Animals are love, animals are life

Drawing different animals sometimes, requests are welcome but know I'll only draw each species once! I go by he/him tyvm! :3 ran by: faeriefallow

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I think I should just note down breaks are gonna be frequent since I wanna do art for myself sometimes

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Today's creature is the seven-spot ladybird! They are native to Europe, Asia, and North America. They can be found in areas with lots of plantlife. They eat aphids and are often used as pest control due to this. They can eat other things in emergencies but cannot reproduce without aphids. Females will mate with multiple males. They lay clusters of 10-30 eggs on leaves and can lay up to 500 eggs in their lifetime. They hibernate together in groups to stay warm.

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Hi! The seven-spot ladybird is NOT native to North America. It is invasive, along with the much-hated Asian lady beetle. Both species are likely to have contributed to the decline of native species like the nine-spotted ladybug.

Coccinella septempunctata

Seven spotted ladybird

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thank you for informing me, where are they native to?

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Today's creature is the lowland bongo! They are native to Africa and can be found in rainforests. They are herbivores, eating a wide array of plants. They also require salt. They have a prehensile tongue that they use to grab their food. Males are solitary and females tend to live in small groups. Males will spar each other. They have one calf per pregnancy. Bongo horns are hollow.

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damn it I forgot the mane

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Today's creature is the lowland bongo! They are native to Africa and can be found in rainforests. They are herbivores, eating a wide array of plants. They also require salt. They have a prehensile tongue that they use to grab their food. Males are solitary and females tend to live in small groups. Males will spar each other. They have one calf per pregnancy. Bongo horns are hollow.

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Today's creature is the earthworm! They can be found all over the world and tend to be found in soil full of organic matter. Earthworms have both sets of genitalia. They tend to mate at night. Young worms develop within cocoons. Hatchlings can push 500x their own body weight, whilst adults can only push 10x.

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Today's creature is the seven-spot ladybird! They are native to Europe, Asia, and North America. They can be found in areas with lots of plantlife. They eat aphids and are often used as pest control due to this. They can eat other things in emergencies but cannot reproduce without aphids. Females will mate with multiple males. They lay clusters of 10-30 eggs on leaves and can lay up to 500 eggs in their lifetime. They hibernate together in groups to stay warm.

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Today's creature is the white-nosed coati! They are native to Central America, South America, and the American Southwest. They can be found in tropical forests. They are pollinators, specifically pollinating the balsa tree. They eat small animals, fruit, carrion, bugs, snakes, and eggs. It uses it's tail to climb and swing around. Their litters consist of 2-7 babies. (my partner wanted me to watch The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals with them so now these critters are on my mind)

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Shall return tmw

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Today's creature is the pygmy rabbit! They are native to North America and can be found within shrubs, their primary food source. They also use shrubs to shelter themselves, along with burrows. When they cannot burrow they will live within the burrows of other animals or holes in stone walls or abandoned buildings. They have six kits per litter on average.

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Today's creature is the eastern worm snake! They are native to Massachusetts, Alabama, Louisiana, and Illinois and can be found in grasslands, wetlands, and forests. They spend most of the year underground. They mainly eat earthworms and larvae. They do not bite but can release an unpleasant odor to deter predators. They lay their eggs under rocks, within logs, and in piles of sawdust.

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Today's creature is the giant african land snail! It is native to East Africa but is a highly invasive species internationally. It can be found in forests, farmland, and gardens. It eats plants of all kinds and is rather voracious. They have both male and female reproductive organs. They can reproduce by themself but prefer a mate. Younger snails tend to prefer an older mate. They can lay up to 200 eggs per clutch.

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Today's creature is the mali uromastyx! They are native to North Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia. They can found in rocky desert areas. They are herbivores and solitary. They lay 8-23 eggs per clutch. (forgot to directly answer the ask but requested by @rulesforthedance)

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Today's creature is the alpine newt! They are native to continental Europe and are invasive in New Zealand and Great Britain. They live in forests and migrate to the water to breed. They are nocturnal and semi-aquatic. They eat pretty much anything they can get their mouths on, mostly invertebrates. Females wrap their eggs in the leaves of aquatic plants and they can lay up to 390 eggs per clutch. Once they hatch, they will stay in larvae form for 3 months before metamorphosing.

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Today's creature is the superb fairywren! They are native to Australia and tend to be found in grasslands, forests, and gardens. Females have much duller plumage than males. They mate for life but will breed with other wrens on the side. Males will offer female yellow petals as a mating ritual. They make their nests out of grass and spiderwebs and lay 3-4 eggs per clutch.

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Today's creature is the great-eared nightjar! They're native to southwest India and southeast Asia. They are nocturnal and eat insects. Their beaks can open 120°. They make their nests on the ground and there is only one egg per clutch.

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Sorry things have been stressful lately and I forgot about this!-

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Today's creature is the smooth-fronted caiman! They are native to South America. They can be found in streams within wooded areas. They spend most of their time in underwater burrows. They eat small mammals, snakes, lizards, birds, fish, and mollusks. They lay 10-15 eggs per clutch and care for their hatchlings for a few weeks.