My 12 year old child has spontaneously started declaring animal awareness days, and I have been posting them to Bluesky. We thought it would be useful to have a record of them. Here, I will post all the days he's declared as well as the pre-existing more-or-less official animal awareness days in parentheses. We should definitely be aware of more animals.
JANUARY
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5 - (National Bird Day)
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22 - Elephant Bird
23 - Tayra
24 - Chiton
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| Lined Chiton, 5" x 7" linocut by Ele Willoughby, 2024 |
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26 - Rock Hyrax
27 - Tardigrade
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| Tardigrade, linocut 8.5" x 11" on Japanese paper, Ele Willoughby, 2016 |
28 - Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt
29 - Honduran White Bat
30 - Sulawesi Bear
31 - (International Zebra Day)
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| Zebras: Grévy's and Burchell's, linocut by Ele Willoughby 2009 |
FEBRUARY
(third Saturday is World Pangolin Day, third Sunday is World Whale Day)
1 - Headless Chicken Monster
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| Headless Chicken Monster, 8" x 8" linocut print by Ele Willoughby, 2024 |
2 -
3 - Ping-Pong Ball Sponge
4 - Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko
5 - Greater Lophorina
6 - Aquatic caecilian
7 - Goliath Beetle
8 - Amphipod
9 - Muntjac
10 - Porcelain Crab
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| Porcelain Crab Neopetrolisthes maculatus, linocut, 8" x 8" by Ele Willoughby, 2021 |
11 - Kookaburra
12 - Electric Eel
13 - Siphonophore
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| Portuguese Man-o-war, 9.25" x 12.5" by Ele Willoughby, 2021 |
14 - (World Bonobo Day)
15 - (World Hippopotamus Day)
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17 - Kodkod
18 - Wunderpus photogenicus
19 - Sea pansy
20 - Long-eared Jerboa
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23 - Lowland streaked tenrec
24 - Potoo
25 - Spangled Coquette
26 - Long-Nosed Horned Frog
27 - (International Polar Bear Day)
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| Polar bear and Aurora, 11" x 14", linocut by Ele Willoughby, 2012 |
28 - Spiny Flower Mantis Awareness Day
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MARCH
(last Wednesday in March is Manatee Appreciation Day)
1 -
2 - Southern Pygmy Squid
3 - Pinocchio Anole (World Wildlife Day)
4 - (World Rat Day)
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| Da Shu: The Rat: The Big Mouse, linocut by Ele Willoughby, 2008 |
5 - Tripod Fish
6 - Peanut-headed Lanternfly
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9 - Mouse Opossum
10 - Chinese Mountain Cat (World Wolverine Day)
11 - Spanish Dancer Nudibranch
12 - Picasso Bug
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14 - (World Butterfly Day)
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| A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies, 12.5" x 12", linocut by Ele Willoughby |
15 - (Buzzards Day)
16 - (National Panda Day)
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| Panda Family, 12.5" x 12" linocut by Ele Willoughby, 2011 |
17 - Rufous sengi
18 - Piglet Squid
19 - Toadhead agama
20 - (World Frog Day and World Sparrow Day)
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| F for Frog linocut by Ele Willoughby, 2013 |
21 - Southeast Asian Softshell Turtle
22 - (International Seal Day)
23 - (World Bear Day)
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| Black Bear linocut by Ele Willoughby |
24 - King's skink and also note: Zig zag skink
25 - Merlin
26 - Jaguarundi
27 - Alpine newt
28 - Pygmy Right Whale
29 - Masked Palm Civet
30 - Cyclops Copepod
31 - Fried Egg Jellyfish (Phacellophora)
APRIL
1 - Mongoose
2 - Barreleye Fish
3 - Sarahan Horned Viper (and World Aquatic Animal Day)
4 - Bagworm (World Stray Animals Day)
5 - Pygmy Marmoset
6 - Sea pig
7 - (International Beaver Day)
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| Beaver, 9" x 12" linocut by Ele Willoughby, 2020 |
8 - Chevrotain or Mouse Deer
9 - Gargantuan Stick Insect
10 - Thai Flying Dragon
11 - Venus girdle
12 - Pygmy Spotted Skunk
13 - Costa's Hummingbird and Northern Short-tailed Shrew
14 - New Guinea Amau Frog
15 - Northern Stargazer
16 - Uintetherium
17 - (Bat Appreciation Day)
18 - Gila Monster
19 - Regal Iridescent Tiger Moth
20 - Bunny Harvestman
21 - Marabou Stork
22 - Yeti Crab
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Yeti Crab, 8" x 10" linocut by Ele Willoughby, 2020 |
23 - (International Pallas's Cat Day)
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| Pallas's Cat, A4 size, linocut by Ele Willoughby |
