Wild Animals

The Papo marigold butterfly, easily recognizable by its orange-yellow wings edged in black, is ready to take flight by spreading its wings to spot clover, alfalfa or a flower and feed. Its flight is fast and it always lands with closed wings to forage. It appreciates hot and flowery sites and does not survive frost or prolonged humidity.

The Papo wolf is a wild, carnivorous animal that flees humans unlike its cousin the dog. In Europe, it is a protected species that lives in mountains, meadows and forests. Like the gray wolf, it is a fearsome hunter that runs very fast. To feed, it attacks animals that are weaker than it. It lives in packs and the dominant pair gives birth to cubs.

The okapi Papo is an intriguing herbivore that hides in the mountains and forests of Congo. Discreet and solitary, it is first related to a zebra because of its stripes on its legs. In fact, it is one of the last ancestors of the giraffe with its hind legs shorter than the front ones, its thin muzzle and large small ears with developed hearing. Its species is threatened due to deforestation.

The Canada Goose is a species of large bird in the Anatidae family. She is the largest of the barnacles, or black geese. Measuring almost a meter long and with its wingspan between 150 and 180 cm, it is the largest goose in Europe.

The Papo forest snail is a mollusc with a head provided with tentacles bearing the eyes at their end. It likes damp places like the woods, hence its name. Its muscular foot secretes mucus to facilitate its movement and allow it all kinds of vertical acrobatics. Its beautiful yellow shell has brown streaks in the shape of a spiral allowing it camouflage in its place of life.

Isn't it gigantic? From its height of 5.50 meters, the giraffe dominates the savannah and holds the title of "highest terrestrial mammal". Easily recognizable by its very long neck, the giraffe is tawny with large orange spots and has 2 small horns called ossicones at the top of its head. This herbivore loves leaves (especially acacia) which can graze on the treetops. She can eat more than 50 kg of leaves per day! It also has a very long tongue that can measure more than 50 cm.

The gray heron is a species of wading bird in the family Ardeidae. It is the most common heron in Europe. The Gray Heron is characterized by a long neck, a long pointed beak and long legs.

The caterpillar is the larva of the butterfly. Among the four stages of successive development (egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly), the caterpillar is one of the two mobile stages and the one that provides most of the animal's growth, the reproductive function being reserved for the butterfly. The development of the caterpillar requires several moults, the last of which, called pupation, marks the passage to the pupa stage, called a chrysalis in Lepidoptera.