Showing posts with label Unique Animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unique Animals. Show all posts
Friday, October 7, 2016
Great ape baboon savanna africa
Baboon is a type of mammal or mammal, omnivorous prey status or eater of everything, the average life span in the wild reaches the age of 30. The size of head and body length of about 20-34 inches (60-86 cm), the average length of tail 16 -23 inches (41-58 cm), weight reaches 33-82 lbs (22-37 kg). They live in groups called troops (troop).
Do you know? Baboons use at least ten different vocalizations and unique sound to communicate with other members of their forces.
Baboons generally prefer savanna (grasslands interspersed with trees) and semi-arid habitats, although some of them living in tropical rainforests.
Unlike monkeys in general, legs and arms baboon may not hold and the tail can not be gripped. But they can climb trees with agile to sleep, eat, or see the sights around. They spent more time in the field.
Baboon are opportunistic eaters, they liked the plant so that it becomes destructive pests of agriculture in Africa. They eat fruits, grasses, seeds, bark, and roots, but also have a taste for eating meat. They eat birds, mice, and even large mammals are still young, like antelope and sheep.
Four species of baboon (ie, chacma, olive, yellow, and Guinea) is known as the savannah baboon. These animals form a great army and consist of dozens or even hundreds of baboons, governed by a complex hierarchy dazzling scientists. Males showed physical strength to repel rivals who dare to approach and other team members to spend time with each other for hours to clean up fleas and dead skin.
Fifth species, hamadryas baboon, they live in the hills along the Red Sea coast of Africa and Arabia. Baboons spread on cliffs there green during the day and night they regrouped in smaller groups.
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Kangaroo Animal Totem
Kangaroos or kangaroo is one of the mammals that have pouch (marsupial). Is relatively typical animal animals australia. The word kangaroo taken from aboriginal language that is gangguru.
Origin of name kangaroo has a unique story. On one day, the American origin of the English sailors landed in Australia. The sailor then see an animal that is very unique, marsupial. The sailor then ask questions on the aborigines, indigenous australia there.
Seamen ask the question, what animal is that? Answered, kang-ga-roo. Kanggaroo sailors assumed that the name of the animal. So they named the animal kanggaroo, Behold, the aboriginal people say, I do not know!
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| Kangaroo |
Various species of kangaroos
There are three species of kangaroo, namely:
- Red kangaroos, red kangaroo is the largest marsupial animal alive. If standing height can reach increasingly more 2 meter. Reach and weight 90 kg. Kangaroo this type generally move in large groups. They sleep during the day the weather was very hot. If there is no water, they can track the moisture from the green plants. They also can multiply only if there is no rain, and grow new crops.
- Eastern gray kangaroo, eastern gray kangaroos can be found in the fertile australia east side.
- Western gray kangaroos, western gray kangaroos can be found on the west side australia, australia south side which is close to the beach and river basin darling. Gray kangaroos very numerous. They live in the forests of eucalyptus that is open and in a grassy area. They eat grass.
Habitat Kangaroos
Kangaroos have two hind legs are very strong, large paw designed to jump. Regular kangaroo jump with two feet to a speed of 20-25 km / h. However, they can jump up to speed reaches 70 km / h. Kangaroo life expectancy of approximately 9-18 years. Although sometimes there are kangaroos that can survive up to 28 years ..
If we call this kangaroo animal must be identified with their home country, Australia. But did you know that these animals not only have our neighboring country australia. Indonesia also has a place where these animals live. Such as, the area where the marsupials that live at one with nature beautiful.
Until now there are approximately ten types of kangaroos in the Indo-Pacific locations. Half in Indonesia. Moreover, among them newly discovered type. Mbaiso tree kangaroo (dendrolagus mbaiso) is found at the location of the sub-alpine forest of Papua. Type the others are ornamental tree kangaroo (denrolagus goodfellowi), tree kangaroos ndomea (dendrolagus dorianus), tree kangaroos nemena (d. Ursinus), as well as tree kangaroos wakera (dendrolagus inustus). Form and type of animal is naturally not much difference. Just are not the same size. Kangaroos are marsupials strange animals and strange. Similar faced deer, way to step back foot jump and has a size greater than the 2nd front legs.
Population Kangaroos
The group is also used to live among the dense jungle and undergrowth. A form of tree kangaroo tail is rather long and round and hairy from the base to the tip of its tail, but form a more pointed snout of muzzle form kangaroo land. In the land of kangaroos 2nd front legs plus smaller than the hind legs, tail tapered at the ends and not hairy. Snout not too pointy and not hairy like the tree kangaroo. Then smaller claws. Perhaps this is in accordance with needs that do not need to hold on to branches.
Friday, December 18, 2015
Pangolin Animal Facts
You know the animals Pangolin? Yes maybe the animal is a little strange to hear, but there are also some people who have know about the life of the animal. Pangolin is one animal that is categorized as a unique animal because it has a characteristic that is different from other animals in general.
Actually, these animals are mammals of the family Manidae which are only a few or only some of which can be found in Indonesia. This is what makes animals Pangolin well as rare animals.
