Showing posts with label cute animal. Show all posts
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Funny animals collection III

Cute tiger playing around

Dog learning the secrets of picking up... other dogs

Small cute pup and mommy dog

Posizioni rilassanti perum gatto...

The panda family

Star wars cats

Mommy tiger and baby tiger

The black cat

So... I was putting on my bears scarf when a tiger walked on

Dancing sheep

Cute kitten

Another cute cat

The praying marmot

Pigeon queen

The elephants decoration

The wet ladybug

Angry birds - the real angry bird

Monkey in the grass

A cutp of kittens

The begging squirrel

Slow Loris - facts and info

Slow Lorises facts and info:
- Slow Lorises are primates/mammals originating from Southeast Asia.
- The Slow Loris possesses a toxic (strong venomous) bite. It is a very rare trait for a mammal indeed. The venom servers as a defense against enemy animals but also the Slow Loris mothers lick the fur of their babies to protect them (by spreading the venom).
- The adult Slow Loris weight is between 2 – 3 pounds.

- Slow Lorises have a range of habitats over a vast area of southern and south-eastern Asia.
- They are endangered due because of their habitat loss and also hunting for illegal pet and traditional medicine trades.
- Slow Lorises diet consists of fruits but also insects, little reptiles, birds, and bird eggs.


- In some parts of Asia, the Slow Loris is a well-respected animal – and it is believed it can cure more than 50 diseases.
- Slow Lorises could also eat tree leaves or tree gum.
- The Slow Lorises can be found in a number of locations in Asia, including China, the Indian subcontinent, etc...

- Slow Lorises have very special pincer-like hands and feet and are perfectly adapted to live on the trees and above the ground.
- The Slow Lorises could live up to 20 years in captivity.
- Slow Loris has large eyes and is adept at seeing in the dark providing the ability to hunt for small animals during the night.


- Currently, there are five to eight species of Slow Loris recognized. The prime species are Greater Slow Loris, Pygmy Slow Loris, Javan, Benga, and Bornean.
- All the Slow Loris species are listed as Endangered or Vulnerable.
- Little is known about Slow Lorises' social structure. It is known though that they communicate with each other by scent marking.

- The name 'Loris' is Dutch in nature and means 'clown', which probably comes from the facial features that help to define the species.
- One of the biggest challenges for the Slow Loris is reproduction. Slow Lorises reproduce slowly, and the infants are initially put over branches or carried by either parent.
- The Slow Loris is omnivores, eating small animals, insects, fruit, vegetables, tree gum, and other vegetation.

- The sexual maturity of the Slow Loris comes after 18 months and they can start mating.
- Slow Lorises are nocturnal animals and they use scent-marking to communicate with each other either for mating or threatening other animals.
- Illegal trading is a really huge problem for Slow Lorises. Together with habitat loss those are the primary reasons for the declining Slow Lorises population.


- Naturally, the Slow Lorises live in South-eastern Asia and Western Indonesia.
- The pygmy loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) lives in the same area and is similar in behavior to the Slow Loris.
- The Slow Loris preferred habitat includes tropical forests, secondary forests, and suburban gardens.

- The Slow Loris is a nocturnal primate with forward-facing eyes and human-like hands with an opposable thumb.
- Slow Lorises have a round head, large eyes (adapted at seeing at night), narrow snout, and a variety of distinctive coloration patterns that are species-dependent.
- The Slow Loris could be found in South and Southeast Asia. The range of countries it could be found in is: From Bangladesh to Northeast India and in the west to the Philippines in the east, and from the Yunnan province in China in the north to the island of Java in the south.

- Many previous classifications could not identify all the Slow Loris species. Now we know there are at least eight different Slow Loris species that are considered valid.
-  The Slow Loris is amongst the rarest primate on our planet. The scientists consider them to be devolved species from their closest cousins “the African bushbabies” – probably about around 40 million years ago.
- Slow Lorises sleep during the day, rolled up in a ball with their head between their legs.

- Usually, the Slow Lorises are seen as slow movers but actually they frequently ’race-walk’ and can move up to 8km per night. Equally the Lorises are able to remain totally still for hours on end if required.
- The Slow Loris is also closely related to the remaining Lorisoids, as well as the Lemurs of Madagascar.
- The greatest cause for Slow Lorises' decline is the demand for exotic pet or traditional medicine compared to the loss of their natural habitat.


- Slow Lorises have really slow pregnancy – more than 6 months to produce little babies weighting less than 50 g.
- Slow Lorises movement looks similar to the snake’s one. The twisting movement we all see is caused by having several more vertebras in their spine compared to the other primates.
- Slow Lorises' arms and legs are nearly equal in length. On top of that their trunk is long, allowing them to twist and extend to nearby branches.

