If you don't know that I LOVE animals, you don't know me! Lol! I LOVE LOVE LOVEEEE animals, and love to learn about them!I think they are the coolest things on earth! ;D
Soo, here are a couple reports I wrote for my best friend's blog (LINK)
Wolves
I didn't see any Canine page, but I suggest we should make one soo-oooon!! ;P
Okay -now. . . when you think of the word wolf, you think about all of the fairy tales, like Little Red Riding Hood, or the saying A Wolf is Sheep's Clothing. But,
to tell you the truth, wolves really aren't those blood thirsty animals
that everyone takes them as. They're not people eating beasts, or the
death of the forest.
Eye color: The most common color is the majestic golden yellow, but they
can range from beautiful icy blue, to an ember brown, and a pale
green.
Fur Color: Mostly gray, as seen in almost all of the wolf pictures you
find on the internet, but it can also be a sleek jet black, an off-white
shade, a deep muddy brown, and a vibrant red/brown color.
Anatomy: the Wolf has a thick strong necks, big pointed ears, and
powerful jaws, that can easily crush through bones. Their long, very
strong legs can carry them across mile-long tundras, and thick
woodlands. With these amazingly durable legs, they can run for
days-on-end. . .! -Wow! :O
Here is a little report I did a while ago on Wolves.
My favorite kind
of animal is the wolf. They are fast, beautiful and majestic creatures that live in the Northern region of
America
and many other places.
Wolves live in groups that are
called “packs”. The dominant pair, otherwise known as the Alphas, lead and run
the pack. The alpha female is the only she-wolf allowed to have pups in the
whole pack. When the pups are born, they
are helpless, lumps of fluff- but, about a month after the tiny pups open their
eyes, they will begin to wean off of their mothers milk and start eating raw
meat. The whole pack helps with the pups, playing with them, and making sure
that they don’t go running off into danger or get lost.
Three months after the
pups start eating meat; they will begin to HUNT with the pack. At the start
they might be very clumsy, but after a bit of practice, those deer and elk had
better watch out!
When
the pups are fully grown, their mother and father will push them out of the
pack so they can start one of their own. For a couple of days, the pups may try to get
back to their dear family, but they will have to learn for themselves how to
rule, and run, a pack.
In
the winter, wolves grow very long and thick pelts that help them keep warm, but
in the summer, they will start to shed furiously, rubbing their backs and
flanks (sides) on large rocks and trees. After they have rubbed and rubbed,
they leave masses of fur smashed into the rough surface.
I'm not really finished with it, but is tells a bit about the way wolves live and so forth. ;)
Random Wolf Facts:
Wolves can run up to 50 mph.
There are three breeds of wolves. The most common is the Gray -or
otherwise known as the Timber wolf. Then their is the Mexican wolf,
every rare, but not as rare as the Red Wolf. There are only a little
more than 100 left in the Wild. . .
Wolves have 42 sharp teeth.
Mating season for the wolf occurs in February and March.
Wolves white belly's are like submission flags. When they roll onto
their backs, their bright belly fur stands out. (Unless they are a solid
color! Lol! xP)
Wolves howl for about 4 different reasons. #1-To tell lone wolves, or
other packs that this is their land. #2- to unite the pack together. #4-
or just for pure fun! xD
Red wolves -I think anyways- have the most majestic howl out of the three. They can howl for 11 seconds straight
This video doesn't show the 11 secound howl, but I still think it sounds amazing.
The Alpha pair both have a distinctive howl. Usually -I'm guessing anyway- the longer howls.
Sighs of Dominance
Like I said above, when a wolf confronts another wolf, and one rolls on
his back, exposing his belly, the one that stayed up is the more
dominant.
When a wolf dose this, it is just a small warning, or reminder that "Hey, I'm the boss here."
I am sure you can all guess which one is the boss, the one biting the top of the other wolf's muzzle.
I can tell this is a very high ranking wolf in its pack. 'How' you ask?
Well, as you can see, his tail is held very high, which is a sign of
dominance.
The black wolf in this photo is for-sure the Alpha. That's about the highest their tails can get! Lol!
These two wolves are greeting their Alpha, and assuring him that whey know he's boss.
But, if you look up 'dominant wolf ' on Google, you should find a lots
of pictures of wolves assuring everybody that they're the Alpha in these
parts! >:U (Hahah! Kinda' talking Hillbilly there, huh?)
Hello! This is FrostWolf posting on . . .Kangaroos!