24 - Red-lipped Batfish
25 - Macrotermes bellicosus or the bellicose termite (World Penguin Day)
26 - Giant Cuttlefish
27 - Golden Tortoise Beetle (World Tapir Day, International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day and International Hyena Day)
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Malayan Tapir, 10" x 8" linocut by Ele Willoughby 2011 |
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| A Murder of Crows, 9.25" x 12.5" linocut by Ele Willoughby |
28 - Big-Dipper Firefly
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| Fireflies, 9.25" x 12.5" linocut by Ele Willoughby |
29 - Hammerhead Worm
30 - Scaly-foot Gastropod
MAY
(second weekend of May is World Migratory Bird Day and Endangered Species Day is the third Friday)
1 - Ring-tailed Vontsira
2- Arabian Sand Boa (and World Tuna Day)
3 - (International Leopard Day and Wild Koala Day)
4 - Wallace's Giant Bee (and Bird Day)
5 - Sea gooseberry
6 - Peacock spider
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| Peacock Spider, linocut 8" x 8", Ele Willoughby, 2017 |
7 - Diprotodon or Giant Wombat
8 - (World Donkey Day)
9 - Lemming
10 - Sea Pickle
11 - Violet Ground Beetle
12 - Burrowing Owl
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| Burrowing Owl, linocut 5.5" x 7" by Ele Willoughby, 2016 |
13 - Willow Ptarmigan
14 - Knob-billed duck
15 - Sexton beetle
16 - Olm
17 - Thin-spined porcupine or bristle rat
18 - Giant amphipods of Lake Baikal
19 - Solenostomus snuffleupagus
20 - (World Bee Day) Eastern Snail Shell Mason Bee Awareness Day
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| Our Fate is Tied to That of the Insects, 16" x 20" linocut by Ele Willoughby, 2025 |
21 - Deathstalker Scorpion Awareness Day
22 - (International Day for Biological Diversity and World Fish Migration Day) Damascus Goat Awareness Day
23 - (World Turtle Day) Kraft's Glider Awareness Day
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| Turtles, all the way down, world, 11" x 14" linocut by Ele Willoughby, 2024 |
24 - Lesser Bamboo Rat Awareness Day
25 - (World Otter Day) Long-eared Hedgehog Awareness Day
26 - Iridogordia chewbacca Awareness Day
27 - Northern Flying Squirrel Appreciation Day
28 - Vancouver Island Marmot Day
29 - Microeledone galapagensis Awareness Day
30 - Chinese Giant Salamander Awareness Day
31 - (World Parrot Day) Kākāpō Awareness Day
JUNE
1 - Giant African Land Snail Day
2 - Green Broadbill Awareness Day
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| Rosy Maple Moth, linocut print by Ele Willoughby |
3 - Rosy Maple Moth Awareness Day
4 - Atlantic Cranch Squid Awareness Day
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8 - (World Oceans Day) Ñeque Awareness Day
9 - Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat Awareness Day
10 - Little Bustard Awareness Day
11 - (International Lynx Day)
12 - (National Cougar Day)
13 - Panda Bat Awareness Day
14 - Pig-nosed Turtle Appreciation Day
15 - Suriname Toad Awareness Day
16 - (World Sea Turtle Day) Mylophus sauron Awareness Day
17 - (World Croc Day) Nabarlek Awareness Day
18 - Acropora secale Awareness Day
19 - (World Albatross Day) Philippine Eagle Awareness Day
20 - Banff Springs Snail Awareness Day
21 - (World Giraffe Day) Burmese Python Awareness Day
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| A Tower of Giraffes, 9.25" x 12.5" linocut by Ele Willoughby |
22 - (World Camel Day) Purple Quail Dove Awareness Day
23 - Mount Graham Red Squirrel Awareness Day
24 - Blue-grey Taildropper Awareness Day
25 - Chaco Side-Necked Turtle Awareness Day
26 - Riverine Rabbit Awareness Day
27 - Bramble Cay Melomys Awareness Day
28 - Yellow Crested Cockatoo Day
29 - Hot Creek Toad Awareness Day
30 - Karner Blue Butterfly Awareness Day
JULY
1 - White-throated Sparrow Awareness Day
2 - Tiger Quoll or Spotted-tailed Quoll Awareness Day
3 - Kaua'i Cave Wolf Spider Awareness Day
4 - Pink Hairy Squat Lobster Awareness Day
5 - Wooly Tapir Awareness Day
6 - Giant Mole Wētā Awareness Day
7 - St Helena Plover Awareness Day
8 - Orinoco Crocodile Awareness Day
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10 - Otter Civet Awareness Day
11 -
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14 - (World Orca Day, Shark Awareness Day and World Chimpanzee Day)
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| Orca linocut by Ele Willoughby |
15 -
16 - (World Snake Day)
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21 - Finlayson's Oak Worm Awareness Day
22 -
23 - Atlantic Humpback Dolphin Awareness Day (World Whale and Dolphin Day) and Edward's Beach Moth Awareness Day
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26 - Purple Harlequin Toad Awareness Day
27 -
28 - Joachim Kit Fox Awareness Day
29 - (Global Tiger Day)
