Sunday, December 30, 2007

Penguin


When a penguins walk they move side to side which is called waddling . Penguins are excellent swimmers but can not fly. Polar bears do not live with penguins. Penguins live on Africa's beaches , the North pole and the South Pole. When penguins need to move their egg they put the egg in between both of their feet and start to waddle. Penguins are mostly scared of sea lions and killer whales.

The oldest orangutan 55 years old


The oldest orangutan named Nonja has died at the age of 55 at the Miami zoo. Everyone was sad. Orangutans are the closest relatives to humans. Nonja was born on an Indonesian island and came to Miami zoo in 1983. Nonja was found dead Saturday morning. A usual lifespan for Sumatran orangutans is 40 -50 years. Nonja slowed down each year because of oldness.

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Tiger attack at San Fransisco zoo


A couple days ago a tiger at the San Fransisco zoo escaped from its cage and killed 1 person and also hurt 2 people. Sumatran tigers are put in cages with 16 foot cement walls around the cage. This was not expected to happen because the tiger must have climbed out. It was unclear how the tiger escaped or how long it was on the loose. The approximately 300-pound female Siberian tiger, named Tatiana, attacked a zoo keeper last December during a public feeding. I think that the San Fransisco zoo will try to make the walls higher so another tiger wont escape and hurt or kill someone.

Friday, December 28, 2007

Baltimore Oriole


The Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) is the official Maryland bird. The baltimore oriel has a bright orange body and a black head. In 1894, Baltimore's major league baseball team was named after the bird. Maryland made special provisions to protect the Baltimore Oriole in 1882.

chinchilla


Chinchillas have very soft fur. My sister has one she plays with him every day! A chinchilla's teeth are healthy if they are orange. Their teeth grow longer all the time so they have to have something to chew on. The only bad thing about chinchillas is that they poop a lot. I think it's horrible that it takes 200 chinchillas to make a fur coat. And that's and that's the reason they are endangered. When exploring their surroundings, chinchillas stand on their hind legs and sniff around. Chinchillas enjoy eating hay, fruits, vegetables, and nuts.

50th post

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Thursday, December 27, 2007

dolphin


Dolphins are one of the smartest animals in the world. They are known to be the most popular sea creature. Dolphin like creatures were alive around 65 million years ago. The river dolphin is one of the few kinds of dolphins that live in a river. I went to Atlantis and swam with a dolphins they are really social creatures. If it was somone's birthday the dolphin would go get a rock to give them a present. Some people believe that dolphins can scare away sharks by hitting them with their head.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Hyena


Hyena's can make 12 different sounds. They are sneaky scavengers for food. They steal other animal's food. Hyenas are nocturnal. That means that they are mostly going to be up at night and not very active during the day. Hyenas are moderately large terrestrial carnivores native to Africa, Arabia, Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

African Elephant


African elephants are the tallest land animal.Some male elephants can grow to be thirteen feet tall! That's more than twice as tall as many human adults. Elephants can weigh as much as a school bus—between ten and fourteen thousand pounds! Elephants smell, drink, eat, and wash themselves with their long trunks. They have tusks that help them get food and carry heavy objects. They poop 80 pounds in one day. They can run about 24mph for short distances.

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Giraffe


A giraffe makes a low pitched sound thats called a bleat. Giraffes are the tallest animals in the world. No two giraffes have the same pattern. The giraffe most often seen in zoos is the reticulated giraffe, which has large, liver colored spots outlined by white. This giraffe is seen in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. Giraffes are vegetarians they eat leafs of trees. A male giraffe is known as a bull and a female as a cow. The baby giraffe is called a calf.

