Those eyes.....
Some fun facts about ring-tailed lemurs:
When sunbathing, these animals adopt a yoga-like posture, sitting on their haunches and stretching out their legs to warm up their underside.
Their typical sleeping position is the tail, curled up to cover its back and the nose, stuck between hind legs.
When defending their mating right, males of this species engage in ‘stink fights’, during which they smear scent on their tails to waft it at the rival.
Their most conspicuous feature is its long, heavily furred tail that is covered with 26 black and white, alternating rings, the first one of which is always white and the last one is black.
The newborn babies of this species exhibit blue eyes, eventually changing in color as the infants grow up.
They have a good grip due to the opposable thumbs, resembling these of humans, as well as leather-like palms on their feet.
These lemurs are amazingly clean creatures, always grooming themselves after feeding. The so-called “dental comb” of these animals is a comb-like row of teeth, that helps them groom themselves. They also use the long claws on the second toes of their hind feet as a grooming tool.
Experiments have shown that they, despite the lack of a large brain, can organize sequences, understand basic arithmetic operations and preferentially select tools based on functional qualities.
They are omnivores. These animals generally consume plants, leaves, flowers, nectar, fruit, sap, and bark, often supplementing their usual diet with insects, chameleons, and small birds.
Those eyes.....
Some fun facts about ring-tailed lemurs:
When sunbathing, these animals adopt a yoga-like posture, sitting on their haunches and stretching out their legs to warm up their underside.
Their typical sleeping position is the tail, curled up to cover its back and the nose, stuck between hind legs.
When defending their mating right, males of this species engage in ‘stink fights’, during which they smear scent on their tails to waft it at the rival.
Their most conspicuous feature is its long, heavily furred tail that is covered with 26 black and white, alternating rings, the first one of which is always white and the last one is black.
The newborn babies of this species exhibit blue eyes, eventually changing in color as the infants grow up.
They have a good grip due to the opposable thumbs, resembling these of humans, as well as leather-like palms on their feet.
These lemurs are amazingly clean creatures, always grooming themselves after feeding. The so-called “dental comb” of these animals is a comb-like row of teeth, that helps them groom themselves. They also use the long claws on the second toes of their hind feet as a grooming tool.
Experiments have shown that they, despite the lack of a large brain, can organize sequences, understand basic arithmetic operations and preferentially select tools based on functional qualities.
They are omnivores. These animals generally consume plants, leaves, flowers, nectar, fruit, sap, and bark, often supplementing their usual diet with insects, chameleons, and small birds.