|
Subject |
Comments |
Views |
Author |
Date Written |
Zonkey?
|
view preview
This is Ippo, a three-month-old Italian zonkey. She is the result of a union between a male zebra and a female Amiata donkey, which is an endangered breed of donkey native to southern Tuscany. Genetic differences between the zebra and the donkey - donkeys have 62 chromosomes and zebras have between 32 and 46 - mean that hybrids like this are most often the result of a male zebra pairing with a female donkey. So far there have only been three recorded cases of a male donkey siring a zebra hybrid. ...
|
|
|
0 |
4510 |
duddy |
10 years ago |
You big fat 'sea' pig!
|
view preview
Sea pigs are marine animals around 15 cm long that live about 1,000 metres down on the deep sea floor. They are scotoplanes (sea cucumbers) and their 'legs' are actually elongated feet which are used to push food into their mouths. The apparent antennae on the front of the head are also feet, used to tread the deep sea water. They feed on deep ocean mud and thrive on the organic material present there. The sea pigs are not considered as a threat to humans and they are not an endangered species. ...
|
|
|
2 |
4073 |
savio |
11 years ago |
World's largest fish species
|
view preview
This photo shows a diver almost being eaten by a whale shark, the world's largest fish species. Marine photographer Mauricio Handler captured the intense moment during a dive in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, when more than 600 of the 12-metre-long animals gathered to feed on tuna spawn.
|
|
|
0 |
3150 |
duddy |
11 years ago |
World's largest animals
|
view preview
The blue whale is not only the largest animal alive currently, but is likely the largest animal ever to have lived. Depending on the location, blue whales can grow to be 33 meters (108 feet) and weigh as much as 181 metric tons (200 imperial tons).They can live to be 90 years old and ingest about 3.6 metric tons (4 imperial tons) of krill each day. Blue whale are considered endangered by the IUCN.
|
|
|
0 |
4238 |
duddy |
10 years ago |
Wombats have cube-shaped poop
|
view preview
Wombat droppings are cube-shaped. This prevents them from rolling away when marking their territory. These cube-shaped poop looks like, but doesn't taste like chocolate brownies.
|
|
|
0 |
12089 |
duddy |
10 years ago |
Wholphin: a fertile hybrid
|
view preview
A wholphin is a rare fertile hybrid born from mating a bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus) (mother), and a false killer whale ( Pseudorca crassidens). Although they have been reported to exist in the wild, the first captive wholphin was born in 1945, where a bottlenose dolphin and a male false killer whale shared a pool. The wholphin's size, color and shape are intermediate between the parent species. For example, an adult wholphin has 66 teeth - intermediate between a bottlenose (88 teeth) and false killer whale (44 teeth). They are smaller than a false killer whale but are larger than a normal bottlenose. Normally, when two different, yet similar species mate, such as a female horse and a male donkey forming a mule, the progeny is expec ...
|
|
|
0 |
6653 |
bio_man |
2 years ago |
Who ever said snakes aren't cute
|
view preview
Blunt headed tree snakes, a genus of colubrid snakes found in Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America.
|
|
|
1 |
7694 |
duddy |
11 years ago |
|
1 |
11461 |
bio_man |
4 years ago |
What it takes to find a mate
|
view preview
This is a mating ritual being performed by a colony of James's Flamingoes ( Phoenicoparrus jamesi), native to Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina. The males will all vocalise together, sticking their necks and heads straight up in the air, and turning them back and forth in unison to attract the females. ...
|
|
|
0 |
4165 |
duddy |
10 years ago |
Watch this ex-circus lion feel grass for the first time
|
view preview
This lion, named Will, spent his life with a traveling circus in Brazil. "For 13 long years, the lion had been confined to a cramped cage and denied any semblance of a normal existence," the Sao Paulo sanctuary wrote.
|
|
|
0 |
1655 |
duddy |
9 years ago |
Walking sushi
|
view preview
While this may look like sushi, it's actually Argentina's pink fairy armadillo. This rarely seen animal has silky white hair and a pinkish carapace; it ranges in size from 3.3 to 4.6 inches (84 to 117 millimeters) long, making it one of the smallest species of armadillos. The animal is also nocturnal and has the ability to bury itself in lightning speed given its long claws, which are an astonishing one-sixth the length of the body. ...
|
|
|
1 |
16915 |
duddy |
9 years ago |
This is why geckos can walk on walks
|
view preview
Geckos have 500,000 keratinous hairs on their feet, which split at the ends to create a large surface area. The hairs allow geckos to scale smooth vertical surfaces.
|
|
|
0 |
1268 |
duddy |
10 years ago |
This beautiful white coat serves as a perfect camouflage
|
view preview
The arctic fox is an incredibly hardy animal that can survive frigid Arctic temperatures as low as –58°F (-50°C) in the treeless lands where it makes its home. It has furry soles, short ears, and a short muzzle - all-important adaptations to the chilly clime. Arctic foxes live in burrows, and in a blizzard they may tunnel into the snow to create shelter. Arctic foxes have beautiful white (sometimes blue-gray) coats that act as very effective winter camouflage. The natural hues allow the animal to blend into the tundra's ubiquitous snow and ice. When the seasons change, the fox's coat turns as well, adopting a brown or gray appearance that provides cover among the summer tundra's rocks and plants. Source: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/ ...
|
|
|
2 |
23545 |
duddy |
9 years ago |
The king of the jungle is disappearing
|
view preview
Lions are now critically endangered in West Africa. Although they once ranged continuously from Senegal to Nigeria, new research has revealed only around 250 adult lions survive in the region, and only one of the four isolated populations contains more than 50 individuals.
|
|
|
1 |
7101 |
duddy |
10 years ago |
|
1 |
5382 |
duddy |
8 years ago |