Saturday, December 8, 2007

zebra


The stripes of a zebra may make it difficult for predators to identify a single animal from a running herd and distort distance at dawn and dusk. Zebras are social animals that spend time in herds. They graze together, primarily on grass, and even groom one another. Plains (Burchell's) zebras are the most common species. They live in small family groups consisting of a male, several females, and their young. These units may combine with others to form awe-inspiring herds thousands of head strong, but family members will remain together in the herd. Zebras must be constantly wary of lions and hyenas. A herd has many eyes alert to danger. If an animal is attacked, its family will come to its defense, circling the wounded zebra and attempting to drive off predators.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Quetzal


Their scientific name is Pharomachrus mocinno. The resplendent quetzal is an aptly named bird that many consider among the world's most beautiful. These vibrantly colored animals live in the mountainous, tropical forests of Central America where they eat fruit, insects, lizards, and other small creatures. During mating season, male quetzals grow twin tail feathers that form an amazing train up to three feet (one meter) long. Females do not have long trains, but they do share the brilliant blue, green, and red coloring of their mates. Male colors tend to be more vibrant.

Snow Leopard


These beautiful gray leopards live in the mountains of Central Asia. They are insulated by thick hair, and their wide, fur-covered feet act as natural snowshoes. These cats have powerful legs and are tremendous leapers, able to jump as far as 50 feet (15 meters). Snow leopards use their long tails for balance and as blankets to cover sensitive body parts against the severe mountain chill. Snow leopards prey upon the blue sheep (bharal) of Tibet and the Himalayas, and mountain ibex found over most of the rest of their range. Though these powerful predators can kill animals three times their weight, they also eat smaller fare, such as marmots, hares, and game birds. Their scientific name is Panthera uncia.

Skunk


Skunks are legendary for their powerful predator-deterrent—a hard-to-remove, horrible-smelling spray. A skunk's spray is an oily liquid produced by glands under its large tail. To employ this scent bomb, a skunk turns around and blasts its foe with a foul mist that can travel as far as ten feet (three meters).There are many different kinds of skunks. They vary in size (most are housecat-sized) and appear in a variety of striped, spotted, and swirled patterns—but all are a vivid black and white that makes them easily identifiable and may alert predators to their pungent potential.Skunks usually nest in burrows constructed by other animals, but they also live in hollow logs or even abandoned buildings.

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Red-Eyed Tree Frog


The scientific name for the red eyed tree frog is Agalychnis callidryas. These iconic rain-forest amphibians sleep by day stuck to leaf-bottoms with their eyes closed and body markings covered. When disturbed, they flash their bulging red eyes and reveal their huge, webbed orange feet and bright blue-and-yellow flanks. This technique, called startle coloration, may give a bird or snake pause, offering a precious instant for the frog to spring to safety.They are found in tropical lowlands from southern Mexico, throughout Central America, and in northern South America.They eat crickets, flies, and moths with their long, sticky tongues.

Saturday, November 17, 2007

howler monkey


Howler monkeys can make a loud roar.Howlers are New World monkeys found in tropical Central and South America. Male monkeys have large throats and specialized, shell-like vocal chambers that help to turn up the volume on their distinctive call. The noise sends a clear message to other monkeys: This territory is already occupied by a troop. Howler monkeys have beards and long, thick hair which may be black, brown, or red. The red howler species is the most common, but it is often targeted by hunters eager for bushmeat. Other species of howler monkey may be critically endangered over sections of their ranges.

Friday, November 16, 2007

chimpanzee


Noisy and curious, intelligent and social, the chimpanzee is the mammal most like a human. Chimpanzees fascinate humans and are favorites both in zoos and the wild. Chimps are mainly found in rain forests and wet savannas. While they spend equal time on land and in trees, they do most of their feeding and sleeping in trees. After descending from their night nests they hungrily feed on fruits, their principal diet, and on leaves, buds and blossoms. After a while their feeding becomes more selective, and they will choose only the ripest fruit. They usually pick fruit with their hands, but they eat berries and seeds directly off the stem with their lips. Their diet consists of up to 80 different plant foods. The number of chimps in the wild is steadily decreasing.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Spectacled Bear


Spectacled bears wear shaggy fur that is black, brown, or sometimes reddish. They are so named for the whitish to yellowish rings that encircle their eyes, resembling large eyeglasses. These lines, however, don't always fully encircle the eyes, and some individuals lack the markings altogether. Spectacled bears, also called Andean bears, are among the smallest members of the family Ursidae.Females rarely weigh more than 180 pounds (82 kilograms). The diminutive spectacled bear makes its home in the dense Andean jungles of South America, and it has the distinction of being the continent’s only bear. Population data are sketchy, but some estimates suggest fewer than 3,000 spectacled bears may remain in the wild today.

