Happy Goose Day 2023
Happy Goose Day – September 29, 2023
– The Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) is well known for flying in a distinctive V-formation.
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Happy Goose Day – September 29, 2023
– The Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) is well known for flying in a distinctive V-formation.
International Rabbit Day – September 23, 2023
– Cottontail Rabbits (Sylvilagus) are found in the Americas.
Elephant Appreciation Day – September 22, 2023
– Elephants are smart, emotional, self-aware and highly social creatures.
World Rhino Day – September 22, 2023
– The One-Horned Rhino is identified by a single black horn & a hide with distinct skin folds, giving it an armor-plated appearance.
National Fox Day – September 17, 2023
– Arctic Foxes are well adapted to living in frigid-cold environments in the Arctic & Polar region in the Northern Hemisphere.
International Red Panda Day – September 16, 2023
– Apart from sharing a name the Giant Panda & Red Panda are not closely related.
International Vulture Awareness Day – September 02, 2023
– The Hooded Vulture has a wide distribution throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
World Primate Day – September 01, 2023
– The Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) is a New World monkey that is located from Central and South America.
International Orangutan Day – August 19, 2023
– Orangutans are known as ‘gardeners of the forest’ because of the vital roles they play in supporting and maintaining the ecosystem.
National Honey Bee Day – August 19, 2023
– Honeybees fly at a speed of over 25km per hour and beat their wings over 200 times per second.
World Elephant Day – August 12, 2023
– When Elephants drink, they suck as much as 7.5 liters (2 gallons) of water into their trunk at a time.
International Owl Awareness Day – August 04, 2023
– The Great Gray Owl is the largest species of oel in the world.
World Mangrove Day – July 26, 2023
– Mangrove forests grow only at tropical and subtropical latitudes near the equator because they cannot handle the freezing temperatures outside these regions.
World Snake Day – July 16, 2023
– Snakes are the 2nd largest group of reptiles; lizards are the largest group.
Don’t Step on a BEE Day! – July 10, 2023
– Bees have two stomachs – one stomach for eating and the other special stomach is for storing nectar collected from flowers or water so that they can carry it back to their hive.
World Porcupine Day – July 02, 2023
– A baby Porcupine is called a ‘Porcupette’.
International Day of the Tropics – June 29, 2023
– In the tropical region where sunlight is usually intense, climate variation is not significant.