Do you find ferocious birds or birds of prey intriguing? Then these facts about the bat hawk found in Africa (Macheiramphus alcinus) will be right up your alley. Want to know what makes them so interesting?For starters, they are only found in a limited range on earth as they are native to Sub-Saharan Africa. They can also be found in Madagascar in southern Africa. Apart from their range in Africa, they are also residents of New Guinea and Malaysia....
The central American wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima) is a semi-terrestrial turtle species found mostly in Central America and Mexico. They live in northern Costa Rica, Sonora, El Salvador, Guatemala, southern Nicaragua, Oaxaca, Guerrero and Honduras. They belong to four other subspecies of painted turtles and are named Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima manni as well. The other names of painted turtles include ornate wood turtle, Honduran wood turtle, or painted wood turtle. These animals are a popular domestic turtle breed and often captive-bred in various places....
Do you enjoy reading about small reptiles? Then you are bound to enjoy interesting facts about the Chinese Alligator. Living in the lower Yangtze river basin, this small species has been unfortunately pushed to the brink of extinction in their natural habitat. Scientifically called the Alligator sinensis, this species is now less than 120 in the wild! Though there are a number of efforts to bolster their conservation in the zoo, it is not nearly enough of a conservation effort to bring this small, 5 ft species back to healthy numbers....
The common swift (Apus apus) is a medium-sized bird with amazing flying capabilities that lives in the air. They can remain in flight for up to 10 months continuously! With such an aerial lifestyle, they can do almost anything while flying. Common swifts can hunt, sleep and even breed in flight. Rarely does a swift land, unless it is in their nesting sites. Even predators find it hard to catch swifts and those they catch are usually either young or starving....
The English budgie (Melopsittacus undulatus) is a variation of the native English Budgerigar that was born into existence by selective breeding in England during the 19th & early 20th century. These birds are native to Australia. The budgie or parakeet is often thought of as a beginner bird however, this social, friendly little bird deserves just as much care and consideration as larger parrots. They are one of the most popular pet....
Eshanosaurus, a genus of Therizinosaur dinosaurs from China from the early Jurassic period, is known based on the discovery of three fragments of the partial left dentary that is the lower jaw and teeth, in the Lower Lufeng Formation’s Dull Purplish Beds in Yunnan, China. This dates to around 196 million years ago which can be seen in Beijing’s Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology.The incomplete dentary of Eshanosaurus dates back to the Hettangian stage of the Jurassic....
The exotic shorthair cat is famously known as the ’lazy mans’s Persian cat’, this cat has a similar body and personality to a Persian cat but with small differences such as in the coat, the colour and type of behaviour they exhibit. This cat is extremely expensive to buy but one of the friendliest breed of cats that exists, they get along with every other animal in your house such as dogs, and other animals....
The Great Black Hawk is a raptor and a bird of prey that comes from the hawk family of predatory birds. It is similar to the Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus), but a bit larger and heavier with a different call and tail pattern. It is found mainly in the Neotropics, in Mexico and Central America to Peru, Northern Argentina, Tobago, Panama, and rarely in North America. The Great Black Hawk feeds mainly on reptiles and large insects....
The modest sphinx moth is one of many species of moths in North America. The modest sphinx is of the family Sphingidae, which is known for having large moths. Also known as big poplar sphinx, they can be found in Canada, New Mexico, Maine, Texas, Oregon, Florida, California, Idaho, and many other areas in the west of Northern America. Big poplar sphinx moths are not as colorful as other butterflies and moths and but known for their dull median band range of colors....
The New Zealand quail is an extinct species of bird that was endemic to the country of New Zealand. It is a herbivorous bird that fed on seeds, grass, grains, and nuts. The species was temperate and terrestrial and favored a grassland habitat, more specifically, the lowland tussock grassland. It was also found in open fernlands. The New Zealand quail possibly lived in social groups and for around 2-3 years. It was probably a monogamous bird that laid 10-12 whitish-yellow eggs in a breeding season....