Monday, October 29, 2007

blue marlin


Blue marlin are the most tropical of all marlins but are distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian and Pacific Oceans; a single stock is assumed for each ocean. In the Atlantic, blue marlin range from New England to Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and Uruguay; in the Pacific, the are seen from southern California (rarely) to Chile and Hawaii. In common with striped marlin, they are rarely encountered in shallow nearshore waters, preferring blue, oceanic waters. The blue marlin is the largest of the marlins, common to 11 feet, and known to exceed 2,000 pounds. Blue marlin feed primarily on tunas and other pelagic fishes and to a lesser extent on young reef fishes and squid. It is difficult to find a blue marlin over 10 years old, however they are believed to live up to 15 years.

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Wolf


Wolves are the largest members of the dog family. Adaptable gray wolves are by far the most common and were once found all over the Northern Hemisphere. Though they almost never attack humans, wolves are considered one of the animal world's most fearsome natural villains. They do attack domestic animals, and countless wolves have been shot, trapped, and poisoned because of this tendency. In the lower 48 states, gray wolves were hunted to near extinction, though some populations survived and others have since been reintroduced. Few gray wolves survive in Europe, though many live in Alaska, Canada, and Asia. Red wolves actually got extinct in the wild in 1980. Today, perhaps 100 red wolves survive in the wild. They live 6 to 8 years in the wild.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Okapi


Their natural habitat is the Ituri Forest, a dense rain forest in central Africa.They live about 33 years in captivity. They have 1 baby and about 35 lb when born. Their gestation period is 427 to 491. They eat Buds, shoots of trees, grass, ferns, fruit, fungi and manioc. Okapis have large, dark eyes, big ears, and a long black tongue which they use to strip leaves from branches. The okapi is related to giraffes.it is believed that there are currently about 25,000 okapis in the wild. They look as if they were related to zebras. But the stripes are very good camouflage. Adult males can travel up to 2.5 miles a day.

Friday, October 26, 2007

Leatherback sea turtle


Leatherback sea turtles are among the most endangered animals on the planet. These reptilian relics, part of a family of turtles that lived over 100 million years ago, are the only remaining representatives of their genus. They survived the demise of the dinosaurs and now teeter on the brink of extinction themselves. Leatherbacks are the largest turtles on Earth, growing up to 8.5 feet (2.6 meters) in length and exceeding 2,000 pounds (907 kilograms). They may live 45 years or more. The worldwide population is estimated at about 26,000 to 43,000 nesting females annually.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Tapir


Tapirs look something like pigs with trunks, but they are actually related to horses and rhinoceroses. This eclectic lineage is an ancient one—and so is the tapir itself. Scientists believe that these animals have changed little over tens of millions of years. Tapirs have a short prehensile (gripping) trunk, which is really an extended nose and upper lip. They use this trunk to grab branches and clean them of leaves or to help pluck tasty fruit. Tapirs feed each morning and evening. During these hours they follow tunnel-like paths, worn through the heavy brush by many a tapir footstep, to reach water holes and lush feeding grounds. As they roam and defecate they deposit the seeds they have consumed and promote future plant growth. New World tapirs generally live in the forests and grasslands of Central and South America. A notable exception is the mountain (or woolly), tapir, which lives high in the Andes Mountains. Woolly tapirs, named for their warm and protective coat, are the smallest of all tapirs. They are herbivores. They live for 25 to 30 years.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Eastern diamondback rattlesnake


