FLORA E FAUNA Flowers and animals in Italy. The skunk – La puzzola.
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FLORA E FAUNA
Flowers and animals in Italy
The skunk – La puzzola
The skunk – La puzzola
It spreads a very smelly gas in order to defend itself and to match the territory
It feeds on rodents, reptiles, birds and insects
One or three times a year 5 to 8 puppies come to the life.
The roe deer – Il capriolo
The roe deer – Il capriolo
The roe deer – Il capriolo
It is not so common It is the smallest kind of deer It has a very short tail and puppies have
spots on their back It is very shy and a bit of a loner It feeds on shrubs and leaves
The wild pig – Il cinghiale
The wild pig – Il cinghiale
It has brown or grey dense bristles, slender limbs, long snout.
The male has tusks formed by projecting canines
It can live on itself or in groups It is aggressive just if it is scared It is fast and agile
The wild pig – Il cinghiale
It usually goes out during the night or in the early morning
It feeds on bulbs, tubers, hard-shelled fruits, but also insect larvae
It lives in woods
Alpine ibex - LO STAMBECCO
Alpine ibex - LO STAMBECCO
Alpine ibex - LO STAMBECCO
It is a species of wild goat that lives in the mountains of the European Alps
It is an endangered species It is a very good climber Its habitat is the rocky region along the snowline
above alpine forests It feeds on: grasses, and the remainder being a
mixture of moss, flowers, leaves, and twigs
Alpine ibex - LO STAMBECCO
Alpine ibexes will hide in the rocks of the steep cliffs when pursued by predators
You can find it in the natural park: Parco Paradiso in the North of Italy
Crested Porcupine – L’Istrice
It has a very big head It has very short legs, but very long and
sharp nails On its back there are a lot of big spikes (each
one is high 30 centimetres!!) Its head and its belly don’t have a protection It is very shy and it is always scared, this is
why it usually goes out during the night!
Crested Porcupine – L’Istrice
The grass snake – la biscia
The grass snake – la biscia
It can be long up to 1 m The grass snake is typically dark green or
brown in colour with a characteristic yellow collar behind the head
The colour may also range from grey to black, with darker colours being more prevalent in colder regions
The grass snake – la biscia
This snake in non-venemous It feeds on common frogs or common toad,
but sometimes it eats also small mammals and fishes
It doesn’t like feeding on dead animals, but it likes hunting its prey
In order to defend itself from predators, it sometimes pretends to be dead!!
The Vipera - La Vipera
The Vipera - La Vipera
It is a venomous snake, that lives in the countryside of the south of Italy (especially in Sicily and Calabria)
In ornder to defend their territory they bite the enemy and the venom comes out from its theeth
Il fico d’IndiaIl fico d’India
Il fico d’India
It is a plant that comes from Mexico and common in all the Mediterranean Bacin
Its best habit is in the South of Italy and in Sardegna
The plant looks like a cactus, but it has fruits on it.
The fruits are rich of water and seeds, but their peel has a lot of spikes
Il fico d’India
Il cactus
Il cactus
La palma
La palma
Its steam can be high up to 50 metres Its leaves are very big and palmate It can grow just in hot countries
Il cipresso
It is ever green. It neves loses its leaves. It lives in hot climates It is very common to plant it in graveyards
Il cipresso
I fiori di Sanremo
I fiori di Sanremo
I fiori di Sanremo
I fiori di Sanremo
