World Wildlife
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Arctic hare
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Arctic Foxes
On the Northern Hemisphere these Arctic foxes are found. They are also known as Polar foxes.They are smaller with round ears and large eyes. They have warmest fur just live polar bear and Arctic wolf. These foxes are not endangered worldwide. According to the WWW, there are thousand of Arctic foxes left in the world.
Arctic foxes are on white or gray-blue in color due to the cold environment. Their long fur that changes color with the season for comouflage. On the winter the long hair are in white color and in summer they change into brownish grey. These Arctic foxes have sharp teeth with sharp and curve claws. They have short legs with a log bushy tail. Females foxes give birth to around six to nineteen pups. The new born are helpless and blind. The Young foxes leave the den after the 14 to 15 weeks their born.
Their size is only 10 to 12 inches in height and a 2 to 5 kilos weight. The feed the birds, eggs, small mammals and fish. They are mainly found in North America, Iceland, Greenland, Scandinavia and Siberia. They usually lives up to 15 years age.
Spring Hares
We can find the spring hares across the South eastern Africa. They are not a actually hare but they look like a kangaroo because they have long hind legs and shorter front legs with long tail. they have a head like rabbit. They can jump up to 2 meters in a single jump. These animals are very clever, with a keen sense of sight, smell and hearing. they can easily hear the coming sound from earth. Spring hares are silent animals but in danger they make the noise. They live inside the tunnels and burrow. Young Spring hares get the care of their mother until they are seven weeks old, after which they leave to make their own burrows. The name leveret is called to the young\baby of a Spring hare. The female are called 'doe' and male are called 'jack'. The group of Spring hare is called the 'band' or 'down'. Spring hares has only 14 to 18 inches height and 3 kilos weight. On the upper body reddish brown to pale grey color are found, The lower body color has orange to white as given in the picture. They have large eyes and ears While searching the food and water they travel 5 to 12 miles in night
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Endanger Scarlet Macaw
The Scarlet Macaw is a beautiful and colorful bird just like parrot. It is mainly found in the Mexico and southern Brazil. It is about 90 centimeters in length with bright red with blue and yellow wings, blue and red tail shows the unique feature of Scarlet Macaw. It has a white face with big, sickle-shaped beaks. Its feet are strong and can able to grasp the limbs of a tree very firmly. If we found the adult Macaw then we can see the tail is more than two feet long.Scarlet Macaws are famous for its ability in mimicking and imitating sounds made by the human voice as well as perform tricks. Both the male and females look alike. Abundant fruits and nuts are favorite food of it in the tropical forests which is its habitat. It cracks open the nuts by using its extremely powerful beak and uses its blunt tongue to extract the nut meat.To make a piece of fruit beak are uses to cut out. Even it eats insects and worms. Macaw do not have feathers on its face. It usually travels in a large flock. It is easily live up to 30 years but if they are captive that number can grow up to 75 years. It builds its nest in holes in trees or in between rocks.
Their eyes can let you know if they are old or young, if their eyes is black then they are young and if they have yellow eyes they are older. This bird has become endangered due to the its colorful feathers in fashion in earlier years. Demand has not diminished until now as the young are taken from their nests for pets by poachers. So due to these reason Scarlet Macaw's population is diminishing. Law has been made in most of the countries where the Scarlet Macaw can found.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Endanger Peregrine Falcon
The numbers of Peregrine Falcons have diminishing by the use of poisonous chemicals such as DDT found in their food chain. Their food, for example fish, consume poisonous substances in their food and these fish are contaminated. In turn, the fish are eaten by the falcons and the poisonous substances are passed down to the falcon's body. These chemicals affect their reproductive organs and cause the shells of their eggs to become thin and brittle. These eggs are easily broken when the parents sit on them and the eggs are destroyed. Peregrine Falcon's are endanger due to the destruction of their habitat by human activities. They are also hunted for sport. In efforts to increase their population, release them into areas where they have become extinct have been undertaken.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Endanger Takahe
The Takahe is a flightless bird found in New Zealand only . In 1800's it was thought to be extinct but was rediscovered 1948 on South Island in several remote valleys. The Tahake, is a unique bird which is a largest living member of the whole rail family. They are about 60 to 65 centimeter lenght and around 2-3 kg of weigh. It has a colorful combination of blue colors and copper-green with large red bill and we can see the red shield in the forehead of takahe. It feeds seeds from grasses. It nests on the ground and lays two eggs with black blotches. The young are black in colour with downy feathers. Takahes are endangered due to the destruction of habitat for agriculture and construction of buildings, roads, and dams. They are hunted by animals in the remote valleys of New zealand . The Takahe, being flightless and unable to fly away when danger appear they are quickly destroyed, just like the Dodo Bird.
Endanger Wild Asses
Equus asinus an African Wild Asses Equidae family are often referred to as the true asses and the domesticated. They are mainly found on the plains of Africa and travels in groups. The asses are small, short, sturdy animals of from three to five feet at shoulder height. They have smooth coat is a light grey to fawn colour, fading quickly to white on the undersides and legs. The ears are large with black margins. They are very swift runners and are able to inhabit acrid regions as they have become well adapted to suit the harsh deserts in which they live in. The asses are very territorial. There is a very strong fight between the females and the foals. The herds are formed when several asses come together casually. The tail terminated with a black brush. They are listed on endangered because of the interbreeding between them and other species and cause the wild asses descendants to become fewer and soon vanish. Even due to the Illegal hunting and poaching for sport they are on endangered.
General Characteristics
Body Length: 200 cm / 6.6 ft.
Shoulder Height: 125-145 cm / 4.2-5.5 ft.
Tail Length: 42 cm / 17 in.
Weight: 275 kg / 605 lb.
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