The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest venomous snake in North America. Some reach 8 feet (2.4 meters) in length and weigh up to 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms). These stout-bodied pit vipers generally live in the dry, pine flatwoods, sandy woodlands, and coastal scrub habitats from southern North Carolina to Florida and west to Louisiana. Their pattern of yellow-bordered, light-centered black diamonds makes them among the most strikingly adorned of all North American reptiles. They are natural exterminators, surviving on such household pests as rats and mice, as well as squirrels and birds.Feared as deadly and aggressive, diamondbacks are actually highly averse to human contact and only attack in defense. Most bites occur when humans taunt or try to capture or kill a rattlesnake. They can accurately strike at up to one-third their body length.Did you know? Baby rattlers can actually be more dangerous than adults because they have less control over the amount of venom they inject. They live 10 to 20 years. They are carnivores.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Toucan


The Toco toucan is at home in South America's tropical forests but recognized everywhere. The toucan's oversized, colorful bill has made it one of the world's most popular birds. The 7.5-inch-long (19-centimeter-long) bill may be seen as a desirable mating trait, but if so, it is one that both male and female toucans possess. In fact, both sexes use their bills to catch tasty morsels and pitch them to one another during a mating ritual fruit toss.As a weapon, the bill is a bit more show than substance. It is a honeycomb of bone that actually contains a lot of air. While its size may deter predators, it is of little use in combating them.The birds use them to reach fruit on branches that are too small to support their weight, and also to skin their pickings. In addition to fruit, Toco toucans eat insects and, sometimes, young birds, eggs, or lizards. They nest in tree holes. They are omnivores.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

ocelot


Twice the size of the average housecat, the ocelot is a sleek animal with a gorgeous dappled coat. These largely nocturnal cats use keen sight and hearing to hunt rabbits, rodents, iguanas, fish, and frogs. They also take to the trees and stalk monkeys or birds. Unlike many cats, they do not avoid water and can swim well.ke other cats, ocelots are adapted for eating meat. They have pointed fangs used to deliver a killing bite, and sharp back teeth that can tear food like scissors. Ocelots do not have teeth appropriate for chewing, so they tear their food to pieces and swallow it whole. Their raspy tongues can clean a bone of every last tasty morsel.Many ocelots live under the leafy canopies of South American rain forests, but they also inhabit brushlands and can be found as far north as Texas. They are mammals.They are carnivores.

green baskilisk


The basilisk has a amazing ability it can run on top of water. It is a reptile. It is a omnivore meaning it eats meat and plants. Did you know? Basilisk lizards are very good swimmers and are capable of staying underwater for up to 30 min. Abundant in the tropical rain forests of Central America, from southern Mexico to Panama, green basilisks spend much of their time in the trees and are never far from a body of water. When threatened, they can drop from a tree into the water and sprint, upright, about 5 feet (1.5 meters) per second across the surface. Part of the iguana family, green basilisks grow to about 2 feet (61 centimeters) in length, including their long, whip-like tail. Males have distinctive, high crests on their heads and backs, which they use to impress females. They lay their eggs in shallow trenches and lay up to 20 eggs. Hatchlings are born with the ability to run (on land and water), climb, and swim. Size relative to a 6ft (2m) man:

Friday, October 12, 2007

leopard gecko


The scientific name is Eublepharis macularius .The leopard geckos favorite food is crickets and mealworms. The life cycle is that the female mates, goes and find a good place for the eggs, digs a hole, and then buries the eggs. She scampers off and in two to three months the eggs hatch and in two to three days the young start to hunt. The leopard geckos' life span is about 20 years in the wild, and about 15 years in cages. The leopard geckos live alone most of their lives, except when mating.Their tail is filled with fat and they munch on it when they can't find food. They're nocturnal animals, which means they are active during the night. The leopard gecko has a movable eyelid. When they are attacked they can make their tails fall right off their bodys. The habitat for the leopard gecko is warm areas with rocks for shelter. It's geographic range is in southeast Asia and Pakistan. In our class the leopard geckos' habitat includes water, food, rocks, and shelter. I also have one.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

