The Aquatic Biome a picture of a reef water is the common link among the five biomes and it Aquatic regions house numerous species of plants and animals, both large and http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/aquatic.html
Extractions: The topmost zone near the shore of a lake or pond is the littoral zone The near-surface open water surrounded by the littoral zone is the limnetic zone . The limnetic zone is well-lighted (like the littoral zone) and is dominated by plankton, both phytoplankton and zooplankton. Plankton are small organisms that play a crucial role in the food chain. Without aquatic plankton, there would be few living organisms in the world, and certainly no humans. A variety of freshwater fish also occupy this zone. profundal zone . This zone is much colder and denser than the other two. Little light penetrates all the way through the limnetic zone into the profundal zone. The fauna are heterotrophs, meaning that they eat dead organisms and use oxygen for cellular respiration. Streams and Rivers
Animal Fact Sheets If you like this animal and find it particularly fascinating you can adopt it! wild, wild World of animals. 1976. Elephants and Other Land Giants. http://www.zoo.org/educate/fact_sheets/savana/hippo.htm
Animals - Wild-Large animals) wildLarge They always tell us that a camel can go 500 miles withoutwater. How come nobodys ever bothered to see how far they can go WITH http://www.gadzillionthings.net/Think22.html
Extractions: 03-Sep-2005 ( Animals) Wild-Large How do they get a deer to cross at that yellow road sign? (Contributed by Don F.) They say an elephant never forgets but what's he got to remember? (Contributed by Don Woods) Why are Polar Bears left-handed? (Contributed by Alice Yucht) Can elephants learn arithmetic? (Contributed by David R. Woolley) Do apes go people when they get excited? (Contributed by Jim Adams) What sound does a kangaroo make anyway? (Contributed by Jennifer Smith) Just what is it that hyenas laugh at? (Contributed by David Feldman) They always tell us that a camel can go 500 miles without water. How come nobodys ever bothered to see how far they can go WITH water? (Contributed by Jim Moore Jr.) How come only female kangaroos have pouches? Don't male kangaroos have things to carry around too? (Contributed by Vincent Dublado) Is a laughing hyena a happy hyena? (Contributed by The Vent on AccessAtlanta.com) Are zebras white with black stripes? Or black with white stripes? (Contributed by Amber) Nature shows on TV say that when two bull moose compete for a lady moose, the one with the smaller antlers concedes to the other one. I can see how a moose can tell the size of his opponent's antlers, but how does he know how big his own are?
San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Wild Cattle Buy tickets online and plan a visit to the Zoo or wild Animal Park. Mountain anoas, also known as dwarf water buffalo, are the smallest wild cattle http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-cattle.html
Extractions: Conservation status: tamaraw Bubalus mindorensis and kouprey Bos sauveli are at critical risk; lowland anoa Bubalus depressicornis , mountain anoa, Asian water buffalo, banteng Bos javanicus, gaur Bos gaurus, and wisent or European bison Bison bonasus are endangered Fun facts Mountain anoas, also known as dwarf water buffalo, are the smallest wild cattle alive today. These endangered animals are only found on a few Indonesian islands, where they live in dense forests.
