Showing posts with label Cute Animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cute Animals. Show all posts
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Hamster Animal Totem
Hamsters are mammals including rodents families who have a variety of species and almost in every country. Hamsters are often used as laboratory animals (due to their rapid reproduction) along with mice and other rodents.
The characteristics of a hamster is to have a body fat, short-tailed, bottom hamster white to gray and black, woolly with coat color that varies depending on the species of hamsters, there fur hamster solid color (one color) as black, gray, white, brown, yellow (gold), mocha, and some are colored striped (2 color) white as black, white, gray, and white chocolate.
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Most species have a hamster cheek pouch useful to bring food into burrows / nests they are to be stored or dumped. The word 'hamster' comes from the German word 'hamstern' which means 'hoard'.
Hamster coming from northern areas namely central Europe to Siberia, Mongolia and northern China to Korea, and also from the southern regions, namely from Syria to Pakistan.
They used to breed on the border of the desert, the dunes and at the foot of the mountain, lowland bush and rocky, in the valley the air stream, vast grasslands, and there are some also live in the fields planting.
Hamsters have a few species, such as hamsters Europe, Gansu, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Campbell, Kam, Armenia, Siberia (Russia), Korea, Ladak (Tibet), Mongolia, Roborovski, Romania, Sokolov, Syria (hamster gold), China, and Turkey.
The size of the hamster there are small and large depending on the type / species. For a small hamster or often called dwarf hamster (dwarf) has a body length of 5 cm to 10 cm, while the big hamster measuring 10 cm to 18 cm.
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Monito del monte little mountain monkey
Monito del monte / monkey small mountain is a small monkey that lived in South America (Chile and Argentina). Monito del Monte is the Spanish term for calling Little Monkey. But the name is deceiving. Monito del Monte is actually a marsupial that lives in Chile and Argentina. He is a mammal species considered extinct more than 11 million years ago. However, modern explorers discovered the creature.
This little monkey has a body like a mouse with brown fur and big, pointy ears and long tail. It distinguishing the animal was a big eye size and the fact that he lived in the trees of tropical forests. Then, a long tail that has help overcome can swing from tree branches. These animals are nocturnal and arboreal. They live in the bush bamboo Chilean Valdivian temperate rain forests of the southern Andes. Prehensile tail tree branches. These animals feed on insects, other small invertebrates and fruit. The body length is 11 to 12.5 cm. 9-10 cm long tail.
They make a nest like a ball of leaves that hold water in the tree. The leaves are then coated with moss or grass, and placed in protected areas. Nest is sometimes covered with moss shaped gray camouflage, and equipped with some protection from the cold, either when active or when it hibernates. They typically store fat at the base of the tail for winter hibernation.
Allegedly their ancestors from Australia. They immigrated in two continents are connected through the Antarctic in the early Cenozoic. Primitive animals such as mice that lived about 55 million years ago.
Monito del monte usually reproduce in the spring. Females have pseudovagina, and a fur-lined pouch. Monito del monte adult children remain with the mother after weaning. The age of sexual maturity they were after the age of 2 years.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Know Your Green peafowl (Pavo muticus)
Green peafowl (Pavo muticus) is one of three species of peacock bird. As with other types of birds found in parts Phasianidae, peacock green also has a beautiful coat. Feathers golden green.
Green Peacock scattered populations in open forests with grasslands People's Republic of China, Indochina, and Java, Indonesia. Previous peacock green are also found in India, Bangladesh, and Malaysia, but all three countries the population is extinct. Although very large, peacock green are a clever bird to fly. In the breeding season, the males dance in front of the tail feathers of peacocks females. Tail feathers cover is opened to form a fan with eye-shaped spots. Female birds incubate three to six eggs.
Physical Characteristics Green peafowl
- Adult male birds are very large, to a length of 300 cm, with a very long tail cover.
- At the top of the head of a male peacock green are erect crest.
- Green peacock females are smaller than birds are male.
- Peacock feathers female green less glossy, grayish green, decorated with feathers and without tail cover.
Peacock green feed consists of a variety of grains, grass shoots and leaves, a wide variety of insects, as well as various types of small animals eg spiders, worms, and small lizards. Often also called the peacock pretty hooked worms.
Monday, November 9, 2015
Kiwi bird unique animal
Kiwi bird is one of the species of birds that can not fly. Its body can grow to the size of a chicken, with a weight of 2-5 kg. Natural distribution area of this bird species was limited only in New Zealand. This bird is found in three species, Apteryx australis contained in the three main islands of New Zealand. While Apteryx oweni and Apteryx haasti only found in the South Island alone. Bird is said to live for 20 years this is a bird that is faithful to their partner. Strangely only the females more dominant in the marriage arrangement like this model turned out to be very special and fair. It is very rare even in the world of birds and many privileges of bird kiwi bird is compared with Pets another, How come? The key to the division of tasks. During breeding the female energy will largely be spent to remove the eggs. Although only 1-2 eggs, egg size Kiwi bird unusually large. In addition to its size, the weight of this egg is astonishing, can weigh up to 25% by weight of the parent body! Compared to relatives, ostrich eggs only 2% of the body weight of the mother, and the weight of a human baby is approximately only 5% of the weight of the mother and the egg is incubated about 75 days - 80 days. Therefore, the rest of the work done by the males, including smoothing affairs nest, lay eggs, to accompany the child feeding after eggs hatch. Great right? Kiwi bird's nostrils are almost at the end of the beak, no tail and wings are very small, because the circumstances are very small wings that kiwi bird can not fly. Slim and sharp beak which is in line with the food that is small animals such as worms and other animals. Kiwi bird's nostrils are almost at the end of its beak.
