Animal Forum

Excerpt from: news.nationalgeographic.com/news

June 13, 2006—Perhaps not since the Cowardly Lion has an animal’s appearance been so at odds with its attitude.

On June 4 a black bear wandered into a West Milford, New Jersey, back yard, was confronted by a 15-pound (7-kilogram) tabby cat … and fled up a neighbor’s tree. Hissing at the base of the tree, Jack the clawless cat kept the bear at bay for about 15 minutes, then ran him up another tree after an attempted escape.

Finally, Jack’s owner, Donna Dickey, called the cat inside, and the timorous trespasser disappeared back into the woods.

“He doesn’t want anybody in his yard,” Dickey said of Jack in an interview with the Newark Star Ledger.

The SeaWolf from all the other members of the family.Have Both jaws armed with strong conical teeth, and on the sides with two series of large tubercular molars, a biserial band of similar molars occupying the middle of the palate. By these teeth the seawolf is able to crush the hard shells of Crab Lobsters Sea Snails the The rocks between which it hides are usually strewn about with the broken shells of its prey. That it uses the teeth as a weapon of defence and deserves the character of ferocity generally attributed to it would appear to be rather questionable. The teeth wear down because of excessive grinding, so a new set grows in annually. In the interim, however, it is supposed that the fish will fast for months while it waits for the new teeth to grow in.

The Gray Wolf, live in many dinfrent habbtats list below temperate forests
mountains
tundra
taiga
and grasslands.

In the contiguous United States, with the exception of Minnesota and Wisconsin (where they have a threatened status), they are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. They continue to be hunted in many areas of the world as perceived threats to livestock and humans, as well as for sport

Wolf weight and size can vary greatly worldwide, though both tend to increase proportionally with higher latitudes. Many people have an exaggerated idea of the wolf’s size, although it is not a small animal. Generally speaking, height varies from 0.6–0.8 meters (26–32 inches) at the shoulder, and weight can range anywhere from 23–59 kilograms (50–130 pounds), making wolves the largest among all wild canids.

Excerpt from: www.ananova.com

An enormous pink bunny has been placed on an Italian mountainside where it will stay for the next 20 years.

The 200-foot-long toy rabbit lies on the side of the 5,000 foot high Colletto Fava mountain in northern Italy’s Piedmont region.

Viennese art group Gelatin designed the giant soft toy and say it was “knitted by dozens of grannies out of pink wool”.

Group member Wolfgang Gantner said: “It’s supposed to make you feel small, like Gulliver. You walk around it and you can’t help but smile.”

And Gelatin members say the bunny is not just for walking around - they are expecting hikers to climb its 20 foot sides and relax on its belly.

excerpt from denver.yourhub.com

Since most of us can’t make it to the jungles of Africa, we are bringing the jungles to Denver. Keep your eyes open because on October 22, there will be hundreds of mountain gorillas running through the streets of downtown Denver. The Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund is hosting the 2nd Annual Denver Gorilla Run at Six Flags Elitch Gardens and all participants, volunteers and supporters are helping to keep Dian Fossey’s dream alive!

Each participant receives a full gorilla suit — just in time for Halloween. The race starts and finishes with an awards ceremony at Six Flags Elitch Gardens, and all “gorillas” receive a ticket to enjoy the park’s annual Fright Fest. Each participant in the 5.6K fun run/walk will be representing an actual group of gorillas that live in Uganda or Rwanda, Africa

Rabbit also known as Bunnies or Bunnie Rabbits are vegetarian even though many people love these cute little animals they only live about 4-10 years.

Did You Know?
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Rabbits are clearly
distinguished from
the related hares
in that rabbits
are altricial,
having young
that are born
blind and hairless;
many also live
underground in
burrows or warrens.

Difference between Hairs and Rabbits:

Hairs are bigger than Rabbits Hairs are faster than Rabbits Rabbits are fatter than hairs

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Africa is a famous place for a black widow spider there poisons can kill in minutes as the poisons are made for protecting eggs itself and killing prey twice its size

a female Black Widow Spider has a hourglass on its stomach

while male has grey hairs running down its back the female spider is bigger than the the male one

EGGS

After mating a black widow spider will eat the male mating produces eggs and the female spider’s stomach would have swelled twice its in the next two weeks

a black widow spider can only have 2,4 and 6 eyes while other spiders can have 2,4,6 and eight

The Black Bear is a largest bear in the world they are mostly found in Canada and Alaska south into Mexico ,the Atlantic and the Pacific.

Height and Weight: The black bear is about 1.5 m long. Females weigh between 40 and 180 kg while males weigh between 50 and 400 kg , Cubs usually weigh between 200 and 450g at birth.

Food: Black bears are omnivores. They eat a wide variety of foods, relying most heavily on grasses, herbs, fruits, and mast. They also feed on carrion and insects such as

carpenter ants
yellow jackets
bees
termites

they also eat larger prey such as rodents brids (if found on floor) foxs rabbits fish and other animal as well as vegatarian list below

Stephen Robert Irwin i watched about 30 of his programs and he was great fear was nothing that took him for granted he chaught his frist Crcodile when he was nine years old and got a large phyton on his sixth brithday

Born to Lyn and Bob Irwin in Essendon, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Irwin moved with his parents as a child to Queensland in 1970. Irwin described his father as a wildlife expert interested in herpetology whilst his mother Lyn was a wildlife rehabilitator. After moving to Queensland, Bob and Lyn Irwin started the small Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park, where Steve grew up around crocodiles and other reptiles.

A Rhinoceros ( Rhino for short ) are large grey animals that charge approaching enemy with the long horn on the end of its head there small teeth are for herbivore use. there thick 1.5-5 skin a rhino has extreme hearing and sense of smell but poor eyesight

Life: a Rhinoceros can live up to 50 years old

Did You Know?
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A male rhinoceros
is called a bull,
a female a cow,
and the young a
calf; a group of
rhinoceros is called
a “crash”.

Diet:small plant and grass

Did you know?
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If your ever
being charged
by a rhino take
as many turns
as possible rhinos
cant turn while they charge

A Common Seal is found mainly in UK, Ireland and Greenland the temper is perfect as there blubber mainly protects them from the icy wind and cold water. Also there oval shaped bodies are ideal for hunting fish even though there are 400,000 to 500,000 of these Common Seals left they are illegal to hunt in the united kingdom

Height And Size:they may reach an adult length of 1.85 metres and a weight of 130 kilograms. Females are generally smaller than males.

Did You Know?:
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Seals only live
up to 30-35
years!

Food:Seals are known to prey primarily upon fish such as menhaden, anchovy, sea bass, herring, cod, whiting and flatfish, and occasionally upon shrimp and squid.

A Gorilla is a large mammal about 165-175 cm in height and many humans mistake a Gorilla for being a large fierce brute even though if not challenged they are clam ,playfull and extremely curious acting more like Monkeys than Gorillas

Food: A Gorilla will eat a large amount of fruit, insect and leaves, they eat up to 300kg of food every day!

DID YOU KNOW?
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If you look a Gorilla
in the eye it will
think you are challenging
to a fight!
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Sex: the male is much bigger than the female the male has a shorter temper than the female also the female doesn’t have a silver back like the male