Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
Friday, 8 March 2013
Sunday, 4 December 2011
Dog
The domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in human history. Dogs perform many roles for people, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship and aiding handicapped individuals. This impact on human society has given them the nickname "Man's Best Friend" in the Western world. In 2001, there were estimated to be 400 million dogs in the world. Colour of dogs varies from white through grays black, browns, light tan, dark red or chocolate.
Images of dogs




Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Bengal Tiger
The Bengal tiger is a tiger found in the Indian subcontinent. The total population is estimated about 2,500 individuals with a decreasing trend.
Images of Bengal tiger





Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Siberian Tiger
The Siberian tiger is also known as the Amur tiger. The Siberian tiger together with the Caspian and Bengal tiger subspecies represents the largest living felid and ranks among the biggest felids that ever existed.
Image of Siberian tiger

Sunday, 16 October 2011
Giraffe
The giraffe is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all extant land-living animal species, and the largest ruminant. The average mass for an adult male giraffe is 1,200 kilograms while the average mass for an adult female is 830 kilograms. It is approximately 4.3 metres to 5.2 metres tall, although the tallest male recorded stood almost 6 metres. Its range extends from Chad in Central Africa to South Africa. Giraffes usually inhabit savannas, grasslands, or open woodlands. However, when food is scarce they will venture into areas with denser vegetation. They prefer areas with plenty of acacia growth. They will drink large quantities of water when available, which enables them to live for extended periods in arid areas.
Photo of Giraffe
Kangaroo
A kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae. Kangaroos are found in Australia. The smaller macropods are found in Australia and New Guinea. Kangaroos have large, powerful hind legs, large feet adapted for leaping, a long muscular tail for balance, and a small head. Like most marsupials, female kangaroos have a pouch called a marsupium in which joeys complete postnatal development. They are not farmed to any extent, but wild kangaroos are shot for meat, leather hides, sport, and to protect grazing land for sheep and cattle. Although there is some controversy, harvesting kangaroo meat has many environmental and health benefits over traditional meats. The kangaroo is a national symbol of Australia. The kangaroo is important to both Australian cultures.
Image of kangaroos
Saturday, 15 October 2011
Zebra
Zebras are related to horse family and best known for their distinctive black and white stripes on body. Their stripes come in different patterns unique to each individual. They are generally social animals that live in small harems to large herds. Unlike their closest relatives, horses and asses, zebras have never been truly domesticated. There are three species of zebras: the plains zebra, the Grévy's zebra and the mountain zebra. The unique stripes of zebras make these among the animals most familiar to people.
Image of a special zebra having half white colour called zorse
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Bear
Bears are mammals. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. There are only eight living species of bears. They are found in the continents of North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The polar bear is mostly carnivorous and the giant panda feeds almost entirely on bamboo, the remaining six species are omnivorous, with largely varied diets including both plants and animals.
Image of Polar Bear with cub
Elephant
Elephants are large land mammals on Earth. Three species of elephant are generally recognized, the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant (also known as the Indian elephant). They typically live for 50 to 70 years, but the oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years. The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1956.
Image of an Elephant
Image of an Elephant
Lion
The lion is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia. They were found in most of Africa, across Eurasia from western Europe to India, and in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru. Lions live for ten to fourteen years in the wild, while in captivity they can live longer than twenty years. In the wild, males seldom live longer than ten years, as injuries sustained from continual fighting with rival males greatly reduce their longevity.
Image of Lioness with cub
Introduction of Animal
Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently. All animals are also heterotrophs, meaning they must ingest other organisms or their products for sustenance.
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