The species of Psittacosaurus mongoliensis inhabited the Earth nearly 101-126 million years ago, particularly during the late Barremian to Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic Era. Some other species of this genus are P sinensis, P lujiatunensis, P sibiricus, and P ordosensis. An abundant fossil record of this ceratopsian has made it the most studied dinosaur of all times. The known fossil remains were procured from various Asian countries namely China, Mongolia, Siberia, Thailand, and Laos....
The Pterodactylus antiquus, also called the Pterodactyl, was a Pterosaur genus of flying carnivorous reptiles. Pterodactyls lived during the Late Jurassic period. While they were not dinosaurs or related to them, they coexisted in the same geological time period as many dinosaurs and competed for the same resources. They had a long, narrow, pointed skull, with sharp elongated teeth lining their straight jaw. Juveniles had crests made of soft tissue on their skulls, which subsequently hardened as the Pterodactylus grew older....
There are three kinds of merganser ducks in North America. The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is a member of the dabbling duck family, which includes teals and pintails. The red-breasted merganser’s range spreads across the Northern Hemisphere in the summer where they have their nesting grounds. The wintering grounds of these birds are saltwater wetlands along coastal shallow waters.The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) gets its name from the serrated edges of its bills....
The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is the largest living crocodilian in the world. With a vast geographical range that spans from the brackish and freshwater regions of Southeast Asia and eastern India to the coastal waters of Northern Australia, the saltwater crocodiles are apex predators and are hypercarnivores (diet comprises more than 70% meat).There are about 24 documented species of crocodiles in the world at present, and the saltwater crocodile is one of them....
The Suchosaurus is a creature of the early cretaceous period. Some holotype fossils, such as teeth have been found in areas that would suggest that the range of habitat of this species was contained in cretaceous England and Portugal. This member of the Spinosauridae family is known to be one of the intensively fish loving species in the history of the world.While the species bears marked resemblance with the Baryonyx walkeri, scientists such as Milner have refrained from merging the two since the holotype fossil for the two species of Suchosaurus are mainly teeth and are not diagnostic....
This Australian dinosaur genus is Walgetoosuchus, although it’s thought to be a dubious genus. A single bone specimen of this species was found in 1905 by Tullie Cornthwaite Wollaston in New South Wales. The opalized fossil was then sent to the British Museum of Natural History.Arthur Smith Woodward was the one to report and describe the specific genus in 1910. However, in 1990, Ralph Molnar classified it as a nomen dubium and an undefined theropod....
dog on beach taking in the sunset tiktok Credit: Courtesy of brookecopeland29 / TikTok The holiday hustle and bustle is here. Between all the shopping, traveling, and cat-proofing, we could use a break. That’s where River can help us. According to her owner—Brooke Copeland on TikTok—this German shorthaired pointer enjoys watching the sunrise on the beach. In her Nov. 4 post, Copeland said the beach is River’s favorite place and it’s the only time she sits still....
Alligators belongs to the family Alligatoridae.Currently, there are only two extant species of alligators left in the wild, the American alligator and the Chinese alligator. While the former is known by several other names such as gator, Florida alligator, Louisiana alligator, and Mississippi alligator, other names for the Chinese species are Yow Lung, T’o, and Yangtze alligator.The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is native to South America and can be found in Florida, Texas, North and South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia, and Oklahoma....
The American pilot Geraldine ‘Jerrie’ Mock was the youngest woman to fly solo.She traveled for about 29 days, 11 hours, and 59 minutes while covering an extensive distance of 23,103 mi (37,180.67 km). Another record of flying across both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean was also set by her.Before she attempted to fly solo, Amelia Earhart was unsuccessful on her flight in 1937, almost two years before the Second World War....
three girls each holding a cat Credit: Courtesy of Brittney Eshelman It’s amazing how much you can accomplish during recess. For 4th graders Callie, Evelyn, and Jenna of Versailles, Ohio, a spark of inspiration a year ago led to some serious brainstorming. “We were reading a story at school about a girl who helped save a zoo that was going to shut down in her community,” Evelyn says in an interview with Daily Paws....
