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Hello little Pangolin! I would like to caress you, but your body is covered with scales! Yet you are neither a fish nor a snake! No no, but your skin is made like this, it looks like a knight's armor! You live in the tropical regions of Africa and Asia.

Little fennec, you are so cute! You are a tiny fox, the smallest in the world in fact, and you live in the sandy deserts of Africa... Some people call you the 'pocket fox' because you are so tiny. Oh how I would love to put you in my pocket too!

It's impossible to run next to you, Kangaroo! You belong to a very special family of animals... It's amazing how fast you can run with your big back legs! Like many species of marsupials, that is to say all animals that have a pouch for their babies, kangaroos have not been found for a long time anywhere else than in Oceania…

Hello my little Koala! You are a grey furry animal, you really look like a stuffed animal with your hairy ears and your funny hooked nose! I heard that you are sometimes called the 'Australian Sloth', I wonder why! You live in Australia, that big island in Oceania!

Bbbbrrrrr, it's cold here... You don't have to be to frigid to come and observe you, the polar bear! You are a bear, a big, powerful animal, with a coat as white as snow, and you live on the ice floes around the North Pole. Your fur is not really white. In fact, it has no color, it is the light that bounces off the snow that…

I feel SO small next to you! You are the largest living animal on the planet, and maybe even the heaviest animal of all time... it makes me dream! You live under the sea, but you are not a fish: you are a mammal! Many whales migrate, which means they travel long distances to change locations and give birth to their babies in warmer…

Am I underwater, or in the air? When I see you, manta ray, with your big fins that look like wings, I have the impression that you fly! But no, not at all, you are a fish, and you move well by swimming! Like all rays, you have a very flattened body, shaped like a kite, but you are a giant ray, the biggest in the world, even!

You are a monkey, and not just any monkey! You are the only monkey in the world to live in such a cold country... the snow monkey! Luckily, your beautiful beige fur is very, very warm! But what is this steaming bathtub? Oh yes, we are in Japan! There are a lot of volcanoes, and in some places, the spring water comes out of the heated…

Ah, the wolf, I know you well. You belong to the same family as dogs and foxes... In fact, you look alike! You have almond-shaped eyes, your face is long with a nose at the end: it's called a snout! Your ears are pointed and your tail is also used to communicate! Wild wolves are still found on all continents of the Northern…

You are a very large animal, the largest on earth, in fact! It is your big legs and your very long neck that allow you to be so high! So, what's the view like from up there? Thanks to your big piercing eyes, you can spot the slightest movement in the tall grass... You can therefore see other animals coming from far away! The best…

You are a large animal with a green or gray body, a long tail and an elongated jaw. You walk on all fours, dragging your belly on the ground. But you are a rather aquatic animal, and you swim very well! You look like a sea snake! Your young are born in eggs, and depending on the temperature of the nest, they will all be males or all…

Hello little puffin! You are a nice sea bird, from the same family as the penguins! But you, the puffin, I recognize you right away thanks to your pretty and colorful beak! It is because of this beak that you are sometimes called the 'Sea Clown'! But in winter your pretty colors fade. It's very rare to see you like this…

Hello seahorse! You are a curious fish! Yes, yes, it is not immediately obvious, but you are indeed a fish! A fish that does nothing like the others... We recognize you right away, thanks to your pretty little head that reminds us of a horse's, hence your nickname of sea horse. Your body is elongated, and you stand up straight…

Oh, hello little badger! You are a nice mammal, which is not very easy to observe, because you are very discreet! So today seems to be my lucky day! I heard that you live in a family, can you take me to meet it? You live underground in a family burrow called 'village', sometimes more than a hundred years old!

To meet you, the elephant, we are going to Africa! You live in the savannahs and steppes, around the matriarch, the leader of the clan. You are a big animal, a mammal, one of the biggest on earth! You walk on all fours and your skin is thick and grey. Your Asian cousin is a little different because he has a hump on his head and is…

Oh, I think I saw something there! Why don't I take a closer look? Hello dolphin! You might think you're a fish with your smooth body and fins, but no! You live with them in the sea, but you are a mammal, like me! Except that you are aquatic, which means that you live underwater... And what's more, it seems that you…

Oh, you're the one they call a sea slug! How pretty you are with all your colors on your body! You belong to the big family of mollusks, those animals that have a soft body, like the slug, the snail or the shells. You don't have a shell and you are often small, yes, you fit in my hand! And the small feathers there, which…

