Cute & Dangerous
The Platypus
COMMON NAME
Platypus
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
TYPE
Mammals
Diet
Carnivores
SIZE
Head and body, 15in; tail, 5in
WEIGHT
3 lbs
IUCN RED LIST STATUS
Nearly Threatened
Nearly Threatened
CUTE
The platypus takes the appearance of a combination of three species - the duck (bill and webbed feet), beaver (tail), and otter (body and fur).
NOT CUTE
The platypus is nearly threatened to due human pollution, and other natural predators.
DANGEROUS
Males are the venomous ones. They have sharp stingers on the heels of their rear feet and can use them to defend themselves form predators!
⤴The Koala
COMMON NAME
Platypus
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Phascolarctos cinereus
TYPE
Mammals
Diet
Herbivores
SIZE
23.5 in - 33.5 in
WEIGHT
20 lbs
IUCN RED LIST STATUS
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
CUTE
The koala bear, is actually not a bear at all; it is a marsupial, or pouched mammal. The female koala carries her baby in her pouch for about six months. When the baby is not in the pouch, it rides on its mother’s back or wraps it's arms around her belly, and will do this everyday until they are a year old!
NOT CUTE
The koalas are sadly vulnerable to human kind due to human civilization increase. Their homes are destroyed in order for people to build more buildings, cities, towns, etc.
DANGEROUS
The koala is a dangerous animal to humans as well. This is due to their claws are very posinous, and when they scratch humans it can be fatal.So.....
WARNING:
DO NOT MAKE THE KOALA UPSET.
⤴The Slow Loris
COMMON NAME
Slow Loris
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Nycticebus
TYPE
Mammals
Diet
Omnivores
SIZE
Head and body, 15.0in
WEIGHT
9.3 oz
IUCN RED LIST STATUS
Threatened
CUTE
Threatened
CUTE
The adorable slow loris has huge eyes and a small body leaving many who come in contact with them to immediately fall inlove! The slow loris derrives from the south eastern parts of Asia, and they are found in forest habitats.
NOT CUTE
Sadly these cute creatures are poached heavily from their home territory of southeast Asia, leaving their species to be threatened. They are taken and sold all over the world as illegal pets.
DANGEROUS
They may be cute, but...they do have a very fatal poison that is from the skin of the bare part of their arms. The Loris' have a toxin that is obtained by licking a gland on their arm. This creates a toxic bite which is deadly to predators if bitten. The Loris toxin is also applied to the fur of their babies to help keep them safe from danger!
WARNING:
BEWARE THE BITE. DO NOT TOUCH WHEN ARMS ARE LIFTED.
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