- In their natural habitat, the Slow Lorises could live up to 25 years.
- They mate once every per 1 – 1.5 years.
- The Slow Loris’s grasp is very strong allowing the animal to freeze in their current position for hours as they stalk their prey.

- Slow Lorises have a toxic bite – and should not be taken as pets! It is actually the only lorisid primate that is venomous.
- The Slow Loris moves slowly and makes very little noise so when threatened it can freeze and almost become invisible.
- Their second finger is reduced for gripping. Also, the Slow Lorises have the longest tongues of all the primates (compared to body size). They use the tongue to drink water or nectar.


- The Slow Loris venom can kill and there is currently no known cure. Although scientifically not clear how they evolved the poison – the reason for the venom is primarily defense.
- Slow Lorises often use their both hands to eat while hanging upside-down from branches using their feet.
- The Slow Lorises are protected from international commercial trade and many laws. Despite all the efforts though the animals are still sold openly at many Asian markets and illegally imported into many countries.

- The evolutionary history of the Slow Lorises is uncertain as the fossil records are scarce and the molecular clock studies provided inconsistent results.
- Slow Lorises have many enemies. Sadly the biggest treat is the man. The other predators hunting for Lorises are hawks, eagles, snakes, orangutans, and even cats, civets, and bears.
- The hands and feet of Slow Lorises adapted very well to allow them to hold and grasp branches for very long periods of time.

- Slow Lorises males are highly territorial and very competitive towards other males.
- Although the Slow Loris is a small mammal, their home ranges can be huge – sometimes even the size of 35 football pitches.
- The Slow Loris toxin is produced by licking a gland on their arm, and the secretion mixes with its saliva to become active.

- Slow Lorises number of young is 1 to 2 offspring every 1 – 1.5 years
- Slow Lorises are very popular as pets in some YouTube channels – e.g. Sonya – the Slow Loris or Slow Loris - Kinako.
- The Slow Lorises are solitary nocturnal animals that sleep through the day and hunt during the night.

- Sadly, many Slow Lorises have their teeth removed for the purpose of the pet trade. Many Lorises die from blood loss, infections, poor nutrition, or poor handling.
- The pregnancy period of a female Slow Loris is about 190 days.
- Sadly there are very deep beliefs about the supernatural powers of the Slow Lorises. They are considered to protect from evil spirits or cure wounds and conditions. Many animals are killed for the purpose of traditional medicine.

Brushing the Slow Loris Kinako



The video shows the lovely Slow Loris Kinako, being brushed with a comb. Kinako was born in a pet shop in Japan. She has her venomous teeth and is happily living with a family there. It is amazing how cute the slow lorises are, and how close to their nature is behavior like: being tickled, brushed or just caressed.

White tigers - facts vs fictions


The video zookeeper talks about white tigers. It is not a common animal in the wild. These animals are not healthy in the wild. White tigers are not natural animals and the video shows the facts vs fiction. It turned out that the reason for white tigers is a bad gene, not a good gene. It is almost impossible for a white tiger to survive in the wild. The white tiger can not hunt successfully because of its skin color and the animals are going to notice it from a long distance. White tigers usually have other health problems too. So yes - white tigers are very beautiful creatures but not natural at all.

Fluffy – the lizard pet

David Robson, a young man from Bridlington has an unusual pet with the common name Fluffy. Now you probably imagine a cute little dog but Fluffy is actually a five-stone lizard that and it runs, jumps and is able to infuse the hearts of other animals with fear.

As any regular pet Fluffy goes for walks and loves playing with his owners and other people. David admits that older persons love Fluffy the most.

Robsons take Fluffy the pet-lizard to festivals in order to collect for charities and usually David holds him around his chest.

“The people think I hold a small child and are asking me to see the baby” – says David.

Robsons have a lot of animals in their home. There are several dogs and cats and Fluffy gets really well with most of them. When Fluffy arrived at home about 5 years ago he was only about 3in long. The lizard is now 5ft long from head to tail and weight more than 5st.

When Robsons got their latest cat as a just one month old kitten it went missing. They thought he was lost forever but found the kitten curled up next to Fluffy in his tank. Fluffy generates a lot of warmth from his body and probably attracted the kitten.

The pet-lizard Fluffy was trained the same was dogs are. Fluffy let his owners know when he wants to be let out or is tired or hungry. David uses a leash to lead him for walks and Fluffy recognizes the time and happily runs to the front door (just like a normal dog). He also loves running around the garden. Fluffy also likes doing night-walks but is very careful and silent and doesn’t break anything or wake anybody. There was a funny time when the lizard loved to climb over David’s father legs, sit on his face and then fall asleep. But the lizard is too big for his dad to move and he’d be pinned to the sofa.