black mamba


Black mambas are fast, nervous, lethally venomous, and when threatened, highly aggressive. They have been blamed for numerous human deaths, and African myths exaggerate their capabilities to legendary proportions. For these reasons, the black mamba is widely considered the world’s deadliest snake. Black mambas live in the savannas and rocky hills of southern and eastern Africa. They are Africa’s longest venomous snake, reaching up to 14 feet (4.5 meters) in length, although 8.2 feet (2.5 meters) is more the average. They are also among the fastest snakes in the world, slithering at speeds of up to 12.5 miles per hour (20 kilometers per hour)type: Reptile
They are carnivores.
Average lifespan in captivity: 11 years or more
Did you know? Black mambas use their incredible speed to escape threats, not to hunt prey.

fossa


Growing up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) long from nose to tail tip, and weighing up to 26 pounds (12 kilograms It is the largest carnivore and top predator native to Madagascar and is known to feed on lemurs and most other creatures it can get its claws on, from wild pigs to mice. Unlike mongooses, and more like felines, the fossa has retractable claws and fearsome catlike teeth. Its coat is reddish brown and its muzzle resembles that of a dogType. Their avarage lifespan is 15 years.

Monday, October 8, 2007

gorilla vs leopard

alligator snapping turtle


The prehistoric-looking alligator snapping turtle is the biggest freshwater turtle in North America and among the biggest in the whole world. Found almost exclusively in the rivers, canals, and lakes of the southeastern US, alligator snappers have a lifespan of 50 to 100 years old! Males average 26 inches (66 centimeters) in shell length and weigh about 175 lbs (79.4 kilograms), although they have been known to exceed 220 lbs (100 kilograms). The much smaller females top out at around 50 lbs (22.7 kilograms). They are a reptile and are a predetar.
The alligator snapper uses a unique natural lure in its hunting technique. Its tongue is like a bright-red, worm-shaped piece of flesh that, when displayed by a motionless turtle on a river bottom, draws curious fish or frogs close enough to be snatched and eaten. Their scientific name is Macrochelys temminckii.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

Blue and yellow macaw


The long tail helps them keep their balance while perching on high branches. They have very good camouflaged in their habitat. One of the largest and gaudiest of all parrots. It has a very sharp bill to crack open nuts. The macaw has has 2 backwards claws and 2 forward claws like most parrots and macaws. The live in native to forest lowland areas of Central and South America from eastern Panama south through the Amazon basin to northern Bolivia and southeastern Brazil. Also found on the island of Trinidad. They live up to 50 years in captivity. They eat seeds, fruits, and nuts. Its scientific name is Ara ararauna.

Friday, October 5, 2007

King vulture


The king vulture's talons are weak. They just walk around. They do not cary or catch their prey in the air. They have a super strong bill that can rip through the toughest hides. Their eyes are very colurful. The babies eventually get there color when they are 4 years old. Their young are black. They have 1 egg. They breed March to August. They have a wingspand 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet and 5 inches. Their lifespan is unknown. They range from central Mexico through Central America into South America, as far south as northern Argentina.They are also found on the island Trinidad in the Caribbean

