Reptiles

The Wacky Wombat

Wombats are really cool little marsupials which are only found in Australia. These guys live in burrows and have strong claws for digging. Their pouch faces backwards so that soil doesn’t collect and cover the young wombats as they are burrowing around. Funnily they use their backsides to defend themselves! Their skin is hardened so [read on...]

Population Invasion – 7 Billion People and Counting

With Planet Earth projected to hit a human population of 7 billion people before the end of 2011, many questions arise. What is the effect on our planet and is there a limit to how many human beings planet earth can support? There is a limit to the amount of natural resources our planet can [read on...]

Heidi the Crazy looking Opposum

She looks at you crazy, but don’t take it personally! She’s just a little confused with all the attention she has been getting recently. Meet Heidi the cross-eyed Opossum, a magnificent marsupial creature who has recently been taken in at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany. This marsupial has become an overnight internet media sensation even [read on...]

Rhino Update!

Rhino’s have been in the news a lot lately so it feels like a good time to give you all a heads up with what the gossip is! Disturbingly the news is not too positive. Last year saw the relocation of four Northern White Rhino’s back to Africa in an effort to sustain and improve [read on...]