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L is for Llamergaier.( a difficult bird to spell without a reference handy)

They extract the marrow from bones by dropping them from a great height to smash open on rocks below. I think they will sometimes do it to a poor unfortunate tortoise too.:(
 
M is for mindoro tarictic hornbill.

This species is very rare and only a few pictures have been taken. It is the only penelopides hornbill not to display sexual dimorphism.
 
M is for Mountain Gorilla

There are approx. 700 Mountain Gorillas left in the wild and none in captivity.

Damn you hornbill! you beat me by 1 minute! ;)
 
N is for Nilgai.

When running, they have a rocking/slouching gait and hold their heads up as if stargazing.
 
O is for Open billed stork

They have a special method for eating snails by squeezing the fleshy base and then flinging it around The shell then comes off an then the stork eats the flesh.
 
P is for Pygmy hippopotamus

The pygmy hippo will often sleep in a burrow during the day, and forage and night.
 
Q is for quetzal.

There are lots of species, but only two are kept in Captivity. Only one species has the long tail feathers (the resplendent quetzal)
 
R is for Reticulated Giraffe.

Hails from Northern Kenya, in the Uk only Whipsnade zoo has a group.
 
T is for tambaqui which used to be known as the black pacu. I prefer the old name, it is easier to say and spell.

It is the largest characin in South America and can weigh up to 30 kilos.
 
V is for Visayan Warty Pig

Only 4 European zoos keep this species: Rotterdam, Chester, Edinburgh and Poznan
 
W is for writhedhornbill!!

Members of this forum are lucky, because they can talk to one of the 4 writhed hornbills in the UK. ME!!!
 
4 writhed hornbills in the UK. Before we know it they will have taken over the world.

X is for X-ray tetra.

This small south American fish gets its name from it's almost transparent body.
 
Y is for yellow casqued hornbill

This species lives in western africa and had never bred in captivity.

There are a pair of writhed hornbills at Chester, One female at Paignton and one typing this post!!
 
Z is for Zebu

There are at least 75 known breeds of this cattle found throughout Africa and S.E. Asia
 
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