Rhim Gazelles Animals

Rhim Gazelles obtain water from their food, so they don't have to drink much water to survive.The Rhim Gazelle eats grass and short trees.The Rhim Gazelle lives in the deserts in the northern part of the African continent.The Rhim Gazelle is a medium-sized Gazelle that moves about the desert. Their special hoof enables them to prance along the desert sand where other animals may have trouble walking. But on firm ground they have a hard time. They can't even run faster than a human. This means the Rhim Gazelle has evolved specifically for life in the desert.Until the 1930s, the Rhim Gazelle could be seen in many places in the northern part of Africa. But their numbers began to decline because people started to hunt them. Although they are swift and nimble on desert terrain, they are helpless against armed hunters in cars. Even today, their numbers are still said to be declining.The Rhim Gazelle, which lives in the desert region, is a fast runner on sand. But their numbers are steadily decreasing as armed hunters in cars are hunting them down.Body length: 100-100cm
Tail length: 15-20cm
Weight: 20-30kg

Alligators Animals

Alligators do not truely hibernate, but they do undergo periods of dormancy in cold weather.  They are known to search out caves in the banks of waterways and use them as dens.  Females usually have a small range, while males occupy areas of greater than two miles.  Both sexes become more active and extend their territory during the breeding months of April and May.Special Anatomical, Physiological, or Behavioral Adaptations:  Modern Alligators have many adaptations that make them well suited to their wetland envirnment.  Their eyes, ears, and nose are positioned to peek out just above the waterline so they can locate prey without being easily identified.  Their eyes and nostrils close by reflex when the animal goes underwater, and they have a transparent third eyelid, or nictitating membrane, that covers the eye as the animal moves through the water.Reproduction:  Sexual maturity is based upon the size of the Alligator.  Both sexes are usually considered mature when they reach about six feet long.  In the wild that is about 10-12 years old.  In captivity, though, they can reach maturity much more quickly.  After mating, females construct nests of underbrush.  They lay 35-50 eggs.  There is a 65 day incubation period during which time the female stays close by the nest.  The female knows the babies are ready to hatch when they begin making high-pitched grunting sounds.  At this point she uncovers the nest for the babies to get out. 

Koalas Animals

Koalas are said to be very lazy, but when it comes to getting food, they can climb 150 feet to the top of an Eucalyptus tree and leap from one to another. These "pouched animals" are very quick tempered and very muscular. The Aboriginal meaning of Koala is "no water." Koalas have the ability to drink, but they seldom do. They obtain their water through the eucalyptus leaves. Koalas are excellent swimmers. They are nocturnal, spending their days lounged in a tree and their nights consuming up to 2.5 pounds of eucalyptus leaves. The koalas communicate by a "bellow."Koalas are "arboreal", which means tree dwelling. This fact puts the lives of many Koalas in danger. Since Western colonization, 80% of the Koalas habitat has been destroyed. The remaining 20% is mostly privately owned. Urbanization is also cause for concern. Koalas are very territorial mammals. They do not wander around, they stay put.Although not the greatest threat, Chlamydia, a sexually transmitted bacteria, places strain on the Koala community. There are several strains that cause problems. Chlamydia pecorum and Chlamydia pneumoniae are two that are known to affect Koalas. Chlamydia psitacci is also said to cause problems for these furry animals. This strain can cause blindness, infertility, and other complications that can be fatal. Koalas under the stress of urbanization have widespread, serious problems.The Koala breeds 1 to 2 times per year. The gestation period is about 35 days and the usual litter size is 1 joey, but twins have been reported. At birth the Koala weighs 5.7 grams and is about the size of a thumbnail. The Koalas are "pouched" mammals. At birth the young find their way to the pouch and remain there for up to 7 months. The Koala reaches sexual maturity at the age 4. At maturity the Koalas are about 29.5 inches long and weigh about 20 pounds.  Koalas can survive as long as 20 years. Although the Koalas are marsupials, they are often mistaken for bears.