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Kiwi bird is nocturnal bird whose life is out and looking for food at night. Kiwi is looking for food at night. That's what makes the kiwi rarely seen by humans. in addition, the kiwi also includes shy birds. To take food from the soil, kiwi bird used to use their long beaks and sharp. Uniquely, the tip of the beak there is a sense penyecap food. His love of food is earthworms, soil insects, fruit bushes, and small animals that smell. kiwi usually live in holes large tree roots. Breeding season is the time to make the territory. Territory size is determined by the extent to which the male voice cries could still be heard. The breadth varies, from only 2 hectares to more than 100 hectares. These birds have only one partner during their lifetime. Unlike other birds outside of New Zealand, who lives with mammals, birds of New Zealand issued a pungent odor while producing wax to protect their feathers. While sleeping kiwi fond folded and head into the half, then cover it with feathers. If the enemy visit, kiwi will save themselves by running.
Currently the kiwi species including a rare animal, then by maketh it as an icon of the State will encourage many conservation efforts and protection for the survival of kiwi from extinction. It turns kiwi bird can only live in the dark. If they are exposed to sunlight, then they will be sick and old can cause death. Kiwi smelled like mushrooms or ammonia. This is what could be causing the species is now threatened with extinction.
Redline Pipefish ornamental fish cute
Redline freshwater fish Pipefish look like a sea horse straight bodied with a small mouth. Pipefish name is derived from their snout strange shape, like a long tube, ending in a narrow and small mouth that opens upward and toothless. Body and long tail, thin, like a snake. They have a skeleton modified as formed into a thin plate.
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There his back fin and gill cover openings placed near the posterior angle. Redline pipefish swim very slowly over the surface of the water, moving slowly drifting like a twig, but if there is interference, he could move quickly.
This fish is very loyal to her partner (monogamy), females only spawn duties only, and male-containing (males have a pouch for storing eggs). In addition to containing, stud duties caring for children until ready to be independent.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Getting to know the Love Bird
For you lovers of birds is certainly familiar with the name of the bird lovebird. Yes, lately very much lovebird bird fans. Not only from the beauty of form and color as well as the chirping of his course, the bird is also fun if we keep up to spawn.
Lovebird physically have an average height of 13 to 17 cm and an average weight of 40 to 60 grams, short-tailed and large beaks. Lovebird is one of nine species of birds Genus Agapornis (from the Greek word "agape" which means "love" and "ornis" which shall mean "bird").
They named lovebird as seen from their behavior, generally likes to sit close together and love each other. Even supposedly said, if the pair of lovebird is dead, do not take a long time the only couple will also die. Really pair lively semati deh, because these birds to mate fidelity was then naming lovebird be appropriate at this bird lifestyle.
Now this lovebird many kept to the sound of birds included race. Lovebird does have a distinctive voice and long, with a very beautiful fur anyway.
There are many types of lovebird, including love bird head of gray (Madagascar), lovebird red face, lovebird black wings (Abinisia), lovebird black collar, face salem, sunglasses, goggles mask, glasses nyasa, until the glasses cheeks black.
Before you start raising lovebird, we should first distinguish between male and female. In color and physical, lovebird difficult for unknown gender. Well, the easiest way is to palpate both shrimp claws located under their anus. If loud, tight and sharp, usually males. While the female bird claws shrimp soft, wide and blunt.
To start raising lovebird, we must choose the candidate parent who is still relatively young age, about 7 months to 2.5 years. Because if the age is more than three years, is usually not very productive.
To be able to make lovebird longer in working life, there is another way.
Ie add extra food, such as cabbage, sprouts, sunflower seeds and corn to trigger the spirit of birds in eager desire to females. With good care, lovebird can live 10 to 20 years.
Love bird breeding should be done individually. This is done so that we can more easily determines the lineage of the bird. For one pair of lovebird use cages measuring about 40 cm x 40 cm x 80 cm. Nesting and brood, prepare glodok or nest boxes made of boards with a thickness of 2 cm and measuring 15 cm x 20 cm x 25 cm. Then filled with dried corn husks, sawdust and others. Furthermore, in order to let the birds make their own nests.
Lovebird generally lay 4-6 eggs and dieramkan for 21 to 23 days. After hatching, the male and female lovebird feeding her child until the child turns birds can feed themselves. If lovebird breeders do not want to care for their children, then we must prepare places (box) with a size of about 40cm x 40cm x 40cm and given a 5-watt light bulb as warmers.
For food, we prepare for the baby milk porridge mixed with warm water and administered every 2 hours. After 3-4 weeks old, we are introduced to other foods, such as millet, fruits and vegetables. So the mother could return reproduce, the chicks are able to feed themselves soon transferred to another cage.
Lovebird is very easy to adjust to changes in the environment, barker and fighters. When hearing the sound of birds other lovebird or see bird, the spirit of direct combat raged.
Then, lovebird is also an easy bird tame. Because of its adaptability is high, it is easy to tame these birds to humans.
Furthermore, stress is not easy, because it has hundreds of bird species breeding in humans. Lovebird enjoys a cool environment and colonize and groups.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Red Panda, The Funny that Adorable
Red panda size body length is only 79 to 112 cm, compared with the usual panda average of 150 cm. Hence it is also called the small panda. Tail length of 28 to 48.5 cm, longer than usual pandas are only 16 cm. Weighing between 3 to 4.5 kg, much lighter than usual panda who weighs 125 kg.