Hello little duck! You are a nice aquatic bird: you live near water, in lakes, rivers or even in the sea! I notice that you are not alone! You are what we call a gregarious animal; you live surrounded by your group! Except during the mating season when you go to make a nest with a female duck. The duck makes her nest high in the trees…

Hey oh, where are you running to, wait for me! Hello ostrich! You are the biggest of all birds. And yet, you don't fly... No, your thing is running! You are very fast and you have big muscular legs! Your head is often close to the ground, because you feed there and sometimes bury your eggs; but you don't bury it to hide,…

Here I am in a sandy desert, in Australia, to meet a lizard like no other... Hello Moloch! You are a small lizard who lives in the sand of very hot deserts. But an extraordinary lizard! You look like a cactus on legs, because your body is covered with spines! That's why they give you all sorts of funny nicknames: the horned devil…

The jellyfish lives in the water but it is not a fish, nor a mammal or a crustacean. It belongs to a very particular family, the Cnidaria! At the beginning, men thought that it was perhaps an underwater plant! Before living in the sea currents, it spends part of its life in another form attached to the ground, like the coral!

Here we are, in the arid and desert landscapes, to meet the camel! What a beautiful herd! I recognize you at once thanks to your funny hump, on your back! Your hump, or your humps, for that matter? Some have two, like you, and others, only one, like the dromedaries, which are also called Arabian camels! By the way, in its mother'…

Hello leopard! You belong to the big family of felines, the same family as cats. In fact, you look like them, but much bigger! Your other name is the panther... The black panther is a leopard whose hair is very dark, but if we look closely we can see that it is also spotted!

Hello Lemurs! You belong to the great family of primates, like us humans, and like the monkeys. You are kind of... distant cousins! You are the most famous lemur, the maki catta! You use your smell to communicate with the other lemurs, you even have smell fights! Yuck!

Today we fly to meet a beautiful bird... A very big bird with a long pink neck... Can you guess who it is? Yes, the pink flamingo! The father and the mother feed their young... with milk! Yes, it's impressive!

Brrr, it's cold here... I'm going to meet a marine animal, a mysterious animal... This animal is also called the sea unicorn. Hello narwhal! You are a cetacean, which means that you belong to the same family as dolphins and whales. But you are immediately recognizable thanks to your long tusk on the front of your head... The…

Hello my little chameleon! You have a small elongated body, covered with scales and a long tail - and you walk slowly, on all fours with your belly close to the ground... tell me, you would not be a lizard, would you? Yes, of course, and you belong to the big family of reptiles! You are able to change the color of your skin, and that&…

Wait for me! Oh my, I'd love to come running with you, horse! You're a great animal that walks and runs on all fours; you're even a great runner! You belong to the same family as the donkeys and the zebras, and it is obvious, you look a lot alike! You live with your herd, and to survive, you have to know how to sleep…

Hello my little bat! Well, I should say my 'big one', yes you are the biggest bat in the world! But what's wrong with you? Are you upside down today? Oh no? It's normal, that's how you live the bat? Well, let me tell you that you are a very original animal, and even extraordinary! You are not a bird, and yet…

Today I'm going far... very far, to meet the emperor penguins. Oh, here you are! What a beautiful colony! There are thousands of you! You live in the South Pole, in the icy landscapes of Antarctica. The fathers wait for weeks for the mothers who have gone to feed in the ocean... When they return, each one will recognize her…

It is you that I hear my little hoopoe! Your beautiful cry resembles your name! But where are you hiding? I recognize you at once: your plumage is striped and you have a beautiful crest on your head! It looks like a crown! Your little ones know how to defend themselves by projecting their droppings on intruders, what an education! …

What's that sticking out of the water there? Oh oh, I think it's a fin, that big fin that you find on the back of sharks! Hello shark! You're a big, gray-skinned fish with a long body and a fin on your back. You, the white shark, have several rows of sharp teeth. If you lose one of them, don't worry, the back tooth…

Oh, I see you little axolotl! You are a very original animal! You live in the fresh water of the mountain lakes of Mexico. You move around with your four legs and your tail that is the same length as the rest of your body! Your gills form a little sun around your head. And you have a super power: if you get hurt, you can make your…

Oh, but who is that? Wouldn't it be a beautiful owl, with its big white wings? Hello my little barn owl, I recognize you at once thanks to your heart-shaped head... You are also called the White Lady... it makes you dream.