Sea dragion water animals

Scuba divers can find Leafy Sea Dragons hiding in kelp leaves and seaweed in the water off of Southern and Eastern Australia. One glance at this strangely beautiful creature and the reason for its name becomes apparent. Leafy Sea Dragons, Phycodurus eques, grow leaf-like flaps of skin which help them to blend in with their environment. Divers from around the world flock to Australia to dive with these fragile creatures, who can elude even the most experienced fish-spotter by mimicking the swaying motion of the plant life around them. Sea dragons are qualified as “Near Threatened” and their numbers continue to drop due to habitat destruction and capture for the aquarium trade.

Red Kangaroo Animals

The Red Kangaroo  is the largest living marsupial. These animals are mostly found in the dry inland Australia, including desert, grassland, mallee, and mulga country. It is able to go with out drinking as long as green grass is available and it adapts well to drought. Despite its name, the Red Kangaroo is sometimes a blue-grey color, particularly the female. Even though these animals look cuddly, they are to be approached with caution. They have evolved with a  large claw attached to its hind leg, therefore this makes marsupials very dangerous.Red Kangaroos can hoop as fast as 40 mph (64 km).  They use this as their first line of defense.  Kangaroos have a tendon in the leg which acts like a rubber band, conserving energy as the animal moves lands.  Red Kangaroos actually expand less energy in locomotion as they move faster, up to very fast speeds.  Females become sexually mature at 15-20 months old, and males become mature at about 2 years old.  The embryo from the female Kangaroo is virtually pea-size.  Several days before the female gives birth, she begins to clean out her pouch until it is free of debris and dirt.  The Joey (baby/young kangaroo) will resume to stay in the pouch for 235 days.  Inside the pouch there is an adequate amount of nipples for the Joey.  Each nipple is designed to transfer the Joey through the different stages of the growing process.  For example, the first nipple will take care of the Joey for the first couple of weeks and the second nipple will take care of the Joey for the next couple of weeks etc.  The Joey will play a game like peekaboo until he/she gains enough courage to enter the new world.  To get out of the pouch to wander, the Joey is aided by a group of muscles that the female has in the opening o the pouch. 

Lesser Kaudu Animals

The Lesser Kudu is one of the most beautiful antelopes in Africa. Kudus are considered by many one of the most handsome of the tragelaphine antelopes, which are: bongo, eland, nyala, bushbuck and sitatunga. Their beautiful horns are the origin of the obscure tradition of scouting: Their elegant spiral horns hollowed out as a wind instrument, are used as signal horns to call Scout camps and training courses together. This happens all over the world. In Africa horns are also used for honey containers, musical instruments, and symbolic ritual instruments; the horns are thought to be the dwelling places of powerful spirits, and others as a symbol for male potency.  A lesser kudu is about 200 pounds and about 40 inches at the shoulder. Kudus have  stripes and spots on the body. They have white patches on the upper and lower parts of the neck, 11-15 very distinctive white stripes on the sides, a chevron between the eyes and a crest of long hair along the spine, there is no beard (imberbis=not bearded.) Male kudu are bluish-gray, grayish-brown, or have a rust color. Females and young are reddish-brown. In general kudus have slender legs with black and white markings. They have great spiral long horns. Horns can grow up to 72 inches, making 2&1/2 twists; occasionally females will have small horns. The horns are used in defense of predators; horns are not an impediment in wooded habitats; the kudu tilts the chin up and lays the horns against the back helping it to move easily through the dense bush. (The picture above shows a greater kudu as he moves through woodland) Lesser kudus are originally from Africa (Somalia). They are found in acacia and commiphora thornbush in arid savannas; kudus inhabit the dry thorn-bush countries of Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania ( Eastern Africa). Lesser kudus rely on thickets for security; the dense thickets in the plains of Africa provide the kudu cover in which to seclude itself. They are rarely found in the open or scattered bush. Lesser kudus are secretive by nature. They are shy and wary in the wild. They appear in the morning or late afternoon, eat twigs, leaves and young shoots. The rest of the day they remain secluded in dense vegetation; they are usually active at night, seeking shelter soon after sunrise. The hierarchy among males is determined by age and size. Males about the same age and size show their dominance in sparring contests in which they slowly approach one another, lock horns and push back and forth until one gives up; no serious injuries result, but remains of animals have been found where two combatants have locked their horns in such way that they could not disengage. This is just a way to show dominance, which is usually quick and peaceful; at the end this is determined by a lateral display in which one male stands sideways in front of the other trying to look as large as possible so, if the other is suitably impressed, dominance is established. The areas overlap extensively with no apparent territoriality, and different parts are used in different times of the year. Individual home range averages 2.2 square kilometers for males and about 1.8 for females. Population density rarely exceeds one animal per square kilometer. The alarm call is a sharp bark.

