Wild animals

As children, we all read books about dinosaurs and dreamed of seeing a world that existed millions of years ago. Is it really possible to encounter creatures our own age in modern life? It turns out that "living fossils" millions of years old live right alongside us.

In the previous article, we already introduced some unusual hybrids. Today, we'll look at a few more. Such animals rarely appear in the wild because they live in different, often very distant, regions. Typically, such individuals are born in zoos around the world, or they are deliberately bred through crossbreeding to produce an animal with specific traits.

The world is full of amazing and unique things. Today, we'll explore unusual animal hybrids—animals crossed with their closely related species. Such crossbreeding often occurs in zoos. In the wild, species may inhabit different habitats without ever interbreeding.

There's a harmless condition called vitiligo, which causes pigmentation disorders and the appearance of white spots on the skin. This occurs when the body's immune system malfunctions and begins to attack its own color-producing cells (melanocytes). Animals with vitiligo develop incredible colors.

We're all used to the idea that carnivores eat meat and herbivores eat plants. But there are exceptions. The giant panda is one such exception. For some unknown reason, this fearsome predator has switched to a diet of bamboo.