Tuesday, March 27, 2012

American Avocet


The American Avocet is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. This avocet has long, thin, gray legs, giving it its colloquial name, "blue shanks". The plumage is black and white on the back with white on the underbelly. The neck and head are cinnamon colored in the summer and gray in the winter. The long, thin bill is upturned at the end. The adult is about 45 cm (18 inches) tall.
The breeding habitat is marshes, beaches, prairie ponds, and shallow lakes in the mid-west and on the Pacific coast of North America. American avocets form breeding colonies numbering dozens of pairs. When breeding is over the birds gather in large flocks, sometimes including hundreds of birds. Nesting occurs near water, usually on small islands or boggy shorelines where access by predators is difficult. The female lays four eggs in a saucer-shaped nest, and both sexes take turns incubating them. Upon hatching, the chicks feed themselves; they are never fed by their parents.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Colubrid snakes

The Colubrid snakes are sometimes refered to as "typical snakes". They comprise the largest family by far with over 2000 species worldwide. Most are medium sized snakes, and all lack a pelvic girdle and have no vestigial hind limbs and whose left lung is either absent or greatly reduced. Most species are considered members of two large subfamilies, Colubrinae and Natricinae which are distinguished by the presence (Natricinae) or absence (Colubrinae) of spines on the lumbar vertebrae. Both subfamilies contain over 200 genera. The Colubrinae subfamily includes two of the genera popular with herpetoculturists, Elaphe and Lampropeltis. The Natricinae subfamily includes water snakes (Nerodia) and garter snakes (Thamnophis) among others. With a family this large, there will always be disagreements about classification, especially regarding the numbers and types of subspecies. This list includes 102 species of Colubrid snakes found in North America. Subspecies are not included in this scheme. Other lists may vary. 

Friday, March 23, 2012

water animals frog

A Frog is a small, tail less animal that has bulging eyes. Almost all frogs have long back legs. The strong hind legs make the frog able to leap farther than the length of its body. Frogs live on every continent except Antarctica, but tropical regions have the greatest number of species. Frogs are classified as amphibians. Most amphibians, including most frogs, spend part of their life as a water animal and part as a land animal. Frogs are related to toads, but are different from them in a few ways. The giant frog of west-central Africa ranks as the largest frog. It measures nearly a foot (30 centimeters) long. The smallest species grow only 1/2 inch (1.3 centimeters) long. Frogs also differ in color. Most kinds are green or brown, but some have colorful markings. Although different species may vary in size or color, almost all frogs have the same basic body structure. They have large hind legs, short front legs, and a flat head and body with no neck. Adult frogs have no tail, though one North American species has a short, tail like structure. Most frogs have a sticky tongue attached to the front part of the mouth. They can rapidly flip out the tongue to capture prey. Frogs have such internal organs as a heart, liver, lungs, and kidneys. Some of the internal organs differ from those of higher animals. A frog's heart has three chambers instead of four. And although adult frogs breathe by means of lungs, they also breathe through their skin. The eggs of different species vary in size, color, and shape. A jelly like substance covers frog eggs, providing a protective coating. This jelly also differs from species to species. Some species of frogs lay several thousand eggs at a time. But only a few of these eggs develop into adult frogs. Ducks, fish, insects, and other water creatures eat many of the eggs. Even if the eggs hatch, the tadpoles also face the danger of being eaten by larger water animals 

Tiger animals

The tiger looks like a big cat. It has a long tail. Its strong body is brownish with black stripes on it. Its padded feet have sharp claws. Its four teeth, two in the upper jaw and two in the lower jaw are sharper and stronger than the rest. A tiger can be about eight to ten feet long, and three to four feet in height. The tiger is fond of blood and flesh. It carries off calves of cows, buffaloes, goats etc. from villages. It lives in dense forests. It lies in ambush, and suddenly springs upon its prey like deer, zebra and similar other animals in the forest. It sleeps by day, and hunts by night. It kills animals, even when it is not hungry. It is a very cruel and ferocious wild animal.Tigers are generally found in the forests of Sunder bans in West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Central India. There are also big sized tigers in African jungles. The Royal Bengal Tigers of Sunder bans are the most beautiful of all.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Dolphin animals

    Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in seventeen geaner. They vary in size from 1.2 m (4 ft) and 40 kg (90 lb), up to 9.5 m (30 ft) and 10 tonnes. They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continelnta shelves, and are carnivores, mostly eating fish and squid. The family Delphinidae is the largest in the Cetacea, and relatively recent: dolphins evolved about ten million years ago, during the Miocene. Dolphins are considered to be amongst the most intelligent of animals and their often friendly appearance and seemingly playful attitude have made them popular in human culture.Dolphins are often regarded as one of Earth's most intelligent animals, though it is hard to say just how intelligent dolphins are, as comparisons of species' relative intelligence are complicated

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Fish water animals

Fish are a class of aquatic vertebrates.  The combination of gills, fins and the fact that they live only in the water make fish different from all other animals. Fish spend all of their lives in the water and are cold-blooded with the exception of Tuna family and the Mackerel shark family.They range in size from the largest .

