Dog herpes is most dangerous to young puppies under four weeks of age. The bad news is that this virus is quite common and is often fatal in young pups, but the good news is that it can be prevented with common sense care for new mama dogs and their litters. Can Dogs Get Herpes? Unfortunately, yes. Dogs have their own species-specific strain of herpes known as canine herpesvirus (CHV). It is spread through bodily fluids from the nose, mouth, and genitals....
cat eating dry cat food; Texas pet food recall Credit: Lourdes Balduque / Getty A Texas manufacturer is recalling some of its dry cat food out of salmonella concerns. TFP Nutrition announced Friday it’s voluntarily recalling some of its HEB Texas Pets Indoor Complete Dry Cat Food that was made at its Nacogdoches plant back on Nov. 13. The company didn’t disclose how any potential salmonella was detected. The food was distributed to HEB stores in Texas, and staff at those stores have since taken the 16-pound bags off shelves....
cat held in woman's lap Credit: Waitforlight / Getty On This Page Do Cats Sense Sadness? How Cats Interpret Human Emotions How Human Emotions Affect a Cat It's not a cat's fault that they get a (false) bad rap when it comes to socialization and bonding. Dogs, or man's best friends, were domesticated as social friends long before cats. This means they have a head start on understanding us—including knowing when we're feeling blue and how to cheer us up....
Atlantosaurus montanus, synonym to Titanosaurus montanus or Titanosaurus montanus Marsh, was named by Othniel Marsh in 1877. Marsh’s first choice for the name was Titanosaurus, but the name was already used by Richard Lydekker, so Marsh had to rename its fossils. Atlantosaurus was also part of the infamous Bone Wars from the 19th century, infamously known for the time when scientific methodology suffered in favor of pursuit of academic acclaim. At the time when Atlantosaurus was about to be named, the holotype fossils, which are the two vertebrae, had air-filled pockets, which were then considered as unique characteristics for the dinosaur....
What type of animal is a brown-throated conure? Brown-throated conures, also known by the name brown-throated parakeet, is a species of parrot found across northern South America. The bird is native to northern Colombia and northern Venezuela. Fun Brown-throated Conure Facts For Kids What do they prey on? Seeds, fruits, nuts, blossoms, and insects What do they eat? Omnivore Average litter size? 2-7 eggs How much do they weigh? 0.16-0.22 lb (72....
A P. boylii or brush mouse is one of the New World rodent species of the Peromyscus genus found in Central and North America. Like most other mice, the brush mouse is nocturnal in nature and is rarely visible to humans out in the open. They are found in large numbers throughout their home range and do not face any major threat of extinction as of yet. They wander around rocks and logs located within the low grass and shrub cover to hide from their predators....
In this article, we will be talking and learning about one of the most fascinating creatures that inhabit our oceans, the bumphead parrotfish. The bumphead name comes from the fact that they use their large foreheads to ram into coral to help them to feed on algae and live coral. They have quite a few other names such as bumpheads, humphead parrotfish, giant parrotfish, buffalo parrotfish, and also double-headed parrotfish. You can always come across this keystone species while you scuba dive....
The largest moth that is acknowledged in the British Isle is the death’s-head hawkmoth. Yes, it is real! The popularity of this moth is extended to popular culture in form of films and literature. The well-known movie ‘Silence of the lambs’ has incorporated death’s-head hawkmoth as a crucial element. It made an appearance in Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ as an allusion to death, hunger, and catastrophe, in Thomas Hardy’s ‘Return of the native’, and in Keats ‘Ode to Melancholy’....
A group of species consisting of Kauai ʻelepaio (Chasiempis sclateri), Oahu ʻelepaio (Chasiempis ibidis), and Hawaii ʻelepaio (Chasiempis sandwichensis) is known as ʻelepaio. This species belongs to the family of Monarchidae or monarch flycatcher.These birds are endemic to the Hawaiian Island of the United States and primarily dwell in a wide range of forests such as the rainforest and tropical moist broadleaf forest. The species are distributed to three islands Kauai, Oahu, and Hawaii respectively....