Here I am, off to the Great Plains of America to meet a legendary animal... The bison is impressive! You look so strong! You're from the same family as cows and oxen, I've already seen them in real life. But you are their big wild cousin... even bigger, with a hump on the back of your head and a very thick coat! Very rarely,…

My dear Ornithorynque, you are an extraordinary animal! You don't look like any other animal! Or rather... yes, you look like so many different animals! We could call you... a furry duck? Or beaver with a beak? Like the birds, you lay eggs and the males have a venomous hook behind the back leg... Do you think you are a snake too?…

Here I am in the savannahs. Hello warthog! You have tusks coming out of your mouth and a beautiful mane on top of your head! You walk on all fours, and your skin is grey or brown! You belong to the family of pigs and boars; in fact you look a bit like them! Males can be recognized by the kind of bumps that grow on their face,…

Hello rhino! You are a huge, heavy, grey-skinned animal... But above all, you have big horns on your snout! You live in scrub forests and savannahs. Always near a watering place because you need to drink every day and cover yourself with mud! Yes, your skin may be thick, but it is fragile and by covering yourself with mud, you protect…

Dear mandrill! You are a monkey with extraordinary colors! The harlequin of the rain forest! A blue and red face. The more important your position in the group is, the more your face will become colored. The dominant male has the reddest nose! And beware of the one who tries to take his place!

You are a big monkey: the biggest one for that matter! A colossus with a large chest and very muscular arms. Your strength is incredible! Yet you use it very little. You are a gentle and peaceful animal. You live in a band, led by a leader called 'silverback'.

I think I just met an angel, a sea angel! Yes, that's what we call you, because it seems like you are flapping your wings! Your real name is the clione or a sea butterfly. You are beautiful! You are so small, oh yes, you would fit in my hand! It's not easy to meet you, because you live in the dark waters of the oceans, and…

Hello pelican! You're one of the biggest birds that can fly, but what I notice first is your huge beak. You have the longest beak of all birds! Under your beak, there is a big pocket like a net, very practical to feed you! Let's go fishing! What a marvel this bird is!

Frogfish, Goby-Walker or Mudjumper, you have some funny nicknames! You are a fish and yet you are able to stay in the open air, on the mud, and even walk on it with your fins! You can even jump. That's spectacular!

You belong to the camel family, but you live in the mountains of South America! Your brown wool allows you to camouflage yourself and it is very warm, to resist the high temperatures... And your big eyelashes protect your eyes from the dusty winds... But when you are angry, it's too funny, you start to spit!

Oh, but who are you? You look very sweet and you are very pretty! You are a little fox from cold countries... Yes, it's you, the polar fox! You live in the icy landscapes of the North of the planet, in the plains and on the ice floes... You support the coldest temperatures of the winter thanks to your beautiful thick and white…

Oh, but who is there? Let's go and have a closer look! Ah, my friend the toucan, I recognize you right away, thanks to your big and wide beak, very colorful. Your beak is made of horns (like our fingernails), and it is as long as the rest of your body! But it is entirely hollow, and therefore very light. Fortunately, because…

Here I am on my way to the African continent, to meet funny little animals... They are called 'Desert Sentinels'. Oh, hello meerkat! You are a small furry animal, and you move on all fours. But when you stop walking, you stand upright on your hind legs. And you watch the horizon, to make sure everything is quiet.

Hello antelope! You are one of the fastest animals in the world, a sprint champion! Your horns are really pretty! Luckily they are hollow on the inside, so they are not too heavy to carry. You walk on your four long thin legs, which allow you to run very fast or to make big jumps. You are very graceful, and the name 'antelope&…

Oh, what a beautiful bird! No doubt, it's you, the peacock! We can't confuse you, you are so unique! Your plumage is blue and green with beautiful reflections, and you have a long tail of colored feathers. Well, that's for Mr. Peacock! Because Madam is much more discreet. Both of you have a nice crest on your head! …

My dear little squirrel! You are a forest animal: you need big trees to build your nest, and above all, you run from branch to branch, making extraordinary jumps! You are a rodent, and in your mouth, your two front teeth are longer than the others! They wear out a lot when you gnaw on the shells, but fortunately they never stop…

Pretty ermine, here you are! You live in cold regions where winters are snowy. You are a solitary animal, which means that you prefer to live alone, or with your young if you are a female. Your coat has a different color depending on the time of the year. During the warmer seasons, you are brown on top and white on the bottom. And…