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The chinese giant salamander looks like a normal kind of it’sspecies, until you find out how big it is. 

The chinese giant salamander lives in China. But it has relativesthat live in the US and japan. It’s habitat is streams and lakes, usually underrocks or in muddy  shallowareas. This is the place where they can easily get their food. They eat fish,aquatic insects, crayfish, snakes, crabs, worms, shrimp, and sometimes evenother amphibians. 

Adult chinese giant salamanders don’t have many natural predatorsbut habitat loss is one reason they are endangered. Young salamanders may beeaten by larger salamanders. Females can lay 500 eggs at once and will hatch50-60 days after being fertilized. This species is nocturnal but will be awakeat day during mating season. This species has a lifespan of maybe 50 years, butscientists aren’t exactly sure. 

The reason the animals have this name is because of its size. Theycan get up to 1.8 meters, the tail is what makes up most of its size. Thesalamander can weight around 30 kilograms. 

Are you surprised there is a creature like this? 

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Today, we will be talking about theorangutan, meaning “the man of the forest” in the Malay language.

Orangutans live in the rainforests ofBorneo and Sumatra, two islands in Southeast Asia. There are three species ofOrangutan: the Bornean, Sumatran, and Tapanuli.

Orangutans are large creatures. This isespecially due to their enormous arm span. When an adult male has his armsspread out, the measurement from fingertip to fingertip might be as much asseven feet, while his standing height will only be about five feet. Their longarms nearly touch the ground when they stand. In general, they have a verystocky and bulky body. They don’t have a tail, like all species of Great Apes.They have grey-black skin, and their body is covered in reddish-brown hair.They have large heads with prominent mouths. Their hands are similar to ourown. They have four long fingers, and a shorter, opposable thumb. An opposablethumb is a thumb that is able to touch the other fingers on the same hand. Theyalso have opposable big toes, meaning their feet can hold onto objects as well.

Orangutans are foragers, and they have awide range of foods that fit in their diet. There are hundreds of foods thatorangutans can and will eat, such as fruit, leaves, bark, insects, shoots,honey, and bird eggs. Orangutans on the island of Sumatra have been known toeat Slow Lorises, a type of small primate. They will also eat soil and rocksfor mineral nutrients, to absorb toxic substances, or to treat a disorder.

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Most  peoplewould think if this animal as a tall bird that runs, but it is much more thanthat.

ostriches live in the dry savannas of Africa.  They used to also live in Asia and the Middle East, but are nolonger are there due to being hunted. They spend time roaming around in the drygrasses for food.  Thesebirds are omnivores so they eat both meat and plants, their diet consists onroots, leaves, seeds, insects, rodents, and lizards. 

something special about the ostrich’s eating habits is sometimesthey will swallow sand and pebbles to grind up food in a special muscle intheir stomach. Since the ostrich is so large it does not have many predators,it’s only predators are lions, cheetahs, and sometimes crocodiles. 

Ostriches are able to run very fast. Their maximum speed is 43miles per hour. The ostrich is the largest living bird species so males can getup to 9 feet and females can get up to 7 feet, an ostrich egg can even weigh 5pounds. 

do find this large bird frightening or intriguing? 

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the emperor newt is a peculiar animal that lives hidden insouthern china. But it’s not just an ordinary plain newt. 

The emperor newt lives in Yunnan China, in high elevations such as1000 to 2500 meters above sea level. They live in moist habitats near streamsand rivers, but spend most of their time on land. Emperor newts eat worms andsmall insects such as centipedes and crickets. 

The newts predators include birds, mammals, fish, and otheramphibians. Luckily this creature has a way to protect itself. It has brightcolors which signals that it is toxic. The newts skin has toxins that can harmits predators. 

The emperor newt is an extremely fascinating animal. It has brightcolors and a unique texture. It can be 12-15 centimeters and has a black bodywith red bumps. It also has raised red bumps around its head that looks a bitlike a crown. Females emperor newts tend to be a bit bigger than the males. 

If you saw this animal in the wild what would you think of it? 

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Today, we will be talking about the white rhino, also known as thesquare lipped rhino. 

The white rhino is the largest of the living rhino species, andit’s almost as large as the elephants. It has a large body and head, with ashort neck and broad chest. It also has a small tail with bristles on the end.The white rhino also has a broad, straight mouth, which is why it’s also calledthe square lipped rhino. The overall color of the white rhino ranges from a yellowishbrown to a slate grey. There are two horn-like growths on the snout, with onehorn behind the first, larger horn. These horns are made entirely from keratin,the same material our hair and fingernails are made from. 

