Endangered
Animals at very high risk of disappearing forever, with only a few left in the wild, needing urgent protection to survive.
African Bush Elephant
African Bush Elephant
Scientific Name
Loxodonta africana
Weight LB
6,000–13,000 lb
Average Life Span
60-75 years
Fact
An African Bush Elephant's trunk has around 40,000 muscles (more than your whole body!), allowing incredible dexterity to smell, drink, grasp, and trumpet, while their spongy foot pads let them walk quietly and even "hear" vibrations through the ground, making them surprisingly stealthy giants. They're also 'ecosystem engineers' and use mud baths as sunscreen to protect their sensitive skin from the sun and bugs, showing immense intelligence.
Weight KG
2,700–6,000 kg
Country
South Africa
Continent
Africa
Habitat
forests, Grasslands
Type
Mammals
Diet
Herbivore
Region
Africa
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
Scientific Name
Danaus plexippus
Weight LB
0.001 lb
Average Life Span
2–6 weeks (up to 8–9 months for migratory generation)
Fact
A fun fact about monarch butterflies is their incredible, multi-generational migration, where the butterflies flying south in the fall are a special "super generation" that lives up to eight months (much longer than other monarchs) to fly thousands of miles to Mexico or California, a journey none of them have ever made before, relying on the sun and Earth's magnetic field to navigate.
Weight KG
0.0005 kg
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Habitat
Grasslands
Type
Invertebrates
Diet
Herbivore
Region
North America, Oceania, South America