Red pandas live in the mountain forests and bamboo forests at an altitude of 1800 to 4000 meters along the southeast slopes of the Himalayas. Wider than usual habitat is confined to a small section Hsifan mountains in western Szechuan.
There are two subspecies of red panda, red panda west (Ailurus Fulgens Fulgens) living, yes, in the western area of habitat, and the red panda Styan (Ailurus Fulgens styani) who live in the area Szechuan (possibly together with panda usual), Yunnan and Myanmar east sea. Styan red panda has a larger body, a higher forehead and yellow rust more than western red panda.
Red pandas live in the mountain forests and bamboo forests at an altitude of 1800 to 4000 meters along the southeast slopes of the Himalayas. Wider than usual habitat is confined to a small section Hsifan mountains in western Szechuan.
There are two subspecies of red panda, red panda west (Ailurus Fulgens Fulgens) living, yes, in the western area of habitat, and the red panda Styan (Ailurus Fulgens styani) who live in the area Szechuan (possibly together with panda usual), Yunnan and Myanmar east sea. Styan red panda has a larger body, a higher forehead and yellow rust more than western red panda.
The food is generally red panda bamboo shoots, grass watering, roots, berries and fruits, and also sometimes eat young birds, eggs, small rodents and insects. On the ground, while running, the red panda arching her back and lifted his tail while directing his hand into each step.
Although the red panda can jump up to 1.5 meters, they avoid it because they prefer to climb. He often lay on a tree branch and sleep there. The red panda is rarely seen in their natural habitat. He asocial and live alone, but sometimes in pairs. If there is imminent danger, he ran to the hole in the rocks or climbing trees.
What right does a panda?
If seen, it really small to belong to the type of panda bears as usual. Panda usual black and white when color was replaced with brown going hard to differentiate with a bear. But when the red panda red discarded and replaced brown, still discovered that he was a red panda. He was too small for the size of the bear. In addition, he timid. Come on, cook bears a coward. This adds to the peculiarity of the red panda panda bears in particular and in general.
Prior genetic studies found, people rely on morphological and physiological studies to classify animals. Thus according to the classification of the red panda old version taxonomy carnivores:
Carnivora> Procyonines> Panda (Ailurinae)> Big Panda (Ailuropoda) and the red panda (Ailurus)
Now this is a new phylogenetic taxonomy pandas and red pandas:
Carnivora> Caniform> Arctoid> Red Panda (Ailurus)
Carnivora> Caniform> Arctoid> Bears (Ursid)> Giant Panda (Ailuropoda)
Research Flynn et al (2000) showed that the red panda is closer to the weasel family (weasel) family than like a panda bear big.
The red panda is almost similar to the giant pandas. Both have some similarities. Red panda and great panda both have five fingers with extra fingers in addition to the five fingers. Actually, this is an extra finger modified wrist bone. They also have the same favorite food, namely bamboo
Red panda or Ailurus Fulgens scientific name is a kind of mammal in the order Carnivora. As the name implies, the Red Panda has a thick fur maroon and black-footed. Round white face with red-brown stripe from the eye to the mouth. Long tail with a ring of twelve red and brown-light criss-cross. Tread legs covered by white feathers, which is useful for keeping the body warm and to walk on the surface of the snow or ice.
This species was first described to the world of knowledge in 1825. The classification taxonomy Red Panda has long caused controversy. Previously placed in a Red Panda bears Ursidae family tribe because it has similarities with the Panda bear, both have five fingers with extra fingers in addition to the five fingers. The extra finger is a modified wrist bone. Red pandas are also placed in a single tribe Ailuridae. But now the species is placed in Procyonidae tribe, because of its resemblance to the animal species in the raccoon family. Red Panda is the only species in a single genus sub Ailurinae and Ailurus.
Red Panda is the distribution area in Central Asia. This species is found in the forests of the Himalayas, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar and Nepal.
Red Panda active in the morning and evening. During the day, they sleep and rest on a tree branch. Despite having the digestive system of carnivorous animals, the Red Panda has a habit like herbivores. Its main food is bamboo, and includes a variety of fruit, roots, grasses, berries and other vegetation. For extra nutrition, Red Panda also eat eggs, baby birds, insects and small animals.
Red Panda females usually give birth to two male cubs. Children panda is blind at birth, and begin to look after three weeks old. Adult males play no part in rearing cubs. Red panda males are territorial animals, they mark the area with a bag swipe their hormones in the objects that are in the wild.
Based on the loss of forest habitat and illegal arrests which continues to trade and to take the feathers and regions and populations where this species is found is limited, the Red Panda evaluated as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. It is listed in CITES Appendix I.
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Facts about Sea Horses
Sea horses belonging to the genus hippocampus seahorses because they are called head shape tend to be similar to the horse on the ground, hippocampus means, hippos = horse head, campus = Marine animals
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These are 13 interesting facts about sea horses:
Sea horse is a fish
Believe it or not they belong to the class of fish, after a debate over a dozen years, due to the fact that they breathe using gills
There are about 53 species of seahorse
According to the national geographic, there are 53 species of seahorses. They range in size from 0.6 inches to 14 inches in length, or about 1.5 cm to 35cm. They are categorized in the family Syngnathidae, which includes pipefish and seadragons.
Seahorse swimmer bad
Seahorses are the only breed of horse that is not having an expectation to be the fastest runner in the oceans, this is because the body shape strange strapping straight and they use fins to swim, they are also able to move upwards, down, right, and left, although all it is done slowly.
