Chacoan peccaries are pig-like mammals with bristly, brown-gray fur, tough, leathery snouts and strong jaws and tusks for crushing seeds and slicing plant roots. Weighing 60-90 pounds, they are the largest and least common of three peccary species. Their skeletons and teeth differ from pigs. They also have scent glands on their ridged backs that give off a strong, musky odor.

Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago, IL
Feb 2016

Chacoan Peccary



Nice, and nice again. The sharpness on most of these amazes me.
The largest living bird, the ostrich can reach up to nine feet tall and 285 pounds. The species has a black chest and wings, a white underside, and long, bare neck and legs. The ostrich cannon fly.

Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago, IL
Feb 2016

Ostrich




The Salmon-crested cockatoo is unique to the Seram archipelago in eastern Indonesia. In the wild the salmon-crested cockatoo inhabits lowland forests below 1000 meters. The diet consists mainly of seeds, nuts and fruit, as well as coconuts. There is additional evidence that they eat insects off the ground. Pet cockatoos will experience anemia if their diet does not include enough protein.

Cincinnati Zoo
Cincinnati, OH
July 2014

Salmon crested cockatoo




Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago, IL
Feb 2016

The Inca tern has a dark gray body and a red beak and legs. Moustache-like tufts of white feathers on each side of the beak signal maturity in males and females. The bird feeds primarily on small fish, such as anchovies. The Inca tern nests on rocky cliffs in Northern Peru to southern Chile, laying its eggs in natural holes and burrows.

Inca Tern by Paul Sager, on Flickr




The western lowland gorilla is the largest of the living primates. Males can be up to 6 feet tall and 400 pounds while females range to 5 feet and 200 pounds. They have black to brown-gray coats that turn gray with age.

Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago, IL
Feb 2016

Riding




The African spoonbill has a white body with a red face and feet. The species' long, thin beak ends in a flat, extended bulge resembling a spoon. The African spoonbill's long legs and thin, pointed toes enable it to walk easily through varying depths of water in wetlands throughout sub-Saharan Africa. To hunt, the bird opens its bill in the water and sweeps it back and forth, snapping at any fish, crustaceans or insects it comes into contact with.

Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago, IL
Feb 2016

African Spoonbill




Chimpanzees are found across equatorial Africa, from Senegal to Uganda. They occupy various habitats, including rain forest, mountain forest, woodlands and open savanna. Chimpanzees live in “fusion-fission” societies: large groups of animals commonly splinter into smaller pairings and then re-gather. Males in a group establish a dominance hierarchy that influences breeding, but mating is fluid.

Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago, IL
Feb 2016

Chimpanzee


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