The Eurasian brown bear happens to be one of the subspecies of the widespread brown bear. The Eurasian or European brown bears are found mostly in the northern Eurasian regions in the mountain woodlands. There are about 117,000 Eurasian brown bears left in the world. They are found in small quantities in other countries in Europe and Central Asia. These bears are not the same as grizzly bears. There are six different bears referred to as grizzly bears....
The Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus), also known as the European sparrow or the German sparrow, is in the sparrow family. Whilst they can fly in flocks with other species of sparrow, they can be best spotted by their chestnut-colored feathers.Interestingly, these birds did not spread to North America on their own. In 1870, 12 of these birds were brought from Germany and released in Missouri. Since then they have reproduced and their population has spread to other areas in North America around Missouri, including southeastern Iowa and Illinois....
The discovery of the Fukuititan specimen revealed a lot. This dinosaur was named based on the location the specimen was found (Titan from Fukui prefecture) and the type ’F. nipponensis’ means ‘from Japan’. 125 million years ago these dinosaurs inhabited the island, falling within the early cretaceous age. Fukuititan nipponensis was a type of sauropod but smaller than its cousins. Based on this classification, it was regarded as a herbivore. To access plants, these dinosaurs evolved with long necks....
What type of animal is a gold severum? A gold severum (Heros severus) is a type of fish. Fun Gold Severum Facts For Kids What do they prey on? N/A What do they eat? Omnivore Average litter size? Lay up to 1000 eggs How much do they weigh? 0.35 oz (10 g) How long are they? 7 in (18 cm) How tall are they? N/A What do they look like? Golden with red spots...
Irish lord fish is the other name for the genus Hemilepidotus. Hemilepidotus are a group of species of the family Cottidae. The members of this family Cottidae of the superfamily Cottoidea are also known by the name of sculpin. Sculpin is the largest family of fish. The Irish lords are native to the Arctic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean. There are five documented species of fish under the Irish lords....
If the idea of snake excites your child and makes them question their very existence, then this is the right place to be. This section talks about the very well-known, dangerous, and venomous category of snakes called the king cobras. Belonging to the Elapidae family of snakes, king cobras are listed among the deadliest snake categories worldwide. Their venom is so strong that it hardly takes minutes to make a human drop dead....
Do you love small dogs like the chihuahua? Then, you’d love the Mauzer dog. Happy, energetic, and cute, that describes this small dog perfectly. They are loyal, low maintenance, and perfect companions for singles, couples, and families alike. However, they can get a little stubborn and nippy, so it would be a good idea to start training them as early as possible. They need to be dealt with a lot of patience, which is why they are not really recommended for families with little children....
The pug breed is easily one of the most popular breeds in the world. This is primarily because of their tiny size which makes them convenient to maintain and keep in an urban setting where there is a lack of free space. Moreover, pugs are a toy breed. These dog breeds just need love and attention from their family. Pugs aren’t famed for their athletic or physical abilities. In fact, about 30 minutes of exercise a day is usually enough to tire them out....
Bats are warm-blooded creatures of the family Chiroptera. With their forelimbs adjusted as wings, they are the lone vertebrates who love taking flights late at night. Bat species are more flexible than birds, flying with their extremely high intelligence as known by their history. The second-biggest family of well-evolved creatures after rodents, bats contain about 20% of all ordered vertebrate species around the world, with more than 1,400 species. These were generally separated into two suborders, natural product eating megabats, and the echolocating microbats....
The Rainbow Cichlids are popular fish known for their bright coloration, and are usually found in any fresh water body across locations such as Central and South America. They are great fish to keep in a tank, and the Red Rainbow Cichlid size and color is a perfect complement to the range of fish in a tank. They love plants as their primary diet, and do not enjoy fast flowing water, they lack the hardness of their relatives....
Pests can be really annoying! When we think about pets we may often refer to cockroaches or small bugs. But mother nature holds a lot more than this. A kind of pest destroying our gardens is an immature (grubs) scarab, green June beetle. But not to worry, because mother nature has her own ways of balancing the natural world. Scoliid wasps (Scolia dubia) are very important natural agents in control of these beetle pests....
