Asia
International Vulture Awareness Day – September 05, 2020
– #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay
-Vultures have relatively bare heads and often bare necks, which prevents feathers from matting with blood when vultures are feeding on carcasses
International Orangutan Day – August 19, 2020
-The Orangutan is one of humans’ closest relatives in the animal kingdom. We share 96.4% of our DNA.
World Lizard Day – August 14, 2020
– #WorldLizardDay
-Geckos’ Eyes are 350 times more sensitive to the light than are Human eyes
World Elephant Day – August 12, 2020
– 2 African Elephant species – African Bush Elephant (L. africana) & smaller African Forest Elephant (L. cyclotis).
International Owl Awareness Day – August 4, 2020
– #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay
– Over 200 Owl species of mostly solitary & nocturnal birds of prey
World Mangrove Day – July 26, 2020
– Mangrove forests can be found on the saltwater coasts of 118 tropical and subtropical countries.
World Firefly Day – July 04, 2020
– #WorldFireflyDay
– All known fireflies glow as larvae, only some adults produce light.
International Day of the Tropics – June 29, 2020
– #InternationalDayoftheTropics
World Crocodile Day – June 17, 2020
-#WorldCrocodileDay
-To keep cool, Crocodiles open their mouths which is known as “mouth gaping”
Butterfly Education and Awareness Day – June 06, 2020
– #ButterflyEducationandAwarenessDay
