The feed box is filled with fresh leaves every day. For most of the animals on the farm the fresh leaves in the feed box are irresistible. When the animal keeper comes along with the box, they scrape the ground impatiently with their hooves and leap on...
Giraffes are fed from high-hanging feed baskets. The large herbivores in the wild nature and the zoo need large amounts of fresh forage. Zebras and giraffes, rhinos and elephants eat the leaves off of entire branches. And they also like to eat the bark....
Agaves are found in all tropical and subtropical areas. The undemanding plants also grow in very dry areas. Even the Indians used agave as medicinal plants. Agaves are a member of the asparagus family. Agaves are found around the world in tropical and...
Herbivorous dinosaurs probably primarily subsisted off ferns. In the age of the dinosaurs forests of huge ferns covered the Earth. Today most ferns are no longer as large, but these ancient plants can still be found around the world. And in the tropical...
In some countries, trained monkeys are used to harvest coconuts from palm trees. Palm trees are found in all tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Its predecessors could already be found on earth seventy million years ago. The overhanging leaves...
Some species of vulture can even crack open thick animal bones to get at the marrow. In the desolation of the desert, sometimes one will encounter animal skeletons. The predators and vultures have left nothing but the bare bones of this cow. Over time...
Some agaves only blossom very rarely. You need to be very lucky to find butterflies on a blossoming agave. Large, colourful butterflies live in tropical regions. Two of these wonderful animals have landed on a blooming agave in search for nectar. If you...
The blue poison dart frog isn’t actually especially poisonous. But it’s poisonous enough not to be eaten. On a leaf high up on a tree sits a blue poison dart frog. Its skin is of an azure colour. Unlike other frogs, the blue poison dart frog does...
Plants don’t contain as much energy as meat, so herbivores that subsist off plants have to eat a lot more. Fresh fruits and leaves are the absolute favourite food for many animals. In nature, they often have to travel long distances, climb very high,...