Sheep animals

 As allegorical figures, the sheep stand in for the massive propaganda machine that Stalin set up as he came to power in Russia. Yet they might also be taken to represent the masses that were all too easily swayed by that same propaganda. The sheep’s adherence to simplistic slogans and repetition seems to destroy any possibility of independent thought, and allows Napoleon to fool the rest of the animals over and over again. For this reason, the sheep seem to be a commentary on the very nature of propaganda: it is not clear where propaganda begins and ends, but those who take it in unthinkingly and continue to spread it become part of the totalitarian regime, whether or not they realize it.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Camel animal

The camel is about nine feet high. It has a very long neck. It is arched like a bow. Its legs are long and thin. But its feet are broad. Under its feet there are pads. They do not let the feet sink in the sand. Its long neck is quite strange. The upper lip is cleft. It hangs on both the sides of the month. He is furnished with a fifth stomach. It serves as a reservoir of water in long journeys. The camels are of two kinds- the Arabian and the Bactrian. An Arabian camel is like a camel that is found in India. It has four legs and a hump on its back. The Bactrian camel has two humps. Its whole body is covered with long hair. It is smaller than Arabian camel.The camel is very painstaking and patient. It can walk nearly one hundred and twenty five kilometers a day. Heat has no effect on it. It is rightly called ‘Ship of desert’. It can travel through desert for a weak or so without taking a drop of water. When a storm comes, it lies down. It cries when it is being loaded.

Buffalo animals

Buffaloes are very large animals that sort of resemble a bull. They have a big hump on their back close to their shoulders. Buffaloes have large heads to fit their body. Male buffaloes are called bulls and females are called cows. A male's head appears much larger because of its long beard. An adult male Buffalo averages 11½ feet in length and stands about six feet tall from ground to hump. While females average a little smaller these very large creatures weigh around 2,000 pounds.Buffaloes are very large animals that sort of resemble a bull. They have a big hump on their back close to their shoulders. Buffaloes have large heads to fit their body. Male buffaloes are called bulls and females are called cows. A male's head appears much larger because of its long beard. An adult male Buffalo averages 11½ feet in length and stands about six feet tall from ground to hump. While females average a little smaller these very large creatures weigh around 2,000 pounds.Buffalo go through several physical changes throughout the year. Their activities also change with the seasons. Buffalo fur is mostly dark brown with black patches; it is very thick and warm. To help during the cold nights in places like Wyoming where it can get to 40°F below zero. But when spring comes and it becomes warmer the buffaloes shed their thick coats. In the summer insects and fleas bother the buffalo to get rid of them, buffalo wallow- roll around in the dust and mud to smother the biting insects. In the fall the buffalo prepare for cold prairie winters. It summer coat turns dark and thick while the first layer is wooly to hold in the warmth.

Monday, March 5, 2012

The birds


Birds have indeed created in a mess and known to be disastrous to a newly painted building. A Nightmare for Builders, Architects and Home owners where every design for aesthetic appeal needs to be reviewed due to bird droppings. For Factories where birds create a havoc leading to direct monetary losses, it is the worst site to have a nest or group of them visiting the site regularly.
 
Bird Droppings, as you know, are so acidic that can cause permanent damage to stone and painted metals. Also, the diseases they spread, to name a few, Salmonellosis, Encephalitis, Cryptococcosis, Ornithosis, Hisoplasinosis etc. which includes Breathing And Skin Disorders. It may be good luck in a few cultures to have a bird dropping on your shoulder, but surely nobody likes it. We definitely want to get rid of them from perching and poaching in our homes and outside, without causing any harm to them.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Camels

Camels have been designed for use in deserts. They can store the rations inside their bodies. Hence, they can travel in the long deserts weeklong without any food or water. Their legs have been planned mainly for the sands. Hence, camels are called ships of the desertore than 3,000 years ago an ungainly but useful desert aimal was domesticated in Arabia. It was the Arabian camel, a long-legged beast withone large hump on its back. It could cross hot deserts without needing much water, and it could carry heavy loads without tiring. The two-humped Bactrian camel of central Asia was also domesticated long ago. It is sturdier than the Arabian and can carry heavier loads. During the winter, its brownish hair is thick and long for protection from the cold nights. It sheds is hair in patches in the spring, as the weather warms up. Camels are hornless hoofed mammals. Their hoofs are like leathery pads. 

Cock

Cock is a common kind of domestic bird. It wears a red crest on its head. This crest is known as the cock's comb. The cock is an early riser. Many people rise at the time of cock-crow. The cocks crow and rouse us from our sleep. The female of the cock is called the hen. She lays eggs. She warms her eggs and hatches them into chickens. Her eggs are very nutritious. We should rear these birds for their eggs. Its flesh is good for health.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Snow Leopard



Snow leopards are listed in CITES as Appendix 1 animals. They are protected over most of their range but are still killed by sheep ranchers because of the losses snow leopards inflect on livestock. The Snow Leopard Stewardship Project was developed to address those predator-livestock issues. Visit our friends at the Snow Leopard Conservancy for more information.Currently the scientific community believes there are only one sub-species of snow leopard. In the most simple type of classification the snow leopards are one of three cats that biologist have a difficult time classifying the genera as a big cat or small cat. The big cats are considered Panthera and the small cats Felis. The snow leopard does not fit very well in either classification and are classified Uncia.The snow leopard primary prey species are the sheep and goat native to the reign, (blue sheep, ibex, markhor, and argali). They have also been know to prey on the smaller mammals and birds in the area.
Currently the scientific community believes there are only one sub-species of snow leopard. In the most simple type of classification the snow leopards are one of three cats that biologist have a difficult time classifying the genera as a big cat or small cat. The big cats are considered Panthera and the small cats Felis. The snow leopard does not fit very well in either classification and are classified Uncia.
The snow leopard primary prey species are the sheep and goat native to the reign, (blue sheep, ibex, markhor, and argali). They have also been know to prey on the smaller mammals and birds in the area.