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Leatherback - the largest existing sea turtle


(I really wanted to say "leaping lizards" on this Leap Day, but I didn't think it would go over very well... <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Lizards don't really leap, do they? )

Klipspringer

It doesn't mention it here, but I would guess the klipspringer does some leaping, and not just on Leap Year Day. It's a small African antelope which reaches about 60 cm at the shoulder and males weigh about 10 kg; females are heavier, weighing 13 kg. Klipspringers are browsers, feeding on leaves, berries, flowers, and seed pods and can survive for long periods without water. They are common in rocky or mountainous areas in the Ethiopian highlands, Namibia, and Angola.

Klipspringers pair monogamously, a rarity in mammals. They scent-mark their territory by rubbing secretions from glands just below the eyes onto twigs and rocks

Ruby-throated hummingbird

dab

Small marine flatfish of the flounder family, especially the genus Limanda. Dabs live in the North Atlantic and around the coasts of Britain and Scandinavia.

baboon

nilgai

Large antelope native to India. The bull has short conical horns and is bluish-grey. The female is brown.

Ibex - An ibex, also called steinbok, is a type of wild mountain goat with large recurved horns that are transversely ridged in front. Ibex are found in Eurasia and North Africa.

Xema sabinii - (or a Sabine's Gull - An Arctic fork-tailed gull)

Indian Walkingstick

The Walkingstick (also called the laboratory stick insect) is a long, slow-moving, plant-eating insect that looks like a twig.

(Yikes, sure hope there are still some "k" animals out there!!! :rolleyes: )