Sea horses not racehorses
Do not compare with the sea horse horses land where they can run 76 km, while their sea horse was very bad in terms of escape, many of them killed from exhaustion and sank to the seabed.
Sea horse king camouflage
God's infinite justice, the sea horse is not a fast swimmer but seahorses including one marine animal that has the best defense. Their defense in the form of camouflage, which means that they disguise themselves with their surroundings and they usually live or settle in a place that allows for a camouflaged sea horses well.
many of them have a shape and color as the surrounding environment, such as sea grass, coral, foliage until transparent. and when they have found a suitable habitat, they will bind themselves to use its tail, not smart?
Seahorses have a harness
Sea horses can be regarded as one of the fish with the best armor, the shape of the bone they are likely to boxes and have skeletons are quite complex, even the hands of a male adult may not be able to destroy the harness horse sea when sea horses in the dry state after death ,
Sea horses spread around the world
Sea horses tend to live in shallow tropical and subtropical waters, they tend to live in shallow waters because they are bad in swimming. Seahorses average residing around mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass beds. Sea horses are not enough experts in the waters that will make them vulnerable to predators and ocean currents.
Seahorses do not have the stomach
Sea horses are animals that are very greedy, they do not have a container of food that causes food just passing and sea horses must eat continuously every day or they will not last long. Seahorses are carnivorous they eat zooplankton and small shrimps, long snout is used to suck his victims.
Sea horses have no teeth
Sea horse is a fish that has no teeth, no wonder because they only eat zooplankton and tiny shrimps or prawns rebon.
Sea horse is a fish that is faithful
According to experts seahorse lives only with one partner, and they almost touch throughout the year, the sea horse is a fish that is monogamous and faithful.
The male bear children
The male is one fish that gentle, those who gave birth to the child and not the female, even though it violates the laws of nature. The male is not one hundred percent give birth to a child.
The process begins when there is a marriage where the females during the mating process insert eggs into the bag contained in the male sea horse's chest, until about a few weeks after the process of fertilization by the male sperm and the incubation process, tiny sea horse was born.
Seahorses are vulnerable to extinction
Since the first sea horse has been hunting for recipes china about the efficacy of a sea horse has caused a decline in the level of the sea horse population almost throughout the world. On the other side of the ocean exploitation and various kinds of pollution activities also contributed to the decline in the population of seahorses.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Squirrel discovery 'Vampire' or vacuum Blood on Borneo Forests
The rain forests of Borneo and became a haven for many living creatures typical of Indonesia, one of them is a squirrel blood drinkers. This discovery is very rare, but eventually the scientists succeeded in recording pemampakan of the mythic animal that can kill a deer.
Through a video uploaded on Youtobe, the Daily Mail show evening activities squirrel 'vampire' (Rheithrosciurus macrotis0 National Park Mountain Trench, West Kalimantan. Vdeo was successfully obtained by a team of scientists from the University of Michigan and the University of Victoria.
Scientists mengatakn if a vampire squirrel is one of the heaviest furry mammal with a tail. Rodent tail is indeed 30 percent larger than its body. However, the total length of this hewab that is 35 centimeters.
Tupa is capable of killing a deer muntjak or often desebut deer. This vampire ordinary squirrel jumped from the tree to the deer's neck and drink his blood, even sometimes tearing the throat that made in deer killed.
In addition, scientists are still unsure if the squirrel was actually sucking the blood of deer. Unfortunately, they also have not been able to uncover food asl squirrels squirrel sightings Rheithrosciurus because it can be counted on the fingers.
"I would be very surprised if this was true reckoner squirrel blood. According to the residents around the squirrel nini fierce, maybe that is where the legend of the vampire squirrel came from," said Dr. Andrew Marshall, from the University of Michigan.
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Why Snails Running Slow and Removing Liquid
SNAIL - certainly is not foreign to our ears, the majority of people that came to mind was the slowest animal in the world. This is sometimes a slow nets, others are often called the slug. But you know why the snail running very slowly? How does a snail's pace when walking? and why did he discharge when running ?? rather than confused, we just consider the following explanation.
Snail is slow due to the different legs of the human foot and other animals. Her legs is actually an organ that consists of muscles. The shape is flat, elongated, and located at the very bottom of its body.
Fluid is expelled snail slime. Mucus comes from glands in the body, it serves slime lubricate and moisturize the feet so that he could easily walk. Mucus also protects the body from injury by sharp objects. Understandably, snails sometimes walking on tree branches are sharp and can be perched on the blade.
Based on research, snails only have a maximum speed of 0.03 miles per hour. Assuming, 1 mile is equal to 1.609344 km, meaning a snail is only able to walk up to the extent of 1.34 cm in 1 minute. This record makes the snails as the slowest animal in the world. While the second slowest animal strapped to a giant tortoise with a speed of 0.13 to 0.30 miles per hour.
With the speed of it, the snail becomes very easy to catch since prehistoric times. Snails belong to the soft animals (molluscs) of the class Gastropoda which means running with the stomach. Slugs or snails are animals that originated in East Africa. Although running very slow, snails are very easy to breed. As a result, snail spread to all regions of the world.
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Recognize characteristics Pregnant Rabbits
Rabbits are animals with a remarkable reproducibility. Janganka time in a year, a female can give birth to children rabbit five times. In a time period contains, rabbits can contain more than one baby because the uterus or womb more than one and allows for the occurrence of multiple impregnations. One doe able to produce 5 to 15 baby rabbits. For breeders, of course it is very profitable. Rabbits that are pregnant require serious attention so that he bladder healthy baby. But not everyone can recognize the rabbits were pregnant. If you're raising rabbits, it could not hurt to understand the characteristics of pregnant rabbits. Who knows tomorrow you are interested in to make your family's rabbits economic crutch.
