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

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

Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Endanger Takahe


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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