Coyotes Animals

Coyotes are not as likely to form packs like wolves. However, hunting can be done alone, in pairs, or as a family, depending on the prey. An interesting fact is that the coyote will sometimes form a partnership with the badger. The coyote will use its sense of smell to find a burrowed rodent, and then the badger uses its claws to dig it up. Both the coyote and the badger will share the victim.The coyote is continuously trying to be killed by humans through either hunting or poison but the coyote rarely takes the poison bait because it usually prefers to catch and kill its own prey. Humans are also having a hard time hunting it because it likes to stay around large herds of deer or antelope, which are only easily located in national parks.Courtship lasts usually for about 2 to 3 months. Once a female has chosen her partner, they may remain together for several years but not usually for a lifetime. The gestation period is from 60 to 63 days. The usual litter size is 6, but can range from 1 to 19. Coyotes give live birth, but when the coyote pups are born, they are born blind. The pups are fed by regurgitation of food by both parents. Male pups usually leave the den between 6 and 9 months, while the females usually remain with the parents. The pups reach the average adult size by 12 months. Coyotes mate with domestic dogs and sometimes with the gray wolf.Coloration varies from grayish brown to a yellowish gray. The throat and belly are whitish and the tail is half the body length of the coyote. The tail is bottled shaped with a black tip. Coyotes are smaller than gray wolves but larger than foxes.

Pronghorns animals

Both the female and male pronghorns have horns but the females' are tiny spikes versus the males' 12-18 inch horns.  They are the only animals in the world who shed their horns annually.
The color of these pronghorns varies from tan to dark brown with white patches on their stomach and on their rumps.  The male pronghorns have black patches on the lower jaw below the eye and a black mask extending back from the nose.  These markings make it easier for us to distinguish the males from the femalPronghorns usually breed for the first time when they get to be 16-17 months of age. The pronghorns' mating season is in the fall.  The babies are usually born in late May or early June with the majority of the births being twins.   The newborns don't have an odor when they're born and know to stay perfectly still for hours.  This is their defense from predators such as coyotes. es.he zoo only had one Pronghorn on displayed when I went.  He was amoung a bunch of giant American Bisons which made him look a lot smaller than what he really was.  For the most part, he laid still in the afternoon sun.  He didn't seem to have a care in the world.

Spider monkey animals

Spider monkeys tend to join together in small groups where fruit is plentiful. They live in social groups of two the thirty members. Their social behaviors are learned, along with survival skills, from the older members of the group. Young females learn parenting skills by observing the mothers of the group and by helping. The long slender arms and legs with the prehensile tail allow for a variety of locomotion mannerisms. They may walk upright or down on all fours. With the help of their tail, they may travel below branches, swing between branches, and also leap to another tree. Spider monkerys are also known to steal food and babies of the howler monkeys. Females bear one young after 226 to 232 days of gestation. They have no breeding season. The species is endangerThe spider monkey lacks a thumb, so they are not very good manipulators. They have a prehensile tail that makes up for the lack of a thumb because it can be used like a hand to carry objects with . The tail has a fleshy pad on its underside which allows them to hang securely with hands free.The tail is strong enough to grip a limb and support its entire body weight. There were only approximately 400 left in 1993. The reason this has occurred is because of intense hunting and massive habitat destruction.The spider monkeys at the Fort Worth Zoo all came from Alabama except for one, which came from South Dakota. The male has been sterilized so that no more breeding will take place. Three births have taken place among them since they got there. The oldest spider monkey at the Fort Worth Zoo is recorded to have been born in 1966.When humans come into area around them, they become very excited. They throw fruit or anything available and run around very energetically. They make threatening noises and gestures. The spider monkeys also act very humanlike in some ways. The games that they play together look like games that human children play. They also seem to be worried about their appearance somewhat the way humans do. They are always putting their hair back into place and picking bugs off each other.