Pregnancy Rabbits
After you mating male and female rabbits for 7 days, usually the fetus in the womb of the females begin to grow. But pregnancy within 7 days can not be detected because the characteristics unclear. Only in the age of day 14, the characteristics of pregnant rabbits can be detected. The characteristics of pregnant rabbits were intended is as follows:
- Rabbits who are pregnant no longer willing to be mated with male rabbits and even some females tend to be fierce in male rabbits.
- In the mouth looks rosy
- The female easily become stressed and even to undermine its own cage. Usually, if released in the wild, he will be digging the ground. Some farmers have given sometimes at the gestational age of 17 days but actually it is not necessary. You can put it in the box at gestational age above the 25th day.
- Rabbits that are pregnant will always feel hungry so it appears that increased their consumption patterns. You must be vigilant and make sure he does not lack of food. For if he usually rabbit food shortages will be more stressed and become cannibals. Shortages of feed and beverages also will make the milk quality is not optimal.
- Gestation stepping on the 17th day, you can already feel the belly of the female. Her belly is already showing signs of the baby.
- When he was aged 23 days to 29 days, the mother began to appear frequently upset and nose appear more red. Meanwhile abdomen without palpable will look bloated.
- Rabbits usually give birth at the age of 28 to 34 days. In this period he will look very uneasy. Tuga make sure you are comfortable cage for he occupied bear his children.
- Rabbits are about to give birth normally bristles will experience loss.
What Should You Do?
After understanding the characteristics of pregnant rabbits, you certainly need some action. For, just as Manusa, rabbits who are pregnant also require special perlakuna. In addition to food, you also need to meet the needs of its cage. Make sure he gets the best as a base enclosure where she put her baby. Most pregnant rabbit rabbit breeders give them with a box or a box with soft pad for the baby. Another thing that you should look at is the age ke35 to 34 days, you should reduce your intensity mengengok the mother rabbit. For he is undergoing a phase where it is easy to feel stressed and consider you as a threat. After she gave birth too, preferably in the first two weeks you limit yourself to connect with rabbit. Just make sure the food and drink are met.
Monday, September 21, 2015
Overview of the penguins
Penguin is a species of bird that can not fly, from family Spheniscidae, there are 17 species of penguins and almost all of them breeding in the hemisphere selatan.Nama Penguin believed to derive from the Welsh language "gwyn pen" which means "white kepa" name was originally applied for bird "great auk".
Great auk was a bird that lives hemisphere
north, and to have become extinct in the 19th century, Great auk looks similar to penguin and can not fly, the extinction of the Great auk probably caused by sailors who used it as a food source.
Penguin bone structure is different from birds usually fly, penguins have framework much heavier and stronger, while ordinary birds must have a framework that is as light as possible because it will help to make the flight.
The average bird who can fly is the result of a combination of thin and hollow bones, and have adequate strength and supported with light weight, while the penguin must have a solid framework to counter the buoyancy of the water when diving below the water surface.
Penguin skeleton is very different from other birds especially around furkula and sternum it is due to the different functions of movement between the penguins and birds lainya.Perbedaan bone structure is providing important clues to distinguish fossil penguins and other birds.
The first penguin fossil found is "Palaeeudyptes" were discovered in the 19th century in New Zealand, the fossils were found in rocks about 25 million years old, the largest penguin fossil found pernaah size, equal to the size of a human. Until now there has never been another penguin fossils found in the northern hemisphere.
Apart from the long evolutionary history of species of penguins that exist today are not much changed from their ancestors, they mostly have the upper part of the body black and the bottom is white, it will greatly help to disguise the penguin with the color of the sky when the penguins were swimming when viewed of bawah.Akan but when penguins swim in the deep ocean when viewed from the top of the penguin will be dark color blind.
Penguin had feathers waterproof and interrelated, so as to provide a barrier that is highly effective against water, feathers shut her up so very little air is trapped on each strand of fur, of course it will be very helpful when penguins dive, thus preventing the penguin to float.
When a penguin on land feathers standing upright so as to menyebak layer of warm air that is very useful to provide cool air insulation, other than that penguins have a thick fat deposits under the skin so that their body temperature is maintained.
The foot penguin is not covered by feathers, the penguins can keep the temperature of his feet by flowing warm blood to the legs, when he got in leg blood penguin back cold, then cold blood from the legs is sent again to the body, system vascular This can limit the amount of blood that flows to the fin and the foot so that the temperature of the foot can be maintained at point 6 degrees Celsius despite the body's core temperature reaches 39 degrees Celsius, it can reduce the amount of heat lost during the cold weather, the hot weather the process of vascular this dapaat reversed so as to maintain the body temperature penguin remains stable.
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Bear poles and global Effect
Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) is a bear species found inhabiting areas of ice in the Arctic Ocean. The polar bear is the world's largest bear species, weighing bear males can reach 600kg. Considered to be closely related to the Brown Bear (Brown Bear), the polar bear is also often referred to as "Bear Sea (Sea Bear)" because it is known not only spend a lot of time close to the beach, but also a strong swimmer and is able to look up to 100 miles of ice nearby or the mainland. The existence of polar bears heavily influenced by global warming because their habitats are composed of ice will disappear if global warming continues. Therefore polar bears became a potent symbol of the impact of climate change. The population of Polar Bear also has declined dramatically in Arctic Ocean due to poaching, pollution and drilling of oil and gas that causes them endangered.
