Animals Library: February 2011

Dragonfly

Dragonfly Red Color

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Dragonfly is the insect order Odonata, suborder Epiprocta or real sense, infra-order Anisoptera. It is characterized in terms of large eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and elongated body. Dragonflies have six feet (and other insects), but most dragonflies can not walk properly. Dragonflies are the fastest in the world of insects. Dragonfly has many types, the dragonfly has a size, shape and color of a diverse.

Dragonflies are predators that eat mosquito securities, and other small insects like flies, bees, ants, butterflies and rare. They are usually found around lakes, ponds, streams and wetlands because dragonflies lay their eggs in or near water. After spawning, some species of diving all the way to lay their eggs on the surface is good. Then, the eggs hatch and the "nymphs". Most of the past life in the form of dragonfly nymphs, below the water surface, using the jaws extended to take other invertebrates (such as fish and tadpoles and mosquito larvae). They breathe through gills in the anus, and quick to push with a sudden release of water through the anus. Some nymphs even hunt on land.

A large dragonfly larvae stage can last five years. The smaller species, this phase can last two or three years. When larvae are ready to become an adult, went on a cane or other crops show. Exposure to air causes the larvae begin to breathe. The skin is divided into a weakness in the back of the head and the adult dragonfly strip out of her old skin, the larvae, pumps its wings and flies to feed the mosquitoes and flies. adult dragonfly flight goes in six directions, upward, downward, forward, backward and sideways. adult stage, larger species of dragonfly can take five or six months.

Beautiful Dragonfly Blue Color

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Dragonfly Red Color

Dragonfly

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Leopard Animal

Leopard

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Snow leopard in the area, ready to pounce on his prey.

Leopard On the Tree

Leopard was in the tree, because the leopard is a smart big cats climb, relax or stalking ordinary Leopard mangasnya from far above the tree. And often bring up keatasan catch a tree, so as not to be taken by other animals such as lions, heina and other.

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Tropical Forest

Leopards also live in the area of tropical forests, leopards big cats who like to hunt in the water and sometimes play the water, not like a lion and cheetah.

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American Shorthair Cat

American Shorthair

American Shorthair is the most popular type of 8 cats in the United States. American Shorthair has the body of a larger, leaner, and more muscular than most other kuncing. American Shorthair is also an active and lively until the American Shorthair in dubbed 'working cat', not like cats persian or angora.

American Shorthair

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Little American Shorthair

Cute Little American Shorthair

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American Shorthair Albino

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Eagle-Hawk

Eagle-Hawk

Eagle is a member of the family Accipitridae bird, eagle Most of the more than 60 species in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this region, only two species, namely ealng Bald and Golden Eagles were found in the United States and Canada, and nine more in Central and South America, and three in Australia.

Meat eating eagle is a bird, an eagle is different from other bird species, the size they are bigger, stronger, and severe head and beak. Like all birds of prey, eagles have very large hooked beak for tearing flesh from their prey, strong muscular legs and strong claws. They also have very sharp eyesight which allows them to see potential prey from a great distance. and eagles have an accurate calculation of the capture of the speed.

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Hawk

Flying Hawk on the sky

Golden Eagle

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Wolf

Gray Wolf

Wolves (Canis lupus) are the largest (in terms of size) among the wild relatives of the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris). In fact, dogs are actually a kind of wolf—remember the movie Babe (1995) where the sheep called the Border Collie dog ‘wolf?’ Domestication and breeding have turned domestic wolves into different fantastic forms (breeds) indistinguishable from the wolf. Some dog breeds, like the Siberian Husky and the Alaskan Malamute, look like ‘designer’ wolves. Some people cross dogs and wolves to produce ‘wolfdogs.’

Dogs might be a type of wolf, but wolves are very different from dogs: For one, their fur are better insulators, like wolverine fur, with its ability to prevent ice from forming when one breathes on it. Another differences are sense of smell (weaker than most hunting dogs), eyesight (weaker, but powerful than that of most dogs during night time) and hearing (imagine being able to clearly hear the sound of falling autumn leaves). They also have a distinct bone and teeth structure apart from dogs. In terms of behavior, wolves successfully pass behavioral tests dogs routinely fail.

