, of which 27,000 remain in the wild. Unfortunately, few rhinos […]
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is a small mammal species. They are part of their own distinct and unique family ~ the Ailuridae. They are reddish-brown with a predominantly white face, with tear marks extending from their inner eyes to the corners of their mouth, large round heads, short snouts, and large pointed ears with long fluffy striped red and whitetails. Their front legs are shorter than their back legs, giving them their characteristic waddling gait. They also possess very […]
The Kamchatka Peninsula is wild and untamed. It measures 1250 km long and 480 km wide at its largest point. The landmass is a 370,000 km² peninsula. Kamchatka peninsula is wild and untamed. Furthermore, the peninsular juts into the Pacific Ocean and juts off the eastern coast of Russia, north of Japan, and across the Bering Sea from Alaska. Kamchatka opened for tourism in 1990. Before that, it was closed, as it was a military base for missile testing. As a result, transport, […]