World Animal Day - October 4

World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.

It started in 1931 at a convention of ecologists in Florence, Italy who wished to highlight the plight of endangered species.

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Creatures of Earth - app

Creatures by Braintrapp

The main features of the program:

◆ More than 250 animals (Birds, Fishes, Insects, Mammals, Reptiles, and many more...)
◆ The animals are sorted into groups (birds, mammals, reptiles, etc.)
◆ Zoom-able photos (Double-touch resets the zoom level to original)
◆ Info sheet (Name, Binomial name, Size, Weight, Lifespan, Distribution, ...)
◆ Text search
◆ Separated sheet for favorite animals
◆ Open Wikipedia site in browser by touching the name of the animal in info sheet
◆ Optimized also for tablets
◆ 3 languages: English, German, Hungarian
◆ Language can be chosen independently of the system settings

Categories: Amphibia, Frogs, Caudata, Arthropods, Arachnids, Crustaceans, Insects, Myriapods, Birds, Cephalopods, Sepiida, Octopoda, Cnidarians, Jellyfishes, Fishes, Marine, Freshwater, fish, fishes, Mammal, Mammals, Eulipotyphla, Even-toed ungulates, Carnivores, Odd-toed ungulates, Primate, Primates, Proboscidea, Rodent, Rodents, Marsupials, Reptile, Reptiles, Crocodile, Crocodiles, Lizard, Lizards, Snake, Snakes, Turtle, Turtles, Iguana, Iguanas