(I suggest we make a marsupials page soon! ;P Cause I'm a gonna' be posting on Possums next! x3)
Kangaroos
Once the joey has grown from the size of a grain of rice, to the size
of a rabbit, it can hop in and out of the pouch when it pleases. But, it
still nurses from the marsupium (pouch). When it is 7-10 months old, it
has now completely left the pouch.
Bucks (male kangaroos) are know for their kick-boxing. Even though they
prefer not to fight, mating season is an exception. When a buck wants to
mate, they will fight for their rights. The two males, while facing
each other, grab each other with their arms, and lean back on their
thick strong tails so they can kick each other in the belly with both
back legs.(Those are Red Kangaroos in the picture.)
When a kangaroo senses danger, they alert everyone by thumping their feet on the ground (Like rabbits.)
A doe (female) will call her young with a clicking sound to her side, or back in the pouch. Then, all of the mob (herd of kangaroos) will swiftly lead away out of sight.
When a kangaroo senses danger, they alert everyone by thumping their feet on the ground (Like rabbits.)
A doe (female) will call her young with a clicking sound to her side, or back in the pouch. Then, all of the mob (herd of kangaroos) will swiftly lead away out of sight.
When a kangaroo hops faster, its not a matter of how quickly they are
hopping, it is how long their leaps are. The Red Kangaroo can leap up to
thirty feet in one hop! WOW! You try doing that! xP
Hyenas
In my Zoology book, in the beginning of the section about hyenas it says
"What looks like a cross between a Mule and a German Shepard, but acts
like a cat, a vulture and a shark? It's a Hyena!"
In my own words, I will explain why my Zoology book says that. . . so. . . here I go!! ;P
It's face looks like a dog, but their necks are to thick for any Canine,
not to mention to long! So their necks are more, more mule-like. But
when pups/cubs nurse, they purr like kittens! o.o (Strange, huh?) But
like vultures, they are a part of God's cleanup crew! (as it says in my
book)
Hyenas have the most powerful jaws in all of the Animal Kingdom! These
amazing animals jaws can easily crush through huge bones of big pray,
like elephants and giraffes. :O Gosh! I'd hate to be a victim of a hyena
attack. . . I mean-OWCH!! O.O And awesomely amazingly. . . hyenas are
able to digest the bones they crush with their razor-sharp teeth!
Hyenas have the weirdest-shaped bodies. . . don't you think?
As you can see in this picture, they have longer front legs then they do
back . . . Huh? But- I'm sure God has a reason for shaping them so
strangely. ;)
There are four species of Hyena.
The most common is the Spotted Hyena. (All the pictures above are of
spotted Hyenas, so I don't really think i need to put another picture
up.
The Brown Hyena looks more like a slanted wolf! (That is the same picture from my book! LOL! xD)
The Striped Hyena looks like the Brown
Hyena, but a lighter color and striped. They also -at least I think-
look more evil. . . In this picture, this hyena's hackles are up, but
when their down, they slop to one side, and it looks kinda' weird. :\
And last of all, there is the Aardwolf.
It doesn't have the word hyena in it's name, but it is in the hyena
family (Hyaenidea) The adults aren't much to look at, but I think their
pups are adorable!! C: <3 <3
SO CUTE!!!!! But -ahem- moving on . . .
I am sure you are like "How does the acting like a shark have anything to do with what you are saying??!!?"
Well, I shall tell you- NOW!
You can take out the 'acting like a shark' for every other hyena- except the Spotted Hyena.
From the moment the pups are born, they
seek to destroy their siblings -like sharks! But sharks kill their
brothers and sisters in the womb. The mother will try to stop this
horrible behavior, but to no avail. The new-born pups will begin digging
small tunnels that branch off from the den. They are so small, the
mother can not intervene. The cubs will crawl into these tunnels, and
kill their siblings if they can. Weaker cubs will not survive. BUT!- if
the cubs don't kill each other, they will develop a harsh pecking
order, like wolves.
Spotted Hyenas are more aggressive then
the others, who just peacefully look for aniaml carcases, and fruits
and vegetables to eat. But the Spotties (What can I say! I have said
Spotted Hyena so much!! >:I) will chase and catch their pray.
Although they live in packs called Clans, they don't work together.
Females are much more dominant than males, and unlike Lions, the ladies
get first pickings on dinner.
Well, I hope you enjoyed them! Even I like to read them over and over again! xP
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