Wolves used to have the most widespread territory among the canines until humans came along.

Size and Weight

Wolves are larger than most dogs, but they tend to be bigger at higher latitudes following Bergmann’s Rule. They can reach 80 to 85 cm (2.62-2.79 ft) tall, and 105-160 cm (3.44-5.25 ft) long; the tail being ⅔ the length of the head and body combined. Wolves are heavier in Europe (up to 38.5 kg or 85 lb), followed by North America (up to 36 kg or 79 lb), India/Arabia (25 kg or 55 lb) and North Africa (13 kg or 29 lb), with females weighing less.

Types of wolves

Strictly speaking there is only the grey wolf. Other wolves like the red wolf, Indian wolf, and Canadian wolf, are considered subspecies or—as currently debated for the red wolf—hybrids with other canine subspecies. The different subspecies are considered to have developed their distinctive forms as local adaptations.

The most distinct differences among groups of wolves are in color—ranging from pure white, to offwhite to browns, reds, grays to pure black; the latter occurring whenever a wolf also has dog in its parentage.

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Black Wolf

As previously mentioned, a black wolf is a melano gray wolf. Genetic research from Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) revealed that black wolves owe their distinctive color to mutations that occur through the wolf-dog hybrid.

Wolfdog

As the name implies, wolfdogs (aka, ‘wolf-dog hybrids’ or ‘wolf hybrids’) result from the mating of various subspecies of wolves and dogs (which, itself, is a wolf subspecies). They may result from accidental matings or controlled breedings by an industry catering to people who want to buy ‘exotic’ pets or to effect certain desirable traits—say, for military purposes. To qualify as a wolfdog, your dog must have a wolf parent within the last five generations. In controlled crosses, ‘wolf-looking’ dogs (like Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes and German Shepherds) are generally used to mate with the Gray Wolf parent.

Snow Wolf

Gray Wolf

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Beautiful Wolf

Wolf Roaring

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King Cobra Snake

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King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is considered the longest venomous snake in the world, reaching 18 feet (5.5 meters) in length. They can “stand up” to one third of their length (that’s 6 feet) and still confront an attacker. They will only do this when they are cornered, and are, in general, tend to avoid humans.

Although king cobras are not the most venomous of cobras (some say that title belongs to the Philippine cobra, Naja philippinensis), they make up for it by delivering more venom per bite—up to seven milliliters—good for 20 people or an elephant, which they inject through fangs up to one and–a–half inch long. Their venom has various neurotoxic (deadly to nerve cells), cytotoxic (deadly to cells in general), and cardiotoxic (deadly to the heart) effects. One very painful bite from a King Cobra can lead to blurred vision, drowsiness, and paralysis before death (as early as 30 minutes after the bite). But your mileage may vary. One out of two, or three out of five (depending on the study), people live after being bitten by a King Cobra if the bite is left untreated.

If a King Cobra does bite you, tough luck. There are only two kinds of King Cobra antivenom—one is made in Thailand and the other in India—and both are hard to come by. You might stand a better chance if you drink a shot of whiskey mixed with powdered turmeric root, as commonly used in Thailand to boost one’s shot against dying from a King Cobra bite.

Now for the good part. The King Cobra’s venom may be a source of dread for most people, but it is also a source of interest for medicine makers. Scientists in Singapore discovered a unique toxin, haditoxin, in King Cobra venom that could have useful medicinal properties. But cobra venom has been used as medicine for hundreds of years before that discovery—mainly in treating painful ailments like arthritis.

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Giant King Cobra

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Little English Selter

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Litle English Selter

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Dogs are tame animals kept in many homes. There are many different kinds of dogs that resulted from breeding and genetic engineering. These are pictures of various of home-type puppies.