African Wildlife Foundation: Wildlives select animal, Aardvark, African wild Dog, Baboon, Bat, Bongo, Bonobo A youngelephant must learn how to draw water up into its trunk and then pour it http://www.awf.org/wildlives/71
Extractions: select animal Aardvark African Wild Dog Baboon Bat Bongo Bonobo Buffalo Bushbaby Bushbuck Cheetah Chimpanzee Colobus Monkey Dikdik Duiker Dwarf Mongoose Eland Elephant Elephant Shrew Genet Gerenuk Giraffe Grant's Gazelle Grevy's Zebra Hartebeest Hedgehog Hippopotamus Hyena Hyrax Impala Jackal Kob Kudu Leopard Lion Mountain Gorilla Oryx Pangolin Porcupine Ratel Rhinoceros Sable Serval Sitatunga Spring Hare Thomson's Gazelle Topi Vervet Monkey Warthog Waterbuck Wildebeest Zebra Swahili Name: Tembo or ndovu Scientific Name: Loxodonta africana Size: Up to 11 feet Weight: tons (7,000 13,200 lb) Lifespan: 60 to 70 years Habitat: Dense forest to open plains Diet: Herbivorous Gestation: About 22 months Predators: Humans The African elephant and the Asian elephant are the only two surviving species of what was in prehistoric times a diverse and populous group of large mammals. Fossil records suggest that the elephant has some unlikely distant relatives, namely the small, rodentlike hyrax and the ungainly aquatic dugong. They all are thought to have evolved from a common stock related to ungulates. In East Africa many well-preserved fossil remains of earlier elephants have aided scientists in dating the archaeological sites of prehistoric man.
African Wildlife Foundation: Wildlives The hippo relies on water or mud to keep it cool, and the red fluid may have a Compared to other animals, hippos are not very susceptible to disease, http://www.awf.org/wildlives/140
Extractions: select animal Aardvark African Wild Dog Baboon Bat Bongo Bonobo Buffalo Bushbaby Bushbuck Cheetah Chimpanzee Colobus Monkey Dikdik Duiker Dwarf Mongoose Eland Elephant Elephant Shrew Genet Gerenuk Giraffe Grant's Gazelle Grevy's Zebra Hartebeest Hedgehog Hippopotamus Hyena Hyrax Impala Jackal Kob Kudu Leopard Lion Mountain Gorilla Oryx Pangolin Porcupine Ratel Rhinoceros Sable Serval Sitatunga Spring Hare Thomson's Gazelle Topi Vervet Monkey Warthog Waterbuck Wildebeest Zebra Swahili Name: Kiboko Scientific Name: Hippopotamus amphibius Size: 13 feet long and 5 feet tall Weight: Up to 3 tons Lifespan: 50 years Habitat: Rivers, swamps and protected areas Diet: Herbivorous Gestation: About 240 days Predators: Humans, lions, crocodiles The hippopotamus, whose hide alone can weigh half a ton, is the third-largest living land mammal, after elephants and white rhinos. It was considered a female deity of pregnancy in ancient Egypt, but in modern times has been wiped out of that country because of the damage it inflicts on crops. The hippo continues to thrive in other parts of Africa.
BBC - Nature - Wildfacts - s of these animals are based on museum specimens and there isOnce extinct in the wild, this species is a reintroduction programme s success http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/animals_a_z.shtml
BBC - Science & Nature - UK Wildlife - Animal Homes Field Guide Find out how to recognise some animal homes. Look at a badger sett, a rabbitwarren, an otter holt and a water vole s riverbank home. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildbritain/field_guides/animal_homes.shtml
Extractions: Badger Badgers use a complex system of underground tunnels leading to multiple entrance holes, the number of which has no bearing on how many animals actually use the sett. If you find a badger sett, count the number of entrance holes that are well used. You can tell this if they have freshly dug earth leading from the inside of the hole to the outside. Also, see if you can find piles of bedding which have been left out by the badgers to dry. Fox Foxes make their dens almost anywhere. In urban areas they turn up in the most unlikely places, such as underneath portable dwellings or discarded builders' rubble. The traditional fox den is usually a solitary entrance hole that may originally have been made by a badger. A good way to tell if a fox is at home is to smell the air around the entrance hole. The harsh musty smell of a fox is often overpowering. It's not unusual for foxes to share a badger's sett, so don't be surprised if you see both species emerging from the same hole.
