Monday, May 24, 2010

Gray Wolves!! :b



Gray Wolves are known by their unique and loud howl. To them this is a way of communicating with each other. The lound howl is to let other wolves to stay away from his territory or to find a lost wolve of the pack. By the way gray wolves live in big group that are called packs. In one pack there can be from 5 to 30 wolves. In a pack they hunt together raise their babys, and protect their territory. Usually the leader of a pack are a female and a male which are the parents of their youngs. Wolf not only comunicate by howling but also by barking, growling, yelp, snarl, body language, and they also whimper.The way a wolve marks its territory is by using their urine like dogs.

Chimpanzees :DD


Hey everyone, well today I will be talking about our closest relatives the chimpanzees. These animals are found in central Africa in the forest.

Chimpanzees spent most of there time up in trees jumping from one branch to another branch.Baby Chimpanzees spent there first few months with there mothers following everywhere as they learn from them how to eat and the way they act. In the wild chimps get to be 50 years of age and weight about 120 pounds. The amount of chimpanzees living in the wild has reduced a lot. Today there is only about 200,000 chimps living in the 21 nations of Africa. Chimpanzees are related to gorillas, orangutans, monkeys, and believe it or not even humans. We all fall in the ape categorie. When chimpanzees walk they walk in there four legs using their two legs and two arms this technique is called knuckle walking. Their weight is supported by the soles of their feet and the back joints of their feet.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Lions :DD


Hey well today i will be talking about lions. Lions are found in Africa but before that they roamed Africa, Southern Europe, and parts of Asia. Lions live in groups called prides. These prides can go up to 3 lions as much as 40. In these prides lions raise their cubs, defend their terretory, and hunt prey. In these prides female lions are the ones who do most of the hunting and cub rearing. Female lions are called lionesses and most of the time they are all related either mother and daughters or sisters. Something really unique is that they have birth to their cubs about at the same time and a cub can feed from other females aswell as its own mother. The males responsibility in the pride is to protect and defend the prides territory. Mostly male lions only stay in the pride for about 4 years then they go on their own way. When a new male takes over the pride it is often the case for him to kill all the cubs ensuring that all future cubs will have his genes. Lions loud roar is often herd after sunset raund up stray members of the pride. This roar can be herd 5 miles away.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

*!Jaguars!*


One of my favorite animals are jaguars. Jaguars are the third largest cat in the world and are found in Arizona and Texas, sometimes they will be found in the amazon river basin. Before they roamed the U.S all the way to the Mexican boreders but as the years pass the amount of jaguars become fewer. Jaguars eat fish, turtles, small aligators, cows, and deers. These big cats are really good swimers and can also climb trees. Jaguars spend most of their time in water and in land. When there in land they climb trees waiting for their prey once they spot their next meal they will jump on them and kill them instantly with a bite in their neck or head. Jaguars have big sharp teeth wich help them eat big animals such as cows and deers. Usually jaguars will live alone and will mark their territory by their waste or by clawing trees.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Pandas :))


Pandas are one of the rarest mamals in the world. They are found in Southwestern China in the rainforest and in high bamboo forest. Pandas diet consist on leaves and bamboo, sometimes they will eat fish or small animals but not really. Pandas spend most of their time eating. If pandas dont find bamboo they will starve to death. This is what is happening know because a lot of new homes are being built were pandas used to find bamboo and now have a limited source. About only 1,000 pandas survive in the wild. Pandas are relatives of bears. Pandas can live up to 30 years and in the wild only about 15 years. A female panda will give birth to 1 or 2 cubs every 2 years. The cub nurses for about 4 months before it beggins eating bamboo. Pandas are pretty big they can weight up to 300 pounds and newborn pandas weight only 3 to 4 ounces. Pandas are know considered endangered species and are hard to find. Most pandas are found in zoo's. Its sad knowing that such beutiful animals are dieing each day due to humans distroying their natral habbitat.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

African Elephants :D


Today am going to talk about the African elephant. African elephants live in hot weather conditions, their trunks help them stay cool. They do this by pooring cool water into their bodies. These animals also use sunscreen well actually dirt but in their case it works as sunscreen to their bodie.Elephants are known for their long trunks. An elephants trunk can be as long as 7 feet long. They dont only use it to smell but also for touching and grassping. When an elephant drinks water they can drink up to 2 gallons of water at a time and eat up to 300 pounds of food a day. An elephant wrap their trunks around trees and into their mouth. An elephants trunk can also be used as a warning when its in danger by making loud trumpeting noises. Their tusks are used to dig food or in their case tree roots. Elephants are known for having the longest pregnancy out of all animals. It last up to 22 months. Mostly elephants dont have enimies but a human can be considered one since they hunt elephants for their big tusks. Tusks are ivory teeth that grow during the elephants life. African elephants weight up to 6 tons and about 12 feet tall. An elephant can live up to 70 years old.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

!Camels!


