It's #cafezootober Day 19: Amur Leopard & Chocolate Chip Cookie
Although widely recognized as the rarest big cat in the world, their population is now on a slow but steady rise due to conservation efforts!
Participating in #cafezootober helps to spread the word about critically endangered species, as well as provides the world with much-needed art featuring these beautiful animals.
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It's #cafezootober Day 10: Lowland gorilla & Pizza
Cool gorilla fact: Gorilla noseprints are as unique as human fingerprints! We also share around 98% of our DNA with gorillas!
Participating in #cafezootober helps to spread the word about critically endangered species, as well as provides the world with much-needed art featuring these beautiful animals.
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It's #cafezootober Day 22: Black-Footed Ferret & Macaroni
Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America and are the only ferret species native to the continent.
Participating in #cafezootober helps to spread the word about critically endangered species, as well as provides the world with much-needed art featuring these beautiful animals.
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The loss of nesting trees and bamboo is causing a decline in red panda populations across much of their range because their forest home is being cleared.
Participating in #cafezootober helps to spread the word about critically endangered species, as well as provides the world with much-needed art featuring these beautiful animals.
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Cafezootober begins October 1st! @kimilycatfe and I are hosting Cafezootober for the second year in a row!
We're combining critically endangered animals with yummy foods throughout October to give fun art prompts and spread the word about endangered species.
Your entries can be digital, traditional, mixed media, or any art expression of your choice! Last year, one amazing individual even made jewelry to the prompts!
Choose from one or both of these prompts and post your art each day with #cafezootober to join us in this month's art challenge!
It's #cafezootober Day 20: Black Spider Monkey & Burger
Black spider monkeys play a key role in seed dispersal, allowing their tropical rainforest environment to continue to grow and thrive.
Participating in #cafezootober helps to spread the word about critically endangered species, as well as provides the world with much-needed art featuring these beautiful animals.
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Cool whale shark fact: The whale shark is the biggest fish and shark in the world!
Participating in #cafezootober helps to spread the word about critically endangered species, as well as provides the world with much-needed art featuring these beautiful animals.
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The current Saola population is thought to be a few hundred at maximum to possibly only a few dozen at minimum. The actual size of the remaining population is unknown.
Participating in #cafezootober helps to spread the word about critically endangered species, as well as provides the world with much-needed art featuring these beautiful animals.
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It's #cafezootober Day 12: Forest Elephant & Apple
Cool forest elephant fact: Forest elephants are found in dense forests and are essential for the germination of many rain forest trees. The seeds of these trees only germinate after passing through the elephant’s digestive tract.
Participating in #cafezootober helps to spread the word about critically endangered species, as well as provides the world with much-needed art featuring these beautiful animals.
[Click to learn more about Forest Elephants and how you can help]
Orangutans help to spread seeds in the forest, helping plants and other animals thrive, but they're critically endangered.
Participating in Cafezootober helps to spread the word about critically endangered species, as well as provides the world with much-needed art featuring these beautiful animals.
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It's #cafezootober Day 6: Sea lion & Nigiri
Cool sea lion fact: Sea lions swim using their fore flippers to generate power and their hind flippers to steer. They hunt underwater and dive to depths of 300 meters.
Participating in #cafezootober helps to spread the word about critically endangered species, as well as provides the world with much-needed art featuring these beautiful animals.
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It's #cafezootober Day 3: Marine Iguana & Strawberry
Cool marine iguana fact: Marine iguanas are the ONLY oceangoing lizard on the planet! Cool right? But they're a vulnerable species.
Participating in Cafezootober helps to spread the word about critically endangered species, as well as provides the world with much-needed art featuring these beautiful animals.
[Click here to learn more about Marine Iguanas and how you can help]
It's #cafezootober Day 7: Dugong & Soft boiled egg!
Cool Dugong fact: Dugongs are NOT manatees! Although they do look alike, Dugongs are actually more closely related to elephants than other marine mammals!
Participating in #cafezootober helps to spread the word about critically endangered species, as well as provides the world with much-needed art featuring these beautiful animals.
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It's #cafezootober Day 30: Finless Porpoise & Donut
Yangtze finless porpoise is known for its mischievous smile and has a level of intelligence comparable to that of a gorilla.
Participating in #cafezootober helps to spread the word about critically endangered species, as well as provides the world with much-needed art featuring these beautiful animals.
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