“They have obviously a bright blue shimmering tail, but the rest of their body is also quite colourful, almost rainbow in appearance … sort of a golden back and the front of the lizard, around the head, they’re almost a brassy burnt-red colour.”

” The Kihansi spray toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis) is a species of toad whose only occurrence in the world is in the Kihansi Gorge in Tanzania. “

” Wyoming toads releases poison from neck glands for defense!
They hunt for food at night and burrow into the mud in the daytime.”

“The scimitar-horned oryx is thought to be the animal that inspired ancient unicorn myths.
Also known as scimitar oryx or the Sahara oryx. The scimitar-horned oryx can go up to 10 months without drinking water!”

” Pere David’s deer are from the northeastern and east-central parts of China. They are social animals living together in large groups
Has webbing between its toes, aiding in swimming!”

” Spix’s macaw is one of the rarest and most endangered parrots in the world.
They can Mimc human speech”

” Once venerated by the native Hawaiians, the crow was thought to be an aumakua, meaning a family guardian spirit.
Hawaiian Crow is one of the few known animals to use tools “

The Socorro dove is thought to have been extirpated mainly by feral cats, but high levels of understorey grazing by sheep could have limited the population.

The Alagoas curassow (Mitu mitu) is a glossy-black, pheasant-like bird. It was formerly found in forests in Northeastern Brazil in what is now the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas, which is the origin of its common name (Harry 2006).

“The Guam kingfisher utters its first call of the morning at about the same time every day, usually at dawn. It does this with such regularity that, according to local belief, the bird can be used to tell time.”