Fossa Lurks At Drinking Hole For Prey Dawn to Dusk

At the start of November in Madagascar, the island’s lizards and lemurs have a busy day. On the central mountains and in the east coast rainforests, the rainy season is well under way. Ring-tailed lemurs, indri, and bamboo lemurs travel to find a seasonal supply of fruit and fresh leaves. Numerous species of chameleon feast on bugs that are also plentiful at this time. But on the arid western and southern coasts the rainy season is slow to get going Finding daily water and avoiding predators like the fossa at the drinking holes is the priority here

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