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Day 8/100 Steller sea lion 
IUCN Status : Near threatened (population increasing) Steller sea lions are the largest of all the sea lion species and can be found in the northern Pacific off the coasts fro...

Week 15! This week I’ve been learning all about badgers for the #52species project. If you’ve missed my previous posts about it I’m learning about a different animal that lives in London every week in 2020...

Day 7/100 Pygmy three-toed sloth 
IUCN Status : Critically Endangered (population decreasing) 
The pygmy three-toed sloth is one of 4 three toed sloth species and is also known as the monk sloth or dwarf...

Day 6/100 Whooping Crane
 IUCN Status : Endangered (population increasing) 
One of my favourite birds and favourite endangered animal stories. The whooping crane is the tallest bird in North America comi...

Happy Easter Sunday, folks. I hope you’re all keeping safe and healthy! Weirdly Easter is one of the holidays my family never really celebrated so we don’t do much at home. I think the only time I’ve cel...

Day 5/100 Dhole
 IUCN Status : Endangered (population decreasing) 
I still can’t draw canines 🙈 Dholes, also known as Indian wild dogs or Asian wild dogs, look a bit like a grey wolf crossed with a red f...

Day 4/100 Scimitar-horned Oryx 
IUCN Status : Extinct in the wild (2016)

 The Scimitar-horned Oryx hasn’t had any confirmed evidence of activity in the wild since the early 1990s and so in 2016 they wer...

Happy Friday everyone! How’s this week been? I’ve been surprisingly productive this week, I’ve revamped my website and it’s super snazzy now! Have you taken a look lately? I’ve also finally gotten aroun...

Day 3/100 Blue Whale
 IUCN Status : Endangered (population increasing) 

Going big today (literally) with the blue whale! I know so many people will know about blue whales and the facts about them alre...

Day 2/100 Gilbert’s Potoroo 
IUCN Status : Critically Endangered

 This little marsupial is the most endangered in Australia and is arguable the world’s most endangered marsupial. Roughly the size of ...

It’s Wednesday! Which can only mean it’s #wildlifewednesday. I’m taking part in the #52speciesproject in 2020 and so learning about a different species every week - I’ve chosen to learn more about the a...

Day 1/100 Pangolin

 Here we go, starting the project off with my favourite animal (which is also the new mascot for Hatchling Makes!) Did you know that:
 • pangolins scales are made from keratin (th...