Children will get a great amount of knowledge by visiting the zoo. They learn the way animals smells, the sounds they make, the way they feel and look like. There is a certain excitement, amazement, and wonder that is followed when a trip to the zoo is mentioned to children. And if children have never been to the zoo before, their excitement is sky-high. The whole experience is an interactive one that helps in increasing imagination and creativity.
Here, You will find a list of amazing animals beginning with ‘G’, together with pictures and interesting facts on each animal. Learn about all kinds of different animals. Given below are the animals starting with the letter ‘G’.
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We’ve included both individual species whose names begin with G and well-known groups of animals that begin with G.
Gibbon
Type: Mammal
Diet: Omnivore
Average Lifespan : 35-40 years
Size: Males are about 3 ft (90 cm) long and weigh about 15 pounds (7 kg).
Group: Troop or Band
Gibbons are masters at moving through the trees and have exceptional climbing, swinging, and jumping abilities. There are 18 species of gibbon. They are found in the rainforests of Southeast Asia. They spend most of their life in the trees. They are small, slender, and agile. They have fluffy and dense hair. They forage for food in the forests during the day, eating fruit, leaves, flowers, seeds, tree bark, and tender plant shoots.
Great White Shark
Type: Fish
Diet: Carnivore
Size: 15 ft (4.6 m) to more than 20 ft (6 m)
Weight: 5,000 lbs (2,268 kg) or more
Group: School or shoal
Protection Status: Endangered
The great white shark is the world’s largest predatory fish. It is found in every ocean. They are torpedo-shaped with powerful tails that can propel them through the water at up to 15 miles per hour. They are grey to greyish-brown on the upper surface and white below. It is found from Ningaloo Marine Park in Western Australia around the southern coast to Moreton Bay in Queensland. They feed on seals, whales, and dolphins, but also take fish and other sharks. .
Gorilla
Type: Mammal
Diet: Herbivorous
Habitat: Dense forest, rain forest
Average lifespan: 35 years
Size: Standing height, 4 to 6 ft (1.2 to 1.8 m)
Weight: 300 to 485 lbs (135 to 220 kg)
Group: Troop or Band
Protection Status: Endangered
Gorillas are the world’s largest primates. It has a robust build with long, muscular arms, a massive chest, and broad hands and feet. It lives in various dense forests in tropical Africa. They eat roots, shoots, fruit, wild celery, and tree bark and pulp. A gorilla’s life is pretty simple. They spend 30 percent of their waking hours eating, 30 percent traveling and 40 percent resting and sleeping.
Great Blue Heron
Type: Bird
Diet: Carnivore
Average lifespan: 15 years
Size: Body, 3.2 to 4.5 ft (1 to 1.4 m); Wingspan, 5.5 to 6.6 ft (1.7 to 2 m)
Weight: 4.6 to 7.3 lbs (2.1 to 2.5 kg)
Group: Colony
The tall, long-legged great blue heron is the largest of North American herons. They can cruise at some 20 to 30 miles in an hour. They are expert fishers. They prefer tall trees, but sometimes nest in low shrubs. Chicks can survive on their own by about two months of age. They eat insects and other small creatures.
Giant Panda
Type: Mammal
Diet: Omnivore
Average lifespan: 20 years
Size: 4 to 5 ft (1.2 to 1.5 m)
Weight: 300 lbs (136 kg)
Protection status: Endangered
The giant panda is a black-and-white bear. It has a body typical of bears. It has black fur on ears, eye patches, muzzle, legs, and shoulders. The panda’s thick, wooly coat keeps it warm in the cool forests of its habitat. They have large molar teeth and strong jaw muscles for crushing tough bamboo. They live in broadleaf and coniferous forests with a dense understory of bamboo, at elevations between 5,000 and 10,000 feet. Its diet has evolved into one of mostly stalks and roots of the slow-growing, nutrient-poor bamboo.
We aspire that you enjoyed the visit to the zoo. Visiting makes of fun to learn about various fantastic animals beginning with ‘G’. We get to know about the taste and habits of various birds and animals. It gave us a better and close-up view of them.
Stay Tuned for the next amazing zoo animal !!
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