Tuesday, January 26, 2010

White deer

White deer’s are a rare herd of deer found in New York. These deer’s carry a recessive gene of all white coats and they are not albino. This white deer’s are now protected in the confines of the former Seneca Army dept in Seneca County in New York.


Monday, January 18, 2010

Do you know?

  1. What is a digit of a Tarsier is called as?
  2. How many Javan Rhinos are left in the Java reserve?
  3. What do Bactrain Camels store up in their humps?
  4. What is the special point about the Bengal tigers?
  5. How far can the call of the Siamang Gibbon's be heard?
  6. Which one does the Komodo Dragons will not eat?
  7. Siamese Fighting fish will glow in what color when it is angry?
  8. Caracal uses their tufts on the ears for what purpose?
  9. What is the weight of the Siberian tiger?
  10. How deep can a meerkat's burrow?
  11. Mandrills have _______ to prepare their food.
  12. The only natural enemy of Okapi's is?
  13. How do Mandrills spend most of their time in the day?
  14. The Okapi has excellent _______.
  15. Okapi can be related to?


  1. Finger or toe
  2. 50
  3. Fat Reserves
  4. Powerful and quick over short distances
  5. 2 miles
  6. Fish
  7. Metallic Green
  8. Signaling Devices
  9. 400 to 600 lb
  10. 10
  11. Fingers
  12. Leopard
  13. Looking for food
  14. Hearing
  15. Giraffe

Monday, December 28, 2009

Pygmy seahorse


Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus

Pygmy seahorse is also called as Bargibanti’s seahorse. The pygmy seahorse belongs to the family Syngnathidae. The seahorse is tiny and can grow up to a heath of about 2.4 cm. The sea horse is found in two different colors. They are grey with red tubercles and yellow with orange tubercles.

The pygmy seahorse is found in the coastal regions along the southern Japan and Indonesia to Northern Australia and New Caledonia. They are found at a depth of about 10 to 40 m.



The lower portion males abdomen has a brood pouch in which the females lay the eggs. The eggs are fertilized by the males and incubated until the birth.

There are nine species of pygmy seahorse:

  • Hippocampus bargibanti
  • Hippocampus colemani
  • Hippocampus debelius
  • Hippocampus denise
  • Hippocampus minotaur
  • Hippocampus pontohi
  • Hippocampus satomiae
  • Hippocampus severnsi
  • Hippocampus waleananus

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Friday, December 4, 2009

Abyssinian Ground-hornbill


Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Bucerotidae

Subfamily: Bucorvinae

Genus: Bucorvus

Species: B. abyssinicus

These birds are in general seen alone or in petite family groups, on foot in a somewhat splendid method crosswise the landscape. They feed on little vertebrates, large insects and other invertebrates as glowing as fruit and seeds. Even though they are principally seen on the floor they are competent of voyage when worried. He birds of this variety are not simply fruit eaters; they also provide for on mice, lizards, snakes, geckos, and some insects. They construct their nests in crevice. Females of this kind are not sealed-in like birds of this type.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Day octopus (octopus cyanea)

The day octopus is also called as reef octopus, cyane’s octopus the big blue octopus. As the name indicates it hunts during the day. It has the ability to change the overall color and texture of the skin. Since it has the ability to change the color it can easily blend and so it looks like a natural rock.

The day octopus is little larger than the normal one and has the body length of about 16 cm and legs of about 80 cm. This huge size does not prevent them for becoming invisible to the predators.

In normal condition the octopus appears in brown color with dark oval patches. These oval patches resembles like the eye of the octopus.
These day octopus feeds on fishes, crabs, bivalves, and shrimps. This octopus can be easily identified by the empty shell and remains of the prey that has been littered in the ocean floor.

The day octopuses are found in the indo pacific region where there are coral reefs. The day octopuses are not poisonous.