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Water-Related Activities At EnchantedLearning.com waterRelated Activities rhymes, printouts, crafts, information, and coloringpages, A short book about ocean animals to print (for early readers), http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/water.shtml
Extractions: Some of these attractions are free, while others have a nominal charge. One great thing about all of these attractions is that you can stay as long as you like, or at least until closing time. The animals (and their keepers) need their shut-eye, too! One of the best known of the lot, primarily because of the popularity of the men who own it, is Siegfried and Roy Dolphin Encounter and Secret Garden at the Mirage Hotel and Casino
Viva! - Vegetarians International Voice For Animals Ducks are water animals and they must be allowed access to fresh, In thewild, the female Mallard usually looks after her ducklings for about two months http://www.viva.org.uk/campaigns/ducks/coopresponse.html
Extractions: Menu Loading. Please Wait. Your browser does not support script Many of you will, by now, have received a standard letter from the Co-op with regards to our investigations into the duck farms owned by their suppliers. Their response is entirely unsatisfactory. Despite seeing our evidence of the inherent cruelty associated with duck farming, they still dismiss our concerns with corporate spin. The following are questions you may find useful to ask the Co-op: Why do the Co-op believe indoor sheds are an appropriate environment for an essentially wild bird? Exactly how many ducks do the Co-op guidelines allow to be kept in one shed, and what outside access is provided? Ask the Co-op what the mortality rate for ducks is at their suppliers. The industry norm is around 5%, which means that on average around a million ducks die on factory farms in the UK before they reach even 7 weeks old. Does this reflect high animal welfare standards? How much attention can one stockman give thousands of ducks per shed?
Viva! - Vegetarians International Voice For Animals Youll have seen that these inquisitive animals spend lots of time preening.It is vital to ducks health that they can immerse themselves in water. http://www.viva.org.uk/campaigns/ducks/
Extractions: Ducks Out of Water Viva! Victory The campaign today However, the campaign continues: Viva! has recently investigated the duck suppliers to the Co-op , and because of the shocking scenes we uncovered we will be holding a major Day of Action on May 21 2005 We are still watching the duck farmers. The recent footage we filmed at factory farms contracted to Manor Farm Ducklings, of Norfolk, is some of the most distressing footage of neglect and abuse we have ever seen. In this section: Ducks out of water - home page Find out what you can do to help stop the suffering Watch our undercover video of duck farms. (3MB / 3m 22s) Watch our footage of the Manor Farm investigation.. ... Read our report "Duck out of Water" (now updated for 2005)
Wild Side Of The Menu No. 1 - Care And Cookery Information on proper care and cookery of wild game so you can fully enjoy the Generally, game animals are cleaned and butchered in the same manner as http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/yf/foods/he124w.htm
Extractions: More Information The most succulent wild game can be destroyed by improper handling in the field or improper cooking at home. The handling of the meat from harvesting to preparing can make a major difference in flavor and safety of the end product. The purpose of this publication is to provide information on proper care and cookery of wild game so you can fully enjoy the fruits of the field. Undesirable strong flavors in the meat can be due to inadequate bleeding, delay or carelessness in dressing or failure to cool the carcass promptly. Occasionally, the diet of the animal will affect the flavor. Generally, game animals are cleaned and butchered in the same manner as domestic animals. However, one must remove mutilated and bloodshot areas as well as bullets and shotgun pellets. Remember, the flavor of wild game meat, when handled properly, is delicious and characteristically unique to the species. Venison and antelope taste as different from one another as beef and pork.
Animals: Wild & Free No More - Bison Slaughter In Montana Full text of the article, wild free no more bison slaughter in Montana fromanimals Those animals were the ancestors of today s Yellowstone bison, http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FRO/is_n5_v130/ai_19733625
Extractions: Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. First, put yourself in the landscape, a rough, edgy country of sagebrush benchlands encircled by snowy plateaus and weathered mountain ridges, a land of big skies and sweeping vistas. The Yellowstone River carves a deep rift through it. The current is loaded with the melt of heavy snows. Tumbling headlong, fleeing the high country of its origin, the river rushes past the boundary of the national park that bears its name, hurrying down to the valley called Paradise, in Montana. Now, hear the thunderclap of high-powered rifles, of firing pins striking primer and igniting gunpowder to send copper-zinc-jacketed lead bullets flying towards their mark at more than 3,000 feet per second. Bam! The bullets punch through tough bison hides, splintering bones and puncturing organs as they mushroom and tear through the guts of the large, shaggy, brown creatures. Professional marksmen in the service of the people of Montana fire the bullets. With cool efficiency the sharpshooters choose their targets and pull the triggers.
