Despite not looking much like one another, many do however closely resemble other species of animals that they are not ...

DUST BATH: Briar the tenrec was seen giving himself a dust bath in a tiny bathtub at the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio recently. Tenrecs are native to Madagascar and use dust instead of water to keep their ...

If all crustaceans “want” to look like crabs, then tenrecs “want” to look like basically any other small mammal. These weird little guys are endemic to Madagascar – they’re native to nowhere else on ...

Humans may take baths with water, but there are plenty of animals out there that prefer using dirt to get themselves clean. It may seem counterintuitive, but dirt baths are an important hygiene ...

FRIDAY. THANK DALENCIA. TIME NOW TO CHECK IN WITH THE MARYLAND ZOO. AND JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING IS JENNY EAGAN WITH A TENREC THAT I’VE NEVER EVEN HEARD ABOUT BEFORE. WHAT IS THIS? YEAH, SO THIS ...

A tenrec from the Oakland Zoo joins the Mornings on 2 set A tenrec is like a hedgehog, but from Africa. The Oakland Zoo is celebrating Earth Day on April 15, with educational events and performances.

CINCINNATTI, O.H. (WNCT) — Briar the tenrec took a dust bath in a mini bathtub at the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio recently. The zoo says the animals like to cover themselves in dust to mask the smell of ...

Pierce the Lesser hedgehog tenrec from the Scovill Zoo visited the WAND news studio on Wednesday, August 13. Don't be fooled by the name a tenrec is not actually related to a hedgehog. Native to ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. They’re roly-poly, prickly and precious: meet our lesser tenrec babies! Parents Luke and Bun welcomed their litter of five July 18—the first of ...

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