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| Pangolin |
Actually, in the animal world itself is composed of eight pangolin species widely spread in Africa and Asia. Only the number of animals is not too much because the pattern of the breed are few and too many threats from outside that of humans.
Many animals Pangolin are hunted illegally for later resale to other countries as home decoration or other purposes. This makes the presence of these animals are threatened by extinction. Pangolin animals can be sold traded with a fairly even so high that many people are happy hunting.
The reason people want to get these animals because Pangolin has some unique facts of his life. Here the unique facts of the pangolin.
Tringgiling has a body size medium to large depending on how long the life of these animals survive. Almost like an animal porcupine, pangolin also have skin prickly however, only the measure is just different.
If animals hedgehogs have small size and sharp spines on different skin with Pangolin the size of spines on the skin that is greater and also not terlau sharp that people more often call like scaly. Pangolin scales on the skin of the animals closer together with each other so as to cover the entire section body. Weight pangolin scales capable of achieving up to 20% of their total body weight so that the animal is classified as a powerful animal.
In addition to the skin, other unique animals Pangolin is the shape and size of its tongue. Pangolin tongue has a size longer than the pangolin agency. because tongue this long, making pangolin is able to reach his food until at long distances even he can eat ants from the nest hole.
Every day, anteaters eat ants capable of up to 70 million ants. Pangolin actually have no teeth. Their meals using the gravel and thorns keratin to smooth the food that is in the stomach.
When the breed and give birth to a child, the mother anteater will take care to avoid enemies or other animals that prey on these children.
Pangolin baby will be taken by its parent put it on their backs. Besides it being the most distinctive characteristics of this scaly animals is their ability to fold themselves like roll to form a ball. It is they do when their lives are threatened by enemy or predators.
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Turtle is a reptile zoo is pretty much kind with the ability to live too long. Animals running slow is generally close to human life, both as pets and wild animals were abandoned because there is no one type disturb. But turtle is a wild relative, the turtle named alligator Alligator Snapping Turtle latin.
Freshwater turtles are one size greatest. Some their kind ever weighed 113 kg when kept in an aquarium in Tennessee, USA. Chicago has also been discovered species of turtles with a weight of 107 kg. Even in 1937 have been found in Kansas, USA, and weigh up to 183 kg.Liar BeastsCompared with freshwater turtles, alligator turtle shape is very different. The real difference can be seen from the shape Shell unique shell or carapace.
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| Alligator Turtle |
Characterized by the shape of the carapace shell three rows of protrusions osteodermis similar to the shape of animals ancient. Turtle owned many turtles can carry camouflage with the environment through the shell shell-like brownish-green moss. These include turtle-eating animals of all kinds, though actually more like food or meat carnivores.
Supported by the behavior of the prey like a crocodile, it is not surprising when a turtle called turtle crocodile. Food provided will be eaten, either soft vegetables and carcass. As crocodiles, turtles are also able to kill other animals, such as snakes, animals, birds. Even turtles brave in fighting this crocodile. species really belongs to wild turtle, although a lot of people who love it as a pet.
Reflexes movement while preying crocodile-like, what he or she is also very fast. Moreover, it also has a tongue-shaped worms that can be extended, and is often used as a trap to catch fish in pool. ProtectedTortoises included in Macroclemys genus comprises three species that are found only in North America. But due to human hunt, turtle populations of rare and endangered species declared. In fact since 2006, CITES has set alligators turtle as a protected species and forbidden to be traded.
Friday, December 11, 2015
Ants Japan And Benefits
Ants are small insects that much playing around on the ground, or looking for sweet foods. If the saying goes There's sugar, There were ants, hehe. This time I will discuss about the Japanese Ants ant not play around to find the sugar. Here is a glance of the Japanese Ant and benefits.
The characteristics of Japanese Ants
Japanese ant has a hard body that this is different from other ant species. These ants have wings but can not fly. Like reproduction and by living in groups, they are not animals cannibals. It is certainly different from other ant species.
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| Ants Japan |
Japanese ant or beetle also called Mecca, when the Japanese language called by Ari, this means fidelity insects. If in Japan there are 200 species of ants Japan different. Here's a glimpse of Japanese ants that you may not know. It turns out these insects have great benefits for health, you are curious following explanation of the benefits of Japanese ants.
Nowadays many people who cultivate Japanese ants because today many in search of people because of the benefits and usefulness. Here are some health benefits to Japanese ants.
- Useful For people who cholesterol level is high, this can make a normal level of cholesterol in the blood.
- Can cure or alleviate heart disease
- Can reduce levels of uric acid in the body
- To treat diabetes can control blood sugar becomes stable
- Can make stable blood for patients with high blood pressure
- Can Add vitality of men and women, and can put the body in good shape for people who are busy with work
This One possible that you might be wondering how to drink how ..? You can take Japanese ant with a lot of empty capsules in drug stores nearby. swatch Japanese ants that fit into the capsule and eat with food, for example, by using it in his banana bananas continue to be eaten, or you can directly swallow capsule that first you enter ant Japan. Besides bananas you can also use other foods to take the benefits and efficacy of ants Japan.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Fact Dodo Birds, Exotic Creatures of the island of Mauritius
Dodo bird is a big bird berhabitat on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean that could not fly and become extinct.
