dachshund on leash; how to determine your dog's healthy weight Credit: SeventyFour / Getty Wouldn’t it be easy if you could just weigh your dog and know instantly that she was just the right weight, just the right size, and perfectly healthy? Bad news: It doesn’t work that way. If you own a purebred dog, the American Kennel Club does offer an extensive weight chart for male and female adult dogs by breed....
There are millions of moons and stars in the Solar System.The Enceladus moon is one of the millions of tiny elements of the vast Solar System. The Enceladus moon is a natural satellite of the planet Saturn.Enceladus was discovered by Frederick William Herschel back in the year 1789. However, most of its important features were actually explored during the Cassini mission which was set to take a deep dive into Saturn and its atmosphere....
Antigua and Barbuda is probably one of the most fascinating sister islands near the Caribbean Sea.Christopher Columbus found these sister islands in 1493, but it was much later that Antigua and Barbuda became a British colony. These low-lying islands have a very pronounced deficiency of fresh groundwater.For this reason, the Spanish refused to colonize Antigua and Barbuda even when they had a chance. The British first found and settled in Antigua in 1632....
grey tabby cat laying on wooden bench who was reunited with family after 11 years Credit: kozorog / Getty Legendary author Thomas Wolfe once wrote that you can’t go home again, but clearly Tom had never met Fergus the cat. Fergus is a tabby cat from the Scottish town of Forres. He’d been living his life as an indoor/outdoor cat with his human, Fiona Mutter for almost four years before he went missing back in 2010....
The majestic Amur falcon (Falco amurensis) feeds primarily on rodents and rabbits but will also take advantage of any opportunity for small birds if it presents itself. The largest animals these magnificent Amur falcon (Falco amurensis) birds of the world hunt include hares, squirrels, and wild boar piglets. These birds are a potentially endangered species as their habitat has been threatened by developments and human encroachment. They have also come under attack from commercial trapping operations....
The Brachytrachelopan is a short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Oxfordian and Tithonian ages of the Late Jurassic epoch in Argentina. These dinosaurs’ fossils were in found 16 mi (25 km) northeast of Cerro Cóndor, Chubut Province, in the Cañadón Calcáreo Formation. These were found due to fluvial sandstone exposure due to erosion, and the only known specimen is on display in the Museum of Palaeontology Egidio Feruglio.The excavated fossil of the Brachytrachelopan mesai was incomplete due to erosion....
The Cape wagtail (motacilla capensis), commonly known as Cape wagtails, are chubby chirpy garden birds. They belong to the super-diverse family of Motacillidae consisting of wagtails and pipits. Mostly found in Southern Africa. There are numerous sub-species of the Motacilla capensis which include the Mountain wagtail, African pied wagtail, Western yellow wagtail, White wagtail, and the common gray wagtail. They belong to the Passerine order which means they are songbirds. Local to open areas, these birds are rather found among human beings than dense jungles....
The conger eel belongs to the Animalia kingdom from the family Congridae. Its binomial name is Conger conger and congers are animals that usually prefer deep oceans and seas and are found in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic from Cape Cod in Massachusetts to northeastern Florida in the United States and the northern Gulf of Mexico. They are slippery and are one of the smoothest marine animals with blue, black, and greyish skin color....
Few birds make calls sounds like a pleasant song. Therefore, these birds are usually called songbirds. But do you know, there is one songbird known as the state bird of Missouri and New York? Don’t worry! The answer is an eastern bluebird. To know more exciting facts about the eastern bluebird, continue reading our article.The eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) is a small North American migratory bird that belongs to the Passeriformes order and the Turdidae family....
The golden-fronted woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) is a North American bird of the family Picidae. These birds of North America are distributed throughout Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, and northern Nicaragua, along with Texas and Oklahoma in Central America. Primarily found in scrublands, brushlands, and open woodlands around rivers or streams, these woodpeckers have four subspecies that differ in shape, the color of the nasal tufts, nape, and belly, and the amount of barring (striped feathers) on the tail....