Asiatic Jackal

The Asiatic Jackal  is the largest jackal among the three species of Genus Canis. These three species have small to medium sized animals, and differ from each other on the basis of color and habitat. The Asiatic Jackal genetically resembles the gray wolf and the coyote. The Asiatic Jackal is also called GThe Asiatic Jackal is very similar to the wolf in terms of appearance but is smaller and lighter. Its tail and legs are proportionately shorter and the torso is slightly elongated. The Asiatic Jackal'Asiatic Jackals are usually found alone or in pairs. However jackals moving in small packs are also common, especially when hunting. Territorial behavior is prevalent and both genders have a tendency to mark and defend their territories.s tail is also bushier and straighter than that of a wolfJackals are said to be of some help to humans as they scavenge through waste and keep away pests such as rodents and rabbits by preying on them..olden Jackal or Common Jackal.This species can be easily hybridized with domestic dogs.

Cougar Animals

 The cougar is found in most parts of the North and South America except the arctic. Its population is now dwindling and even vanishing in places where it used to be abundant. It is very territorial and solitary, avoiding even its own Social lives of the cougar: The cougar or mountain lion lives a very solitary existence. Mountain lions are only not alone when a mother has cubs and during mating season. The mountain lion not only avoid its own kind,  but human contact. Yet, the more we humans take away the land, the more humans and mountain lions will come into contact with each other. When contact is made mountain lions are known not to be aggressive and will run unless corneMountain lion litters usually have 2 to 3 cubs. The cubs are blind at birth and are very vulnerable. This weakness of the cubs makes the adult mountain lion a fierce defender of its young. This fierce defense is not only against other species of animals but its own too. In fact, more mountain lions are killed by each other, than by other animals or humans. red or surrounded. kind except to mate. Its prey are usually deer, sheep, goats, and other similarly sized game. The cougar or mountain lion can climb up and down trees. The cougar can also jump up cliffs that are up to 18 ft. tall as well cover ground with incredible speed anAnother special adaptation of the mountain lion is the size of their abnormally large paws and their long tail. These large feet are used for jumping great heights and their long tails are used to balance themselves on their jumps and steep edges. d grace. It has a distinctive call  midway between a cough or a snarl. Despite its large size it is incapable of roaring.

Depression

Depression is a low mood .While we all feel sad, moody or low from time to time, some people experience these feelings intensely, for long periods of time and often without reason. People with depression find it hard to function every day and may be reluctant to participate in activities they once enjoyed. This time we are cannot work all types . Our moot of situation this time. 

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African Elephant

African elephants also known as African bush elephants or African savanna elephants, are the largest living land mammal. African elephants have a large head, large ears, and a long muscular trunk. The two front incisors of African elephants grow into large tusks that curve forward. Tusks are present in both male and female African elephants. The African elephant's trunk has two fingerlike outgrowths, one at the top edge of the tip and another on the bottom edge. These outgrowths, also called proboscides, enable the elephant it to pick up small objects and strip leaves from trees.African elephants, like most elephants, require a great deal of food to support their large body size. They can eat up to 350 pounds of food each day and their foraging can drastically alter the landscape. The African elephant's predators include lions, hyenas, and humans.The basic social unit in African elephants is the maternal family unit. Sexually mature males also form groups while old bulls are somtimes solitary. Large heards can form, in which the various maternal and male groups mix.African elephants are classified as vulnerable by the IUCN. The main threats facing African elephants are hunting and habitat destruction. The species is targetted by poachers who hunt the elephants for their valuable ivory tusks.