Slow Lorises

Slow lorises look extremely innocent and harmless, but they are actually venomous. Their venomous bite can kill and there is no known cure yet. To protect themselves from predators they lick toxin onto their fur. Scientist have yet to find out why these animals are venomous. Slow lorises are part of the group of primates. They are accustomed to live in trees. Their weight ranges from 103 grams to 4 1/2 pounds. The loris has a reduced second finger so that they can easily grip branches and climb onto trees. The slow loris has slow movement and the frequently "walk fast" but only go about half a mile per night. Although they seem extremely slow they move at a fast pace to catch preys. They do all their eating at night. They rather eat by themselves than with company. They eat small hings such as leaves and plants or animals smaller than them. The lorises are endangered. They are being hunted down because they carry something that can be turned into medicine and it can cure 100 diseases. They are also endangered because they are being captured to be kept as illegal pets. If you would like to learn about or help the slow lorises you can visit or donate at https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/donate/108/slow-loris-7

The Parrotfish

Parrotfish received their name because of the shape of their mouths. Instead of having teeth they have two beak-like plates which can relate to a parrot. They use their beak-like plates to grind rocks to form new sand. They can create up to 200 pounds of sand a year, which is the cause of small islands. Blue parrotfish feed on little organisms and algae and spend about 80% of their time eating. The blue Parrotfish, as of now, is the only uniformed bright-blue species of fish known. You can find them on coral reefs at depths from 9 to 85 feet. This species of fish is surprisingly not in danger of extinction. They are caught by many fishermen but as of now their population are stable. At night time to stay away from predators they use this mucous like substance from an organ in their heads so that predators won’t notice their scent. There is a famous parrotfish named Gavin located in Australia. He enjoys to photobomb peoples photos as you see in the picture above. As you pose to get a picture he would enter the photo and take a photo with you.

Bats

Spotted bat, hammerhead bat, black flying fox, spear nosed bat, and thousands of more. There are more than 900 species of bats in the world. Some studies show that there are up to 1,200 species in the world. You can separate all these bats into two groups. One of them is called the microbats and the other megabats. How can you tell them apart? Well the name really says it all. Microbats are small but have big ears while megabats are bigger and live more in the tropical areas in our planet. Bats are the only mammals known to be capable of flight. They are the only mammals known to feed off of blood. Also the bats wings resembles a human hand anatomically. The bats population makes up a quarter of the mammal population! You can find 1,000 of them throughout the world, not including the polar region and extreme desert. The giant golden-crowned flying fox is known as the largest species of bat in this planet. The wingspan is 5 ft and weighs up to 2.6 pounds. Sooner or later this species is feared to be extinct. Many people entering the forest have cause the population level so low that it has caused a possible extinction.

Chironex

Most of you guys probably have never heard about what this is. A chironex is a type of jellyfish also named "The Box Jellyfish." The box jellyfish is the most dangerous animal in the world. Yes that means more dangerous than sharks and stingrays and a lionfish. It does not have a venemous bite or sharp teeth that would stab into you or a mouth at all. This jellyfish can kill up to 60 people in under 5 minutes with just 1 ounce of the venom. What makes his tentacles so dangerous you may ask? This jellyfish contains venom in each tentacles. The box jellyfish can have up to 60 tentacles which can grow up to 15 feet long. Some scientists have captured numerous of box jellyfish in a tank to study it. Each time they poured in alcohol in the tank they saw the stinging cells react to it which would cause it to release the venom. Later they concluded that if the stingers do not come in contact with human chemicals then the human will not be stung. Many of people are terrified to enter the water because of the box jellyfish, which has killed 100 people so far. People have started calling them the sucker punch jellyfish because you will never notice them coming until its already too late to react and it is extremely hard to ignore the pain and if you see someone stung by one it is important to immediately take them out of the water because they will most likely go into shock or wont be able to get out by themselves.

Kangaroos

A Kangaroos tail is very important to them for their daily activities. They need their tails to balance, so if you were to hold their tail down they wouldn't be able to balance or hop. Scientist call the Kangaroos tail "a third leg." Their tails are as long as their bodies and extremely strong. A kangaroos tail is so strong that it can put all its body weight on the tail and the tail would be able to supposrt the weight. When the kangaroo is grazing and foraging it uses three things, the two legs and the tail. It first uses all three of them and when they're ready they kick the two feet up together in the air and then swings them. Kangaroos do not have knee caps but the tibia bone of the Kangaroo has pads of shock-absorbing fibrous cartilage.