Humans may take baths with water, but there are plenty of animals out there that prefer using dirt to get themselves clean. It may seem counterintuitive, but dirt baths are an important hygiene ...

The island of Madagascar is home to several unusual animals. If you’ve ever seen the film Madagascar you’ll be familiar with the lemur and the fossa, but have you ever heard of a tenrec? With just a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lowland streaked tenrecs are a small mammal native to Madagascar. They have black bodies with bright yellow spikes protruding from ...

A tenrec at Philadelphia Zoo, US, has been caught on camera enjoying a sand bath to keep his spines and skin clean. The zoo shared footage of Castiel, explaining that the species naturally rolls in ...

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The lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar. Frank Vassen via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 At least 29 million years ago, a small, shrew-like ...

Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and rare species have ...

Yes, this is a mammal, and yes, it does have bright yellow stripes. Yes, it is also covered with spines. And just to top things off, yes it communicates in a way no other mammal on Earth does. Do you ...

Have you ever heard of the lowland streaked tenrec? These mammals are native to the rainforests of Madagascar. Although tiny, they have a fierce nature and are quick to deter other animals. This ...

The word was "tenrec," and 11-year-old Canadian Isaac Brogan knew immediately there could be trouble. The definition — any of the numerous small, often insectivorous mammals of Madagascar — didn't ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lowland Streaked Tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus), Madagascar© GTW/Shutterstock.com The post Here’s How This Small Madagascar ...