Showing posts with label zoo animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zoo animals. Show all posts
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.
Liger - rare animal
Liger facts:
- Liger is a possible result of breeding a male lion with a tigress.
- Tigon is a possible result of breeding a male tiger with a lioness.
- Lions and Tigers do not exist in the same areas on Earth, this is not something that happens in the wild. It is mainly done in captivity.
- Ligers are usually larger than their parents.
This fact puts the tigress at great risk in carrying the young and
may require C-section deliveries or the Tigress could even die.
- Ligers have the best qualities of the Tiger and the best of the Lion. Liger fact is that they like to stay in the water (and this is specific Tiger trait) but also are very social animals (specific Lion trait).
- Ligers have the best qualities of the Tiger and the best of the Lion. Liger fact is that they like to stay in the water (and this is specific Tiger trait) but also are very social animals (specific Lion trait).
- But also these cats
suffer from many birth defects and most of the time die young.
- The head of a Liger
looks more like Lion's head. Also, the tail is more like the tail of
a Lion.
- The exact life span of Ligers is unknown. A female Liger called Shasta, was born at Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. Shasta died at the age of 24. A male Liger – named Nook - who lived in Valley of the Kings animal sanctuary in Wisconsin died at the age of 21.
- For a long time, both Ligers and Tigons were thought to be sterile. But in 1943, a fifteen-year-old hybrid between a Lion and an Island Tiger, was successfully mated with a Lion at Munich Hellabrunn Zoo. Although the female cub had delicate health, it was raised to adulthood.
- The exact life span of Ligers is unknown. A female Liger called Shasta, was born at Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. Shasta died at the age of 24. A male Liger – named Nook - who lived in Valley of the Kings animal sanctuary in Wisconsin died at the age of 21.
- For a long time, both Ligers and Tigons were thought to be sterile. But in 1943, a fifteen-year-old hybrid between a Lion and an Island Tiger, was successfully mated with a Lion at Munich Hellabrunn Zoo. Although the female cub had delicate health, it was raised to adulthood.
- Ligers weight about a thousand pounds (450 kg.)
each, they typically devour 50 pounds (23 kg.) of raw meat in just
one meal.
- Lion-Tiger mating occurs in captivity. Probably for the same reason humans do not breed with monkeys like gorillas or chimps.
- However, historically, the Asiatic subspecies of Lion had a much greater range of inhabited areas that overlapped with that of the Tiger. So it is possible, though unlikely, that Ligers might have sometimes occurred in the wild.
- Lion-Tiger mating occurs in captivity. Probably for the same reason humans do not breed with monkeys like gorillas or chimps.
- However, historically, the Asiatic subspecies of Lion had a much greater range of inhabited areas that overlapped with that of the Tiger. So it is possible, though unlikely, that Ligers might have sometimes occurred in the wild.
March of the Penguins and "Flying Penguins"
Do you know that:
Penguins can adapt to various climates.
They waddle while walking.
Baby penguins have soft feathers. Those feathers are known as down.
Penguins live in large colonies called rookeries.
Penguins spend most of their lives in water.
Penguins have the ability to walk faster than humans.
Penguins use body language to communicate with each other.
They don’t fear humans but are endangered by oil spills, water pollution, and the over harvesting of ocean fish.
Penguins have more feathers per square inch and that keeps them warm in frigid waters.
Penguins are very social creatures.
Their body is insulated with a thick layer of blubber that keeps them warm.
Penguins can hold their breath under water - for about 20 minutes.
Rockhopper penguins have very loud calls and are very noisy.Penguins are dresses in classic white and black. They are counter-shaded for camouflage.
The baby penguins count on their parents for food until they grow up with waterproof juvenile feathers.
Penguins can leap out of water while swimming.
They pick up stones and store them in their crop. This helps them to float when they are in water.
Penguins can control their blood flow through the amount of fat in their bodies.
Here is a very funny video – BBC: Penguins April fool joke:
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