The Gondwanatitan was a genus of moderate-sized dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous period. It was a type of Sauropod dinosaur that lived in the southern supercontinent called Gondwana. Gondwana comprised the continents of South America and Africa. The name titan in the name Gondwanatitan might suggest a dinosaur of large size, but they were actually quite modest in length in comparison to other related species. The word titan rather indicates the classification of the dinosaur as one of the Titanosaurids....
If you are looking for a predatory fish that can also be safely consumed by humans, then look no further than greater amberjacks. With their scientific name being Seriola dumerili, they are part of the Seriola genus that houses other amberjacks like the lesser amberjack, banded rudderfish, and Japanese amberjack. Being present all over the world, this fish is known by a host of different names. These are the great amberfish, jenny lind, allied kingfish, purplish amberjack, greater yellowtail, rock salmon, yellow trevally, sailors choice, reef donkey, and yellowtail....
The harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) is an American beetle with a beautifully variegated pattern of solid black and markings of yellow, orange, and red on its wing covers. This species is one of the longest long-horned beetles in America, and their antennae are almost longer than their body length!As this species belongs to the Cerambycidae family, males’ forelegs are considerably long, just like all other species in the family. The female beetle of this species also has long front legs; however, they are not as elongated as males....
The Lagerpeton chanarensis belonged to the genus of Lagerpetid Avemetatarsalian dinosaurs and this is the only species in this genus. The name of this dinosaur comes from the Greek words ’lagos’ meaning hare and ‘herpeton’ meaning reptile. It was excavated from the Chanares formation of Argentina, South America by excavator A.S Romer in the year 1971.Fossils that were found were incomplete and the only described fossils are the pelvic girdle, hindlimbs, the posterior presacral, the sacral, and anterior caudal vertebrae....
The Leyesaurus formed an Extinct genus of the Massospondylidae family. The name Leyesaurus originates from the Leyes family of the town Balde de Leyes who collected the dinosaur holotype. The specific name of the type species Leyesaurus marayensis refers to Marayes-El Carrizal Basin, the place from where the fossils were collected. Fun Leyesaurus Facts For Kids What did they prey on? Unknown What did they eat? Herbivore Average litter size? Unknown...
Mackerels are fishes from the North Atlantic which form a rich source of food for both animals and humans. They belong to the Scombridae family and are found in a wide range of seas. These small fishes are pelagic in nature and stay close to the surface. They hardly venture below 1968 ft (600 m) from the surface. The most common species from this family is the Atlantic mackerel, or Scomber scombrus, which has large dorsal fins....
The nutria (Myocastor coypus) is a unique rodent native to the continent of South America and has now become widespread. They are semi-aquatic animals and are identical to native muskrats and beavers. A nutria has a life expectancy of about six years in the wild, whereas that increases up to ten years in captivity. Also called the Coypu, they have coarse brown fur, which is prominent for ethical use. From southern Brazil to Argentina, they are now overpopulated....
Have you ever thought that moths can be cute? Well, the Venezuelan poodle moth can really change your mind.The new species of moth called the Venezuelan poodle moth is quite a mystery. It was discovered in 2009 by zoologist Dr. Arthur Anker of Bishkek, a city in Kyrgystan. Once the Venezuelan poodle moth was discovered or spotted, Dr. Arthur Anker took a photograph of this new species. Many asked whether new species of Venezuelan poodle moth was real or not....
The pygmy falcon, Polihierax semitorquatus, more commonly known as the African pygmy falcon are small birds of prey found in Africa. They are very small in size and often perch on high poles and branches of dead trees. They have very keen eyesight which they use to identify and prey on small animals and mammals, reptiles, and insects. In addition to having sharp eyesight, they are also able to achieve quick bursts of speed during flight and swoop down on the ground and catch their target....
Majestic, strong, and rarely seen alive, the southern Rocky Mountain wolf (Canis lupus youngi) was a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) and a member of the Canidae family of wolves. Identified in 1935, these wolves were an endangered species that were hunted and trapped excessively, which ultimately led to their complete extinction. These majestic wolves were most commonly found in the southern part of the Rockies, where they shared the northern part of the mountains with their cousins, the northern Rocky Mountain wolves, an endangered species....