Today am going to talk about Camels. There are variouse types of camels one of them is the Bactrian camel and another well known is the Arabian camel. A bcaterian camel live in Central and East Asias rocky deserts. You can tell the diffrence because a bactarian has two humps on its back. These two humps are used to store fat. The arabian camel only has one hump were it also stores fat. Both these camels use their stored fat as energy and water when they are far away from food or water sources. Even thought camels can travel long distances in hot conditions without drinking water. They can survive without drinking water for weeks. Storing fat in their humps helps camels not get hot and travel longer distances. At times camels can drink up to 30 gallons of water in 13 minutes. Camels also shed during diffrent seasons, during the winter it has a thick coat to protect them from the cold as the temperature changes so does their fur. Bacterian camels get to be 6.5 feet tall and have wide-toed hoofs and big flat footpads that prevent them form sinking in snow or sand.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Bull Shark


Most people are scared of sharks. I can understand why. But not all sharks are aggresive. The Bull shark is the most dangerous sharks in the world. This is because their also one of the most aggresive type of shark. These sharks live in ocean and can also be seen in shorelines, they tend to hunt were people swim, that can explain why they are seen near shorlines. Bull sharks are not known for hunting people but if they are mistaken for a big fish than its not thei lucky day. These sharks eat everything but mostly fishes. Dolphins, sea turtules, and sometimes other sharks are in this sharks menu. Mostly they will hunt during the night. Bull sharks are known for budding its prey before attacking thats the reason its a bull shark.

Anacondas!!


Anacondas are one of the most feared creatures in the forest because of their sharp teeth. Anacondas are found in tropics of South America and along the amazon river. The anaconda is the largest snake in the world. It can be as long as 30 feet and weigh up to 550 pounds. Most people fear anacondas because of their sharp teeth and venom but what they dont know is that anocondas dont kill their prey by injecting venom threw a bite. Anocandas are family of snakes called constrictors. Constrictors kill their prey by wrapping their huge long body around the other animal until they stop breathing. Anocondas mouth are able to swallow their prey because its able to open its mouth really wide. Most of the time anocondas are in water were they live and attack their prey. Sometimes it will come out to land but its rear. Anocondas are nocturnal and hunt diring night. Most of these snakes get to live up to 10 years.

Friday, April 16, 2010

zebras!


Zebras are like horses just with black and white stripes indeed they belong to the horse family. Zebras live in Parts of Africa. Each zebra has its own unique pattern of strips just like humans have diffrent fingerprints. Their strips help them as a comofloge and can even save their life by confusing other animals. Most zebras live in a pack, this helps them confuse their predetor because its hard to tell were one zebra ends and were the other beggins. This makes it harder for a predetor to attack them. The ways zebras deffend themselfs from predetors is by kicking them with their hind legs. Their threats are lions, leopards, cheetahs, and heyenas. Zebras are vegeterian they eat grass, fruits, bark, and roots. An intresting fact about zebras is that their teeth never stop growing this is because of all the grass and roots they chew their teeth wear down. Zebras also migrate to were theres green grass and more water. Another intresting fact is that a baby zebra can walk just 15 minutes after its born and run when its an hour old. A zebra can live up to 25 years in the wilderness

*Dingoes*


Dingoes are one of the most wild animals in Austrelia. They are know as "Wild dogs" since they look like a regular dog. Dingoes can also be found in Southeast Asia but most of them are found in Austrelia. Dingoes are a golden-redish color skinny and look just like a typical dog. They eat rodents, rabbits, lizards, birds, fruits, and plants. This dogs only breed once a year and usually will have up to 5 pups. Most of these dogs live alone or in a pack of eight other dingoes. Most dingoes live alone because its better for them for when they go hunting that means more food for themselfs.

It is really dangerouse to have these dogs as pets but still many people have them as pets. But they are really cautious and most of these people are zoo keepers or are trained to have wild animals. To have a dingoe you have to have a lot of free space and sourounded with big fences.

Polar Bears! :)


Polar bears are amazing animals. Most Polar bears live in the artic were its cold and icy. As the weather changes causing the ice to melt polar bears start heading more into the shore. Polar bears eat seals, fish, and sometimes even whales. Polar bears are hunters they stalk their prey and attack them with their massive claws. Polar bears also hunt by swimming beneath the ice. Usually polar bears will only have one or two cubs. After 3 years of learning how to hunt the cubs will go on their own way. Polar bears paws prevent them from slipping on the slippery ice because they are padded with a rought surface. Most adult male polar bears weight from about 720-1,700 pounds. Their heavy layer of fur helps them keep warm in the cold weather by observing the suns heat. Polar bears are the largest of all bears and are the largest predetors on land.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Tigers!!


Tigers are one of my favorite animals. I wished I had one but I guess it would be to dangerouse to have one as a pet. Tigers are carnivors and come in a few coat colors. The most common type of tiger is the siberian and Bengal wich is a golden-brown with black stripes. Anothor one would be the white tiger wich is white with black-blueish strips. The ghost tiger is really rare. Its simalar to a white tiger but with less strips and berly noticable. If I had the opportunity to own a tiger I would probably go for a white tiger. Believe it or not tigers are disapiering everyday because of people that kill them to use their fur.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

All about Jocelyn!

Hi everyone welcome to my post my name is Jocelyn I attend Tucson High as a freshmen. I love to play sports especially soccer and baseball. I really dont have any favorite teams I just enjoy playing them. My dream is to travel around the world and move out of Tucson into Puerto Rico. My dream job is to work as a custom or a detective.


Well since I love animals and nature I decided to talk about animals in my post. I love to learn about animal behaviors in their natural habitat, what they eat, and in what coubtry their located. In this post you will have the opportunity to learn more about your favorite animals from dogs to tigers.