French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Fruit Fly

Fruit flies are among the most common research animals in the world

Rooster

Will mate with the entire flock!

Parrot

Can live for up to 100 years!

Biscuit Beetle

The biscuit beetle form a symbiotic relationship with yeast

Firefly

The firefly produces some of the most efficient light in the world

Sand Crab

The sand crab burrows beneath the sand with its tail

Shrew

The spinal column of the shrew Scutisorex somereni is so strong and reinforced that it can support the weight of an adult human.

Owl

The owl can rotate its head some 270 degrees

Hawk Moth Caterpillar

Many hawk moth caterpillars eat toxins from plants, but don’t sequester them the way milkweed butterflies do. Most toxins are excreted.

Codling Moth

Pupae are able to undergo diapause to survive poor fruit yield years and winter.