Madagascar+Animals

Ring Tail Lemur
Imagine exploring the forest of Madagascar and all of a sudden an animal leaps down on you from a tree…It’s a Ring Tail Lemur! It lives in the south west forest of Madagascar and on the island of Comoros.It eats fruit, leaves, insects, bark, tree gum, birds, bird eggs, and other small animals. They use their claws to climb trees so they can get their food.Most lemurs live in trees, but this kind of lemur spends most of its time on the ground.They have 1to3 young after a pregnancy of 2 to 4 months, depending on the species. Madagascar has lots of animals that live in the deep forest, but because they live there mostly with other lemurs, they do not have enemies. Unfortunately, because humans that are cutting down the trees in their environment they have become endangered.When I think of a lemur I think of monkeys and I think they are pretty cool. Their ringed tail is interesting because it is an offender to other animals it is not familiar with. Taybeau6

Madagascar Angular Tortoise
===The Madagascar Angulated Tortoise is an amazing animal. This tortoise lives near the Pacific Ocean. Guess what, it is only 1.2 meters long! Their legs are really long and the size of their body is wide. Its color is brown. It loves to live in dry places. Poor guys, they lay 3 to 6 eggs at a time and they lay them in the sand. But the mean hawk comes by and eats the little eggs that have babies in them. One good thing is that the mommy and daddy have a shell so they can be safe. So that’s why their enemies are hawks! They love to eat plants {yummy}, but they don’t taste so good to us. They are endangered, but that sort of normal for reptiles. They are fun to learn about.===

Pita-like Ground Roller
My animal is the Pita-like Ground Roller. It is a bird that comes from Madagascar. It is not migratory. It is found only in Madagascar. Its colors are brown, orange, blue, dark blue, white and black. The Pita-like Ground Roller hunts reptiles and large insects. beanpole

Tomato Frog //Dyscophus Antonglii//
What if you got to go to Madagascar? You would probably see the Tomato Frog. If you go to Madagascar I will tell you what the Tomato Frog looks like. You are probably thinking that it looks like a tomato. Well, it does. It is reddish orange color and its bellies yellow. It is really flat, but when it’s spooked it inflates like a balloon. The Tomato Frog eats bugs, like crickets and worms. It also eats mice. It likes living in a place that is 64 – 80 degrees. They like it damp but not too wet. It uses sticks and leaves also. It lives in Madagascar. When there enemies come they sit and wait for there predator then jump out and scare them! It’s an amphibian. That’s all about the Tomato Frog. So when you go to Madagascar look out for the Tomato Frog!!! ~italiangal55555

Thanks to bsmith4815 for this photograph.

Fossa
If you like leopards you will like the fossa. The baby fossas are born blind and toothless. They look up to their mother until they are 1 years old. They do not leave the nest until they are 4 months old. Fossas have babies when they are 4 years old. Fossas live 20 years. Male fossas are 75-80 cm and 29-31 in long. Their tail is 70-90cm and 27-35 in long! They weigh 130-22 lb. Female fossas are 65-70 cm and 25-27 in long with a similar-sized tail. They weigh 11-15 lb.

Baby Fossa