Voici un ornithorynque

It is you that I hear my little hoopoe! Your beautiful cry resembles your name! But where are you hiding? I recognize you at once: your plumage is striped and you have a beautiful crest on your head! It looks like a crown! Your little ones know how to defend themselves by projecting their droppings on intruders, what an education! …

What's that sticking out of the water there? Oh oh, I think it's a fin, that big fin that you find on the back of sharks! Hello shark! You're a big, gray-skinned fish with a long body and a fin on your back. You, the white shark, have several rows of sharp teeth. If you lose one of them, don't worry, the back tooth…

Oh, I see you little axolotl! You are a very original animal! You live in the fresh water of the mountain lakes of Mexico. You move around with your four legs and your tail that is the same length as the rest of your body! Your gills form a little sun around your head. And you have a super power: if you get hurt, you can make your…

Oh, but who is that? Wouldn't it be a beautiful owl, with its big white wings? Hello my little barn owl, I recognize you at once thanks to your heart-shaped head... You are also called the White Lady... it makes you dream.

Here I am, off to the Great Plains of America to meet a legendary animal... The bison is impressive! You look so strong! You're from the same family as cows and oxen, I've already seen them in real life. But you are their big wild cousin... even bigger, with a hump on the back of your head and a very thick coat! Very rarely,…

Here I am in the savannahs. Hello warthog! You have tusks coming out of your mouth and a beautiful mane on top of your head! You walk on all fours, and your skin is grey or brown! You belong to the family of pigs and boars; in fact you look a bit like them! Males can be recognized by the kind of bumps that grow on their face,…

Dear mandrill! You are a monkey with extraordinary colors! The harlequin of the rain forest! A blue and red face. The more important your position in the group is, the more your face will become colored. The dominant male has the reddest nose! And beware of the one who tries to take his place!

You are a big monkey: the biggest one for that matter! A colossus with a large chest and very muscular arms. Your strength is incredible! Yet you use it very little. You are a gentle and peaceful animal. You live in a band, led by a leader called 'silverback'.

I think I just met an angel, a sea angel! Yes, that's what we call you, because it seems like you are flapping your wings! Your real name is the clione or a sea butterfly. You are beautiful! You are so small, oh yes, you would fit in my hand! It's not easy to meet you, because you live in the dark waters of the oceans, and…

Hello pelican! You're one of the biggest birds that can fly, but what I notice first is your huge beak. You have the longest beak of all birds! Under your beak, there is a big pocket like a net, very practical to feed you! Let's go fishing! What a marvel this bird is!

Frogfish, Goby-Walker or Mudjumper, you have some funny nicknames! You are a fish and yet you are able to stay in the open air, on the mud, and even walk on it with your fins! You can even jump. That's spectacular!

You belong to the camel family, but you live in the mountains of South America! Your brown wool allows you to camouflage yourself and it is very warm, to resist the high temperatures... And your big eyelashes protect your eyes from the dusty winds... But when you are angry, it's too funny, you start to spit!

Oh, but who are you? You look very sweet and you are very pretty! You are a little fox from cold countries... Yes, it's you, the polar fox! You live in the icy landscapes of the North of the planet, in the plains and on the ice floes... You support the coldest temperatures of the winter thanks to your beautiful thick and white…

Oh, but who is there? Let's go and have a closer look! Ah, my friend the toucan, I recognize you right away, thanks to your big and wide beak, very colorful. Your beak is made of horns (like our fingernails), and it is as long as the rest of your body! But it is entirely hollow, and therefore very light. Fortunately, because…