Adult polar bears can reach more than two meters high and weighing about half a ton. While the weight of female polar bears are much lighter than the male bear can weigh twice as much weight. The polar bear is one of the few large mammals are found to have adapted well to survive in the glacier. Their thick fur, long and dense growing on a hollow tube that is useful sabagai absorbing heat from the sun to warm themselves. Polar bears have a strong body and muscular with broad front legs which help them when swimming in the water. Hair that is at the bottom of their feet not only help keep their feet warm but also facilitate the polar bear as it moves on the ice. They have a very long neck compared with other bear species that allow their heads to remain above water while swimming. They also have a longer snout and ears are smaller than their relatives other bears.
Polar bears are found in the coastal ice surrounding the North Pole and South along the Hudson Bay. Approximately 60% of the polar bear can be found in northern Canada and the rest are all over Greenland, Alaska, Svalbard and Russia. The polar bear population has fallen drastically with their biggest threat is global warming. Although polar bears are accustomed to seasonal changes in the Arctic circle, but after its global warming, the melting of ice in the summer is greater from year to year. This means that the polar bear will lose their natural habitat. In addition to global warming, perburan and pollutants contaminating the water around their habitat are also contributing to the drop in the population of polar bears.
Polar bears are solitary animals (solitary) that not only can run at speeds up to 25 meters per hour but also the ability of swimming strong up to 6 meters per hour making it a top predator in the environment. Semi-aqautic mammals are able to hunt well on the ice and in the water and have been known to swim in the vast distances in the open ocean in search of food. Polar bears can dive under water to catch prey, which they do by keeping their eyes open and holding their breath for up to two minutes. On land, they tend to hunt using two main techniques, namely the pursuit of their prey or wait to sit beside the nest hole seals up for hours to catch seals appear. Eat seals is vital to the survival of polar bears because the meat seals capable of providing high energy intake.
Polar bears tend to breed in the spring between April and May with a gestation period varies (depending on the health of females). After 9 months of pregnancy, females give birth to between 1 and 4 children in the nest that they had dug into the snow or soil. Polar bear cub can weigh more than half a kilo when they are born. Polar bear cub also own hair and can not see. Female enters the nest towards the end of autumn and will come out when it has turned into spring. Although the polar bear cub has been able to start eating solid foods when they are about 5 months old, they are not separated by their mothers until the age of 2 to 3 years.
The polar bear is the largest terrestrial carnivorous mammals and must hunt regularly to ensure their food reserves sufficient to maintain the insulating layer of fat to keep warm. Skin and fat from the seals are fine dining polar bears. The polar bear is also often seen leaving the remaining meat becomes important food source for other animals such as Arctic fox. Although seals are the main source of their food, polar bears also eat birds, fruits, fish and deer (especially during the summer months) and with occasional Walrus. Carcasses of large marine mammals including walrus and even the Pope also provide a source of food for polar bears. With their sense of smell is excellent, they were able to sniff out food from a considerable distance. Polar bears are also known to get into the nest underground seals to hunt.
Because polar bears merpuakan large predators and fierce, no animals that prey on them in the environment around them. One of the threats polar bears are humans because they have a voracious hunt polar bears from their arrival in the Arctic Ocean in the 1600s until the mid-1970s. But now, the ban on hunting has been applied. Glacier is very important for the survival of polar bears. The melting glacier caused by climate change, have a major impact on reducing the polar bear population. In addition, the polar bear has a relatively slow rate of reproduction. Some experts claim that polar bears could be extinct in the wild within 30 years.
Before entering the harsh winter and even, the polar bear females dig their own nest in the snow where they will hibernate (winter sleep) during ber months (and where they give birth to their child) and will only reappear in the spring. Nest polar bears are known to forty degrees warmer than outside. However, male polar bear seems to prefer to be active throughout the year. The polar bear has a layer of fat under their skin which can be up to 4 inches thick to help them to keep warm. They are actually very well insulated, that the polar bear must move slowly for most of the time so they do not overheat. Polar bears will be knocked out of their fur in the summer. It causes the fur of polar bears look more white in the early autumn. Sedagnkan in the spring, their fur coat looks more yellow. The yellow color in the can of oil seals they eat.
Currently, the polar bear has been listed in the 'Red List' IUCN as endangered species. Although an international hunting ban has been set, but the hunting of polar bears is still rife. Conservation efforts in the Arctic Circle became difficult because the original habitat of the polar bear (glacier) that were increasingly shrinking due to global warming. Increased levels of industrial activity in their natural environment also led to a decrease in the quality of their remaining habitat. It is estimated that between 20000-25000 polar bears are still left with the majority of these are found in northern Canada.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Reptile that can change color
Chameleons one reptile animals fame with the ability to change color, frankly I personally feel amused that should hold a reptile's, but because of the many permaintaan email me so that I review also about a chameleon (there was also that maintaining this reptile?) Because my knowledge animal bit skimpy on this one, so I immediately seraching on the internet in search of writing and I get some, following the results of the hunt me about a chameleon.
Chameleon is one of the most famous reptiles, especially in indigenous areas of Africa and Madagascar, found in few other places in Europe and Asia. There are more than 120 species belonging to the chameleon family. The most common chameleon found in the Mediterranean region. Interestingly many do not know that the translation of the 'chameleon' is 'Earth Lion / Little lion' (I am just confused reptile rich gini kok given the term Small Lion?) There are some other facts about the chameleon which I found quite interesting.
