自然英语

Three Small Aanimals


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Hello Welcome to WildSuzhou, today I am talking about 3 very small animals.
Just looking at the Brookesia Micra, it doesn’tlook very striking or unique,  but when you look at its size that's whenyou can see what makes it different. Another name for them is the Leafchameleon. They are only 3 centimeters long, since they are so small they alsoweigh barely anything.  They eat small crickets and flies and theirpredators are small mammals and birds. The Brookesia Micra lives on the Islandof Madagascar, in Mountainous forests where there is lots of foliage to hide in.
The etruscan shrew is one of the smallestmammals, it's closely related to moles. They are 3-5 centimeters long. Eventhough they are very small they eat a lot, small mammals like the shrew usuallyhave a fast metabolism and need lots of energy. During the winter, since theydon't hibernate, they are able to shrink their bodies so they consume lessenergy. It lives in parts of South Asia, and coasts around the mediterranian.
The last animal is the pygmy seahorse. It’s only2 and a half centimeters long. Their small size allows them to hide andcamouflage very well, as they blend in with their surrounding coral. They havebumps and texture on them to look like the coral, and they also are the colorof the coral they live on. When the baby pygmy seahorses are born they arebarely 2 millimeters. They live in the indo pacific ocean.

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自然英语By 荒野苏州自然频道

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