Thursday, October 4, 2007

leopard seal


A layer of blubber provides a warm insulation from icy waters for the seals. The female leopard seal is larger then the male. Adult females are about 5 percent longer than the males and are 13 percent heavier then the males. They are awsome swimmers and hunters. They have a muscular body and are armed with savage teeth and powerful jaws. It is the only seal that normally eats warm blooded animals including penguins and other seals. It moves akwardly on land and icefloats. The leopard seal ranges from the fringes of Antarcticas packice in the summer, north torwards the coast of South America, South Africa and Australlia in the winter. The leopard seal eats krill, fish, squid, penguins, other seabirds and young seals. They have 1 baby. Their gestation period is 9 months, plus 3 months from delayed implantation. Their breeding time is November to February. They live for 25 years.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

pig frog


Its voice is a short sound like a pig, thats how it got it's name. Its breeding time is March to September. Tadpoles are 5 inches long. Their habitats are marshes, shores of lakes, ponds and other waters with a dense cover of emergent or floating vegetation. They're known as a kind of bullfrog.They are the most aquatic bullfrog. Pig frogs get sought for there edible legs. It eats a lot of crayfish. It spends most of it's time floating. Their scientific name is Rana grylio.

lion vs tiger

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Timber Rattlesnake


The timber rattlesnake is a kind of pit viper. They breed in fall, shortly after emergence from hibernation. A female viper gives birth every other year and they have 5 to 17 young. The babies are about 10 to 13 inches when hatched. Their habitats are remote wooded hillsides with rock outcrops in the north unsettled swampy areas, canebrake thickets, and floodplains in the south. Their range is extreme southwest. They range from south to north in Maine, west into southeast in Florida, Minnesota and central Texas. The timber rattlesnake's scientific name is Crotalas borridus. They are active April to October. In the day time, spring and fall. The timber rattlesnake preys on squirrels, mice, chipmunks, and even small birds.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Coyote


The coyote breeds February to April and of 1 to 19 babies. April to May they go in a underground burrow. Their habitats are in the west open plains in east brushy areas. Their scientific name is Canis latrans.There scientific name means barking dog. There range is generally common through east and west Alaska, to south west Canada, and all of west USA. The coyote usually runs 25 to 30 miles per hour. The coyote runs with it's tail down unlike other dogs. They eat rabbits, mice, ground squirrels, pocket gophers and other small animals as well as birds, frogs, toads, snakes, insects, fruits and carrion from larger animals. Most live for 6 to 8 years.Other predators like grizzly bears, black bears, mountain lions and wolves used to make there population go lower.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

black-knobbed sawback


The black-knobbed sawback nests in July.It lays about 6 eggs. Their habitats are sand and clay bottomed streams. Their scientific name is Graptemys nigrinoda. There range is under the fall line rivers of the Mobile Bay drainage, Alabama and Mississippi. It sleeps on logs and brush piles, and eats insects.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

orca


The male orca's dorsal fin is bigger then a females dorsal fin. There are 20 to 26 conical teeth in each jaw. Each tooth curves backward and inward they are used to tear it's prey in small chunks. They hunt alone or in groups. They can kill things as large as blue whale calves. They are found through every ocean in the world. The orca has the largest distribution of any whale. Coastal and cool waters are its preferred habitat. They live for about 30 years. They have about one baby. Their mating season is December to June in the southern hemisphere May to July in the northern hemisphere. It is one of the most dangerous sea animals. Their gestation period is 15 to 17 months. They eat fish, squid, seals, sea lions and other whales including minke and grey whale.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Puma


The tail of a puma is long. It has a black tip. It's sharp canines stab into it's prey and hold it down. It can kill prey many times is own weight . It's ears are highly sensitive. They eat mammals, birds and insects. Their mating season varies on their habitat. Their gestation period is 90 to 95 days. Pumas live up to 20 years. They have 1 to 4 babies. They are found through America to northwestern Canada to the southernmost tip of Argentina. The puma is more powerful then a tiger.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Beaver