Physical -Atribut
Chameleon has a laterally flattened body based. The main physical features on the chameleon is that they like to have decoration other than a natural color and a sharp, Having peaks, spikes and horns and protruding eyes. Their eyes have a unique quality, namely that they can rotate independently. In the sense that while one eye looking forward, the other one can see another learah simultaneously (I want to have that rich so ..). It helps them to remain vigilant in their surroundings and aware of the danger. Their ability is known as the best of their ability, and is often called the 'binoculars' nature.
Chameleons have one toe, which can be found on the side of his leg. This finger acts like a clothespin, and help them to identify the branches of trees where they roost. They feature bright colors and they are long and sticky tongue, which is necessary for them to detect and even catch their prey. They walked in the branch is very slow and barely able to run fast despite seeing demons, they have sharp claws that help them to hold on to and rise to the surface of the tree. Adult chameleon shed their skin every 4-5 months.
Chameleon has two small holes for the ears, which is located near the eye and can not be seen with the naked eye. nevertheless they are not deaf, they can hear and feel the vibrations in the air. This helps them avoid the dangers and also helps them to hunt their prey. Chameleons have teeth that help them to bite their food. They use it to destroy and then chew their food, sometimes breaking it into pieces before swallowing it (I think I do not need to discuss this?).
-Habitat Chameleon
The chameleon is being arboreal, meaning they live in trees. It is because of this that they are usually dark green so that they can be camouflaged well with their surroundings. chameleon need water and sunlight to survive. They rarely come down from the tree except to spawn and find prey.
-FoodChameleon
Chameleon fond of insects, they use their tongues to catch insects. Their tongues are the main features of their bodies, because they are designed specifically to function as part of making a living. The tip of their tongue is very long and sticky. And when released, the size can be about one and a half times the length of their bodies. When the chameleon see prey, he will focus on measuring the distance between him and his prey. Then the tip of his tongue will be ejected and in one quick burst of prey will be caught and it lasted for a split second.
The ability to change the color
Other abilities of these animals is changing his skin color or place of residence in accordance environment. Contrary to popular belief, chameleons do not have the innate ability to change color in accordance with her wishes, external factors such as temperature, danger and emotion (of chameleon) more affect this ability. This chameleon has melanophores inside the body responsible for the color change and they are very sensitive to temperature changes. Their reaction to hot and cold temperatures cause skin discoloration. As well as the condition of fear, and danger of territorial instincts will make them change their skin color.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Information About Lemur, Beast Being Key of Truth Theory of Evolution
Lemurs are primates endemic to the island of Madagascar. The name 'lemur' itself comes from the word 'Lemures' which comes from mytologi Roman which means ghosts or spirits, which was first used to describe types of lemurs are nocturnal and movement is slow, but the latter is more geared to the type of primate native to Madagascar this.
Although lemurs are one species of primates, but they were not the result of the evolution of monkeys and apes. They only have the same morphology and habits with other primate species.
Lemurs arrived in Madagascar around 62 to 65 million years ago across the seas. Since that time, lemurs live and adapt to the environment of Madagascar. By the time humans first arrived on the island about 2000 years ago, there lemur the size of a gorilla.
Currently there are about 100 known species of lemurs, and most of these species have been discovered or promoted to be recognized as a separate species since the 1990s. However, lemur taxonomic classification is controversial and varies depending on which species concept is used.
Lemur sizes range from 30 grams weighing up to 9 kg. Lemurs have much in common with basal primates, such as the number of fingers on their hands and feet and they have nails instead of claws. However, the ratio of brain size to body they are smaller than an anthropoid primates.
Lemur arguably the most social of primates strepsirrhine and communicate using smell and sound than with visual signals. Lemur has a low basal metabolism, have a mating season, dormancy (such as hibernation), or the dominance of female lemurs.
Lemurs are the main food fruits and leaves. Although the food of the lemurs are the same, but different lemur species have 'game' their own, despite living in the same forest.
More focused research on lemurs in the field of Taxonomy and specimen collectionselama 18th century and the 19th century. Modern research on new lemur began in the early 1950s and 1960s. Lemur is an important part in the study because they have a mix of primitive characteristics with the properties of anthropoid primates that might explain the evolution of primates and humans.
Unfortunately, many lemur species are threatened with extinction due to habitat loss and poaching. Although the tradition of local residents tend to help protect lemurs and their forests, but illegal logging, poverty, and political conflict makes conservation of these primates to be difficult.
Platypus Animals spawn breastfeeding
One of the most weird and funny animals in the world, entered the ranks platypus animals that can threaten human lives. At first glance, the animals are classified as mammals looks like a combination of ducks, otters, and crocodiles. But behind it all harmful toxins stored in the body platypus.
Animals are so inhabitants of the Australian continent can injure and spread poison on the enemy with its sharp claws. For now, only the male platypus is known to have venom in its claws. infection venom is reportedly causing excruciating pain in humans. Worse, the victims of the attack of a platypus can make people powerless in many months.
Remember you are on vertebrates, or animals vertebrate? Group of animals is divided into five classes, starting Pisces, Amphibians, Reptiles, Aves, and Mammals. The division sequence actually reflect the degree of evolution, starting Pisces the most primitive and the most modern mammals. Each class has certain characteristics that show evolutionary development.