The white rhino loves to wallow in mud holes to cool down, whichis very relieving in the African grassland and savannah that it lives in. It isa herbivore, and eats grass that it finds. The white rhino drinks water twice aday, but can go four to five days without water. It spends about a third of itsday eating. Since the white rhino is a herbivore that eats purely plants, itsextinction could be very dangerous to its ecosystem. 

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the whale shark is a peculiar animal. it seems like a whale, butit’s really a shark. 

whale sharks can be found in warm tropical oceans around theworld. sometimes whale sharks can dive to up to 1,800 meters. 

being so large, you would expect the whale shark to eat somethingbig, but it actually eats plankton., tiny organisms that float around in theocean. 

But this animal does have quite a scary predator, the orca. Itdoes also happen to be endangered partly because of fisheries. their populationstands at 7,100. 

possibly the most interesting thing about it is it’s size. it canget up to 18.8 meters amad weighs an astonishing 41,000 pounds. the whale sharkalso lives for quite a long time. they can live for 70 to 100 years and startmating at the age of 30. 

what’s the most confusing thing about this animal? it looking likea whale but really being a shark? 

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this uniquely shaped fish wouldn’t look like it belongs in thefish family but it does.

the moon fish  lives in waters near hawaii and is also sometimes eaten there.this large fish eats squid and krill. considering this fish is so big, youwound think that it’s predators were great white sharks and mako sharks.

But these fish do have a way to protect themselves which is quitedifferent to other fish. The moon fish is warm blooded meaning it can swimfaster, be more agile, and see better, all helping it to protect itself.

other than it being warm blooded, the moon fish has even moreuncommon features, it’s size and shape. This fish can be the size of a cartire, but can even become 7 feet, and what’s more interesting, is it’s verythin from the front. It’s called the moon fish because of its shape but alsoit’s color, which is white even though it can sometimes be red.

what do you think is the weirdest feature of the moon fish or thecoolest?

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Today, we will talk about the Rainbow Lorikeet, a very colorful species of parrot. It is found on the eastern coast of Australia, and lives in rainforests, coastal bush or forest, and woodland areas.
The Rainbow Lorikeet is a medium sized bird, with very vivid coloring. The head is a deep blue, and greatly contrasts the yellow green neck. The upper parts of the wings, back, and tail are bright green. The chest is a fiery orange yellow, and the belly is the same deep blue as the head. The thighs and rump are also green. The underside of the wings are red, with a bright yellow wing bar. The beak of the Rainbow Lorikeet is an outstanding orange-red.
Rainbow Lorikeets feed mainly on fruit, pollen, and nectar. They have a tongue adapted for their diet. This tongue has a papillate appendage, which is adapted to gathering pollen and nectar from flowers. Rainbow Lorikeets will eat many fruits, such as coconuts, native plants, papaya and mangoes opened by fruit bats. They are frequent visitors at bird feeders.

Today, we will talk about how bees makehoney

There are five steps to how honey is made.

The first step in making honey iscollecting nectar, the main ingredient of honey. Bees usually do this in thespring, when flowers are in bloom. They use their long tongue, called aproboscis, to suck out honey. This nectar is stored in the honey stomach,separate from the regular stomach. Once the honey stomach is full, the bee goesback to the hive.

Second, when they get back to the hive,they pass the honey through their mouths to other worker bees, who keep thehoney in their own honey stomach for about half an hour. During this time, thenectar mixes with proteins and enzymes in their stomach. The worker bees passthat mixture to other bees, who continue to mix the nectar with other proteinsand enzymes, so the nectar eventually becomes honey.

Third, once the nectar has become honey,it is stored in honeycomb cells, which are like jars made of beeswax. Thehoneycomb cells are shaped like hexagons, and were made by the bees. The beeskeep dropping off honey into these cells until they are full.

The fourth step in making honey is toevaporate and thicken the honey. The honey is still wet at this stage, so thebees fan the honey with their wings so it dries out and becomes more sticky.This helps to keep the honey from going bad.

The final step in making honey, now thatthe honey is ready, is for the bees to seal the honeycomb cells with a wax lid,making sure it stays clean. Then, the bees move on to another empty honeycombcell to repeat the process.

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hello, welcome to wild suzhou, today is different because i’m nottalking about an animal. This is the 3rd year of doing wild suzhou. During thepandemic being persistent with something became much harder, especially sincewe weren’t able to go outside to help with separating the days. writing and drawingthe articles have helped me stay persistent and also something to do. 

Next year, when we continue this, we hope to improve some things.Writing, drawing, and recording are all things that we plan to improve. Behindthe scenes there are also things to improve, such as scheduling and planningout what to write. This year i researched around 50 animals, from commonanimals to rare animals, and even some extinct. I hope everyone who listenedenjoyed, and have a good start to 2021. 

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