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| Dodo Bird |
Before certainly extinct, the bird is covered with many myths, until finally Harry Higginson and George Clark found the Dodo bird fossil in 1865.
Facts about the Dodo Bird
»The Latin name first given by Carl Linnaeus in these birds is 'Didius ineptus' which means 'dodo incompetent (can not fly)'.
However, this time the scientists prefer to call it 'Raphus cucullatus'.
»The main Predator is the Dodo bird Dutch sailors (and animals brought with them) who stopped by on his way to the Indonesian archipelago.
Dodo hunted by sailors and the first settlers on the island. Although meat Dodo described textured hard, it did not stop the explorers prey on this bird for food.
Dutch sailors nicknamed Dodo as 'valghvogel' which translates to 'disgusting bird' because of the bad taste of the meat.
»Character Dodo in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland inspired by Dodo skeleton stored in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Contrary to popular myth associated with this bird, author Alice, Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Dodgson), described this bird as being wise.
Some people believe that the character of the Dodo in Alice books is a metaphor for the writer's own.
»After going through a DNA test of the remaining soft tissue, proved that the dodo is a close relative of the Nicobar pigeon.
Interestingly enough, when Johannes Theodor Reinhardt, a zoologist, put forward the theory that Dodo is a kind of pigeon land, he got a lot of criticism from his colleagues.
»Some of the Dodo bird life ever sent to Europe to be displayed to the public.
Live specimens used as a model because at that time the camera has not been found.
»Tree tambalacoque or dodo tree (Sideroxylon grandiflorum) has been erroneously attributed to the extinction of this bird.
Previously believed that the seeds of this tree have to pass through the digestive tract Dodo in order to germinate.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Fanged deer or elk vampire
Vampire deer is one of the animals was found at 60 years ago, and then in 2008 to 2009 the researchers found them back in the province of Nuristan in Afghanistan Area.
These deer are known with fanged deer (musk deer), deer and native Kashmir Himalayas in northern India, the region of Kashmir, Pakistan and the northern part of Afghanistan. These deer were fanged only the males and their use during the breeding season to compete for females.
Fanged deer is endangered, this animal creepy but these animals do not suck blood and fangs are used during the breeding season only.
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| Musk Deer |
This produces musk deer are very valuable, it is used in perfumes, medicines and incense. gland in animals is very appreciated and is more expensive than gold. Normally reach $ 45,000 / kilo on the black market.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Strange animals, giraffes Beetles
Giraffe weevil, strange animals which again comes from Madagascar. These animals gained its name from the "neck" long which briefly looked like a giraffe.
For male beetles, neck serves to fight and compete for females. As for the female beetles, long neck would be used to build a nest for their eggs.
With the neck along the 2.5 centimeter, expressed as a giraffe weevil beetle with the longest neck in the world. This animal was first discovered in 2008.
Although this species is not listed as threatened or endangered, little is known about this species because it had just discovered in 2008. However, the normal population and impressive, they are not preceded by other species. Suspected that eggs are sometimes eaten by small insects, making stud for protective roam after mating, but this is not proven.
For male beetles, neck serves to fight and compete for females. As for the female beetles, long neck would be used to build a nest for their eggs.
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| Strange animals, giraffes Beetles |
With the neck along the 2.5 centimeter, expressed as a giraffe weevil beetle with the longest neck in the world. This animal was first discovered in 2008.
Although this species is not listed as threatened or endangered, little is known about this species because it had just discovered in 2008. However, the normal population and impressive, they are not preceded by other species. Suspected that eggs are sometimes eaten by small insects, making stud for protective roam after mating, but this is not proven.
Friday, October 2, 2015
Skunk animals that rely on smell
Skunk is a unique animal, this animal is almost similar to weasels and included as mammals, Skunk has a long snout and bushy. They entered the Sunda Stink Badger species. feathers colored dark brown or black and white there is a pattern of the tail to the head.
Skunk in the know with animals that secrete fluids issuance foul when they feel threatened. The fluid very foul and pungent odor is removed from the rectum them as a defense from predators who would prey on them.
Skunk has two anal glands one from each side of the anus, the glands are sulfur chemicals include methyl mercaptans and butyl thiols. At camouran can produce a very pungent stench of rotten eggs, garlic and like burning rubber.
If in terms of the food they eat insects, earthworms, snakes, frogs, mice, birds, and eggs, sometimes they eat fruits, mushrooms, roots and leaves, they are essentially animals Omnivore. They prefer to be alone and their activity in the evenings during the day they prefer to hide in the tunnel.
They usually emit a foul odor in kelanjarnya if they feel threatened. The trick with turned into enemies and lifting his tail and lasung spray to the enemy. Here's a glimpse of this Skunk as knowledge taken from several sources.
sources : Anek Uteun
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