One example is the Platypus animal mammal groups (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), known as 'animal duck-billed'. Australia native mammals is unique because ovipar reproduce (spawn) but she breastfeed her child. Spawn is one of the characteristics Aves (birds), breast-feeding is one of the characteristics of mammals. That's why the animal is considered Platypus transition from Aves to mammals.
When egg-laying platypus are similar to the behavior of birds. He issued eggs on a place in the nest, and then will be incubated. At the time when the eggs hatch, the Platypus junior will come out of the shell, then the mother will breastfeed the child immediately.
Indeed once Platypus also present in Argentina and the South American region. This is proven by the discovery of fossils of them in the region. Unfortunately, Platypus extinction in some places. Now they are only found in Australia, especially Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. At that location even their population diminished. The Australian Government is now heavily prized animal conservation programs.
Platypus woolly black or brown, and remain dry even been submerged in water. They are a reliable diver is able to stay under water up to 14 minutes in length because it can dramatically decreased the heart rate. Under ordinary platypus this water for prey such as small fish, fish eggs, frogs, and so on, and usually done at night.
These animals have elektroreseptor inside its beak. This senses helps detect movement or electrical fields generated other aquatic animals. Part flexible like rubber also contains various other sensors capable of detecting existence prey.
Platypus is the swimmer reliably. The fourth leg is very agile when in the water. On land, he runs like a lizard or reptile. If there is a threat of predators, they will soon get into the water. Tail like a fish to help them swim faster. One other oddity is the male platypus can deliver venom of a number of parts in his leg. So dangerous, too.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Like a lizard Spiderman Costume
Spiderman lizard, maybe it was an accurate description of lizard native Masai Mara National Park in Kenya, which has a unique body color.
Unlike the average lizard which has gray and green, these lizards actually have two colors at once, red and blue.
Lizard from Africa
The actual name Mwanza Flat-headed Rock Religion. However, he is more popularly known as Spiderman Lizard. Because, the lizard skin color males of this type half-red or purple, and the other half blue. Exactly the color of the superhero Spider-Man, is not it? he can also creeping up the walls like Spiderman, lo! But, of course he could not let go of his hand nets. This lizard from Africa. He was found in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Kenya. There, Spiderman lizard believed to be good luck.
Happy Flocking
Spiderman lizard love to stay in groups with friends. If the day is hot, he would bask on the rocks while hunting prey. These lizards are happy to eat grasshoppers, crickets and other small insects. However, hooked also several types of leaves and fruit. Another lizard eggs even smaller! If the environment supports, Spiderman lizard can survive up to 15 years.
The color change
Sometimes, Spiderman lizards can change color. Bright colors can turn brown at night, or when you're scared, or depending on her mood. For example, if you're fighting, the skin may turn brown as well, while in the body appear white spots. In contrast to the male-like Spiderman and can change color, this type of female lizards have normal color, namely chocolate. Female lizards does not look special compared to other types of lizards.
Now, if suddenly the Spiderman meet this, do not be surprised, yes! he is not the incarnation of Spider-Man, really. Only a lizard that was wanted sunbathing.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Squirrel Land One Animal Cannibals
Land squirrel (Tupaia tana), this is one of the squirrel that has a great body of the kind squirrel. These squirrels can be encountered in Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia.
This squirrel has a length of 165 to 321 mm, and 130 to 220 mm tail, hind legs 43 to 57 mm. Feathers on the body and the base striated with black on the ends with a slightly reddish brown. it would seem that the ground squirrel has his back with reddish brown. At the front of the head to the shoulders somewhat paler yellowish gray color. At the back there is a line that is increasingly dark until the ass. bottom side with a yellowish-gray color.
This ground squirrels actively foraging during the day, especially those foraging on the ground, and these animals live in pairs. Ground squirrel teen is one of the animals with the lowest food chain. Currently this squirrel emotion born from their mother survive the cold, hunger and emotion also survive from predators is another ground squirrels. Parent of ground squirrels when the loss of a child then they will move to another place that is safer, and will look for other squirrel holes, of course, they will also kill children squirrels in the nest to eat.
The main food of squirrels are insects, lice, larvae of beetles, termites, ants, earthworms and they also eat fruits. squirrels have been active on the ground, they look never silent in activities like restless.
Squirrels living in low-lying hills of Sumatra and Borneo, Indonesia they usually live at an altitude of 1,000 meters above sea level, and they also were found at an altitude of 1500 meters above sea level.
This squirrel has a length of 165 to 321 mm, and 130 to 220 mm tail, hind legs 43 to 57 mm. Feathers on the body and the base striated with black on the ends with a slightly reddish brown. it would seem that the ground squirrel has his back with reddish brown. At the front of the head to the shoulders somewhat paler yellowish gray color. At the back there is a line that is increasingly dark until the ass. bottom side with a yellowish-gray color.
This ground squirrels actively foraging during the day, especially those foraging on the ground, and these animals live in pairs. Ground squirrel teen is one of the animals with the lowest food chain. Currently this squirrel emotion born from their mother survive the cold, hunger and emotion also survive from predators is another ground squirrels. Parent of ground squirrels when the loss of a child then they will move to another place that is safer, and will look for other squirrel holes, of course, they will also kill children squirrels in the nest to eat.
The main food of squirrels are insects, lice, larvae of beetles, termites, ants, earthworms and they also eat fruits. squirrels have been active on the ground, they look never silent in activities like restless.
Squirrels living in low-lying hills of Sumatra and Borneo, Indonesia they usually live at an altitude of 1,000 meters above sea level, and they also were found at an altitude of 1500 meters above sea level.
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