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| Tiger, 8" x 10" linocut by Ele Willoughby |
30 - Quokka Awareness Day
31 -
AUGUST
1 - Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman Appreciation Day
2 - (International Golden Lion Tamarin Day) Chambered Nautilus Awareness Day
3 - Hine's Emerald Dragonfly Awareness Day
4 - (International Clouded Leopard Day and International Owl Awareness Day) Spotted Owl Awareness Day
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6 - Temminck's Tragopan Appreciation Day
7 - Lesser Rough-snouted Gecko Awareness Day
8 - (International Moon Bear Day)
9 -
10 - (World Lion Day)
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| The Watchers, Ngorogoro, 11" x 14" linocut by Ele Willoughby |
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12 - (World Elephant Day and World Hirola Day)
13 - (International Wolf Day and International Armadillo Day)
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| A Pack of Wolves, 9.25" x 12.5" linocut by Ele Willoughby |
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| Pink Fairy Armadillo, linocut by Ele Willoughby |
14 -
15 - (National Honeybee Day)
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| Honeybee Dance, 9.25" x 12.5", linocut by Ele Willoughby, 2016 |
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19 - (World Orangutan Day)
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21 - (World Goat Day)
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26 - (World African Painted Dog Day)
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29 - International Bat Night
30 - (International Whale Shark Day)
31 -
SEPTEMBER
(first Saturday is International Vulture Awareness Day, third Saturday is International Red Panda Day, fourth Saturday is International Rabbit Day)
1 - (International Primate Day and Japan Dolphin Day)
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12 - Przewalski Horse Day
13 - Tough-Snouted Gecko Day
14 - Boring Clam Awareness Day
15 - Mountain Viper Awareness Day
16 - Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle Awareness Day
17 - (World Manta Day)
18 - Tilcayo Tiger Cat Awareness Day
19 - (International Red Panda Day)
20 - Karure Awareness Day
21 - Atlantic Pigtoe Awareness Day
22 - (International Tamarin Day and World Rhino Day) Macaya Breast-spot Frog Awareness Day
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| A Crash of Rhinos, 12.5" x 9.25" linocut by Ele Willoughby |
23 - Little Brown Bay Awareness Day
24 - (World Gorilla Day)
25 - Palinurus elephas or European Spiny Lobster Awareness Day (National Lobster Day)
26 - (World Cassowary Day)
27 - Volcano Rabbit Awareness Day
28 - Cumanotus fernaldi Appreciation Day
29 - Terre-de-Haut Racer Awareness Day
30 - Hawaiian Monk Seal Awareness Day
OCTOBER
(final Friday is World Lemur Day)
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| A Conspiracy of Lemurs, linocut, 9.25" x 12.5" by Ele Willoughby, 2023 |
1 - (Raccoon Appreciation Day)
2 - Peniagone Sp. Sea Cucumber nicknamed "Loki" Awareness Day
3 - Plains Viscacha Appreciation Day
4 - (World Animal Day, Ctenophore Day) Pacific Sea Gooseberry Appreciation Day
5 - Blanding's Turtle Awareness Day
6 - Leadbeater Possum Awareness Day
7 - Southeastern Gentoo Penguin Appreciation Day
8 - (World Octopus Day)
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| Dumbo Octopus, linocut 9.25” by 12.5” by Ele Willoughby, 2024 |
9 -
10 - (Squid and Cuttlefish Day)
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17 - (International Sawfish Day)
18 - (World Okapi Day)
19 -
20 - (World Sloth Day)
21 - (National Reptile Awareness Day)
22 - (International Wombat Day)
23 - (International Snow Leopard Day)
24 - (Freshwater Dolphin Day and International Gibbon Day and the other World Fish Migration Day)
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29 - (National Cat Day)
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NOVEMBER
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| A smack of Jellyfish, linocut by Ele Willoughby |
3 - (World Jellyfish Day)
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11 - Spotted garden eel day
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| Drosophila melanogaster, linocut by Ele Willoughby |
18 - (Fly Day)
19 - (World Anteater Day)
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| Winter Walrus linocut by Ele Willoughby |
24 - (World Walrus Day)
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29 - (International Jaguar Day)
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DECEMBER
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4 - (International Cheetah Day and Wildlife Conservation Day)
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14 - (Monkey Day)
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