Extractions: To enlarge the photos, click on the photos or links Water Hemlock - 01 ) We spotted these water hemlock growing in a semi-wet area off the side of the road. Water hemlock can grow to heights of three to six feet and usually grow in wet or damp fields or in swamps. They are members of the Parsley family, Umbelliferae, or Carrot family, Apiaceae, depending on the reference consulted; but unlike the parsley and carrots we eat, this relative of the poison hemlock is probably the most poisonous plant in the United States. Water Hemlock - 01a ) At first glance, water hemlock may look like the common Queen Anne's lace, but the water hemlock's flat-topped umbel is separated. The name "cowbane" refers to the fact that this otherwise beautiful plant is just as deadly to cattle as it is to humans. Water Hemlock - 02 ) The most distinguishing feature of the water hemlock is the purple-streaked or spotted stems, hence the Latin name, maculata, which means blotched or spotted. The alternately growing leaves of the water hemlock are pinnate with a terminal and two or three sets of parallel coarsely toothed leaflets.
Colorado Wild Animal Rehabilitation Flower Essences Used in Colorado wild Animal Rehabilitation Program Remedy GivenFive Flower Formula; remedy was diluted in water and squirted at the http://www.flowersociety.org/wildkindcases.htm
Extractions: In August, 2000, FES donated some flower essences commonly used with animal issues to Wildkind, the wildlife rehabilitation facility of the Larimer County Humane Society in Fort Collins, Colorado. Established in 1988 to provide care to injured, ill, or orphaned wild animals until they are able to be released back into the wild, Wildkind had already been using homeopathic remedies. Upon receipt of the donation, they were able to add flower essences on a much larger scale than before. Sarah Breuilly, the Wildkind program manager, began submitting cases almost immediately, revealing the effectiveness of flower essences in animal rescue treatments. "Things are going absolutely wonderfully," she reported. "Our Animal Protection and Control Officers have begun using the remedies and are absolutely fascinated with what they are seeing. I have been using the remedies quite liberally and have had some miraculous things occur. Thank you so very much!" Sarah said the essences are now used with all of the animals, and all of the animals receive the Five Flower Formula daily. Other cases are determined by their emotional needs. "We also use the Five Flower Formula as a room freshenerit seems to help eliminate bad smells."
Grassfed Basics - Eat Wild Eat wild The clearinghouse for information about pasture-based farming. Animal stress and abuse Air, land, and water pollution http://www.eatwild.com/basics.html
Extractions: Unnatural Diets. Animal Stress. Lower Nutritional Value. Pigs, Chickens, Ducks and Geese. Chickens, turkeys, and pigs are also being raised in confinement. Typically, they suffer an even worse fate than the ruminants. Tightly packed into cages, sheds, or pens, they cannot practice their normal behaviors, such as rooting, grazing, and roosting. Worse yet, they cannot escape the stench of their own manure. Meat and eggs from these animals are also lower in a number of key vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids. The Environment. The Art and Science of Grassfarming.
Virginia Department Of Environmental Quality Plan several activities from Project wild. Invite a Project wild volunteer They have several on animal survival, adaptation, food chains and migration. http://www.deq.state.va.us/education/ecology.html
Extractions: Contact the EE staff email: Ann Regn Air Resources Animals/endangered species/wildlife Adopt an animal. Many organizations will send you periodic letters telling you about your adopted animal. Donate money to Department of Game and Inland Fisheries non-game fund to protect watchable wildlife and threatened species.
