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The Water Deer

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The Butterfly 

Such a majestic creature, the butterfly is a flying insect with a small body and large, often colorful wings. Some gardeners plant specific flowers that attract butterflies. Butterflies are closely related to moths, which also have wings that are large in proportion to their bodies and antennae. 

Native Americans have considered butterflies as symbols of transformation, hope, and rebirth. In Chinese culture, the symbolism of butterflies evokes the qualities of freedom, earthly beauty, love, and the human soul. They have inspired humans for millennia with their delicate nature and the immense power they possess. 

What butterfly lives for 24 hours? The mayfly spends two years as a larva underwater but lives for only one day in its adult stage. It's one of the insects with the shortest life spans.

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Water Deer

COMMON NAME: Water deer/ vampire deer

SCIENTIFIC NAME: hydropotes inermis

TYPE: cervidae 

DIET: Herbivore

AVERAGE LIFESPAN IN THE WILD: 10-12 years

SIZE: 82-106 cm

The water deer is a very fascinating creature which has a pair of sharp teeth. Strangely, the water deer use their teeth for display and as weapons. To add on, the water deer is found in Korea and China. The water deer get their name from their habitat, near rivers, streams, swamps, brooks, and other bodies of water. Currently the water deer is marked as critically endangered. 

Sources:https://www.britannica.com › ... › Hoofed Mammals

PHOTOGRAPH BY JOEL SARTORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO ARK

THE Okapi

COMMON NAME: Okapi 

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Okapia Johnstoni

TYPE: Giraffe

DIET: Herbivore

AVERAGE LIFESPAN IN THE WILD: 15 to 20 years

SIZE: Up to 5.6 ft

WEIGHT: 440 to 770 lbs

The Okapia Johnstoni, also known as an Okapi, has many interesting facts. Some of the Okapis' powers are being immune to poisonous fungi and they have strong kicks like their giraffe cousins! Researchers have estimated that there are about 5,000 of them left in the wild making them an endangered species.                                          

The Okapi was unknown to people until 1901, when the explorer Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston sent  bits of hide to the British Museum. Not only this the Okapi defines importance to all life.

To learn more about Okapis, please refer  - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/okapi