Like all rodents, the beaver has two pairs of large incisor teeth that grow continuously. They chew on wood to sand down their orange teeth. The coat is made up of two types of hair. Its tail is like a rudder while swimming underwater. The beaver is the worlds best builder. Found throughout most of North America, south from the Arctic Circle across Alaska and Canada, to northern Mexico. Their mating season is January to February. They eat leaves, ferns, herbs, grasses, algae, twigs and woody stems. They live about 15 to 24 years.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

golden eagle


The golden eagle uses its hooked bill to rip up prey. Prey is caught with its sharp talons. They live up to 25 years. The back talon is the sharper one. They live in the west and the north USA, eastern Canada,the mountain parts of Europe,east through much of central and northern Asia. Also parts of Africa. They eat mammals, birds, lizards and carrion. There mating season is February to July. Their eyes can detect prey from air.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

battle at Kruger

squirrel monkey


The squirrel monkey eats fruits, berries, nuts, seeds, insects, flowers, buds, leaves, spider,and small vertebrates. They live 7 to 10 years. They have 1 baby. They breed September to November. They live in large troops. The least threatened and most numerous of all south American primates. They live in tropical forest of south America, from the eastern edges of the Andes in Columbia and northern Peru to northeastern Brazil. They live at all levels of the forest.

three toed sloth


When sloths are upside down they eat and sleep. Sloths have excellent camouflage. They have 1 baby. The sloth lives 12 to 20 years. Sloths have blue and green algae on them. Babies have yellow algae and older ones have green algae. The three toed sloth has been found in parts of central America's tropical forests, from Honduras in the far north of the range, south through much of Brazil. The sloth have 8 to 9 neck vertebrate, the highest number in any animal. The sloth has sharp incisor in its jaws, the sloth uses its horny lips to bite mouthfuls of leaves.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Marine Iguana


Marine iguanas have teeth that each have sharp points for sheering through the tough fronds of seaweed. The males are bigger than the females. The iguana's tail is flattened sideways and used like an oar to swim in the water. The marine iguana's feet have long claws, enabling the iguana to cling to rocks under the water. They are found on the coast of the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos Islands are 621.4 miles off the coast of Ecuador. Their mating season is at the end of the rainy season and occurs during the first few months of the year. They live to be about 20-40 years old. Their main diet is seaweed.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

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tiger shark


Tiger sharks have teeth curved to the side with serrated edges. New teeth grow all the time to replace those that have been worn or damaged.The tiger shark is one of the most dangerous sharks in the world. The sharks lifespan is 40 to 50 years. They have normally 10 to 40 young. Sometimes even 80 young! They eat fish, seabirds, sea mammals and sea turtles.They are found along the coastlines of tropical oceans, especially around coral reefs on occasion , has been spotted as far north as Greenland.

Friday, September 14, 2007

Red Kite


The red kite's tail is like a rudder moving from side to side. It's talons are slightly curved. Long wings are adapted to lengthly periods in the air and provide a high degree of maneuverability. Their life span is up to 26 years. They mainly eat medium size mammals, birds, and reptiles. They lay about two to four eggs, and the breeding season is from March to July. They live around Europe and about 90 percent are in Germany, France and Spain. There is a small but growing number in Britain, with a few in Morocco and the Cape Verde Islands.

giant forest hog



Giant forest hogs have two horns on their nose.Their mating season is year round.They have about 2 to 11 young. They eat grass and foliage.They are found in humid forest regions in central Africa, but scattered populations stretch from Liberia in the south western Ethiopia,Kenya and northern Tanzania.The young are camouflage but they get darker like their parents.

walrus


Walruses have sensitive whiskers to detect prey on the seabed. Walruses are found on the edges of the Arctic, on the coasts of northern North America, Greenland, northern Norway,Siberia and the Kamchatka peninsula. The tusks are formed from two canine teeth.Their mating season is February to April.Their lifespan is up to 40 years.

wolverine


Wolverines have five claws on their foot. And strong jaws to eat. They can be found in northern North America, the northern sub Arctic islands, northern Eurasia from Scandinavia east to Siberia and Greenland. Like skunks, wolverines can blow out yellow and green liquid over a distance of 3 feet or more.There mating season is in late April to July.Wolverine's scientific names are Gulo gulo.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Introduction

I will be posting a picture of an animal and facts about that animal once every day. I hope you enjoy my blog.