Slow Loris Kinako – eats rice balls



Slow Loris Kinako
 
The Slow Loris Kinako was born in Japan several years ago. It was bred in a pet store in Japan. The poisonous tooth of Kinako is not removed and she did not have any operations. Right now the Slow Loris Kinako is domestically breed and lives happily with her Japan owners.

The video above shows that Kinako loves rice and eat rice balls without any hesitation.

Little squirrel Minsk


Belarusian soldiers found a little squirrel two years ago. The little baby squirrel was just about to die but the officer of the team Peter Pankraty start feeding and taking care of it. The squirrel survived and two years later it just refuses to be separated by its saviour. Now Peter is taxi driver and squirrel Minsk makes him a good company through the entire shift. He uses the squirrel as an attraction and even promotes the tax at his taxi as “Just 45 cents and a few nuts per km”.

Little squirrel Minsk

Giraffe



Giraffe interesting facts:
- Giraffes inhabit open grasslands in they move in small groups of about half a dozen.
- Giraffe is the tallest animal in the world. Male giraffes stand 16-18 feet, female giraffes are usually about 15 feet tall.
- Male giraffes weight is up to two thousand pounds and the females are a little bit lighter.

- Giraffe has the longest tail of any land mammal. The tail could be up to eight feet long. This includes the tuft at the end.
- Giraffe has very long legs and use them to run as fast as 56 km. (or 35 miles) an hour. Giraffe runs only to reach short distances.
-  The favorite food of the giraffe are Acacia Leaves.

- Even the tongue of the giraffe is very long – it is about 18 inches.
- Giraffe has four chambered stomach and it will usually regurgitate the food by chewing it additionally, just like the cows do.
- Giraffe spotted coats patterns are never the same for two different animals.

- The usual sleep time of the giraffe is only five minutes.
- Giraffes could rest while they are standing.
- Giraffes sleep on the ground with their front legs tucked under itself and the head placed over the croup.

- It is dangerous for giraffe to drink water, because it needs to spread its legs and bend down becoming vulnerable to big cats predators and other animals.
- Giraffe only need to drink water just once in a week as most of the water it uses comes from the plants it eats.
- Male giraffes sometimes battle one another by butting their long necks and heads. Such battles are not dangerous and end when one of the giraffes walks away and accept the loss.

- Female giraffe give birth while standing up.
- The young giraffe baby falls more than one meter to the ground at birth.
- Just after half an hour the baby giraffe could stand up and run with the rest of the herd.

- Giraffe heart is two feet long and weighs about 25 pounds. The heart beats up to 170 times in a minute.
- Giraffe has the highest known blood pressure of any mammal in the world. It could go up to 280/180mm Hg – and is twice that of an average human being.
- Giraffe is only found naturally in Africa and its tongue is black.

Wombat


Wombat facts:
- Wombats have long claws that are adapted for digging.
- Wombats live in burrows, from which they emerge at night to feed on grasses and other plants.
- Young Wombats are born singly and each is carried in its mother's pouch.

- Wombats are native only to Australia.
- The teeth of Wombats growing continuously.
- Wombats are nocturnal grazers.

- Wombat burrows are very large - up to 30 meters (100 feet) long.
- Wombats can be of different colours - from a sandy colour to brown or black to grey.
- Wombats are extremely strong and very proficient diggers.

- Most Australians have never seen a wild Wombat.
- Wombats live expectancy varies from 5 to over 30 years.
- Wombats are solitary creatures in general.

- Wombats are large animals. The average Wombat is about 1 meter (40 inches) long and weighs about 25 kg (55 pounds).
- The name of Wombat comes from the nearly extinct Darug language spoken by the Aboriginal Darug people who originally inhabited the Sydney area.
- Wombats were often called badgers by early Australian settlers because of their size and habits.
 





Golden Lion Tamarin interesting facts


Do you know that (golden lion tamarin interesting facts):
- The golden lion tamarin is a small monkey and its native home is the southeastern rainforests of Brazil.
- The golden lion tamarin eats mainly fruits, insects, and small vertebrates.
- The golden lion tamarin female usually gives birth to twins - tamarins babies.

- The golden lion tamarin is considered an endangered species. There are only around 1000 golden lion tamarin individuals left in the wild.
- Golden lion tamarins live in small family groups. Usually the group consists of two to eight tamarins - breeding pair and their offspring, and usually other relatives.
- Golden lion tamarins have sharp nails. These nails help the golden lion tamarin to move around in and climb the trees easily.

- The biggest threat to the golden lion tamarin are nocturnal predators such as snakes, big rats and wild cats. These animals could reach the golden lion tamarins in their resting place in the trees.
- A sad fact is that only 50% of all golden lion tamarin babies survive the first year of their life.
- Despite the name (lion), these rare primates have far more in common with their monkey relatives than any feline.