Fennec foxes live in the desert, in North Africa and Asia. Some plants that live in their habitat are papyrus, date palms, lotus, dragonwort, and chrysanthemums. Their dens are dug deep in the sand to keep cool. Fennec foxes live in packs of up to 10 foxes. They eat eggs, insects, rodents, plants, fruits, small reptiles, termites, lizards, seeds, beetles, birds, and the eggs of birds and reptiles. They get enough moisture from their food to where they can survive without access to water holes.…
Most pet turtles, red eared sliders included, are mainly herbivorous in the wild and can survive on vegetables such as carrots, lettuce or cabbage or fruits such as berries. Some owners also introduce earthworms or live insects such as crickets, beetles or spiders. You can also buy commercial turtle food to ensure that your turtle is getting all of the nutrients it needs. Diet and frequency of feeding is also, in part, a function of your turtle's age. One thing you will notice is that the red eared slider's diet tends to change as they mature. Younger turtles are usually omnivores, eating a wide range of vegetation and insects. As they mature, they tend to be more herbivorous, sticking to fruits and vegetables.…
The Mule deer is a deer very populated in the western North America. It is named for its ears, which are large like those of the Mule. There are believed to be several subspecies, including the black-tailed deer. The adult Mule deer weigh 130 lbs and 5 feet long. It’s gestation period is 203 days. They are herbivores. A startled, Mule deer will stiff-legged jumps with all four feet hitting the ground together. Each spring a buck's antlers start to regrow almost immediately after the old antler are shed. A Mule deer antlers are bifurcated; they fork as they grow, rather than forking from a single main beam. Mule deer have eight predators they are humans coyotes,…
The prairie rattlesnake is one of the most venomous snakes in North America. The prefered habitat for the prairie rattlesnake is in the mid United States and is mostly found living in grasslands and prairies. They will also live in wooded arias, brush caves and near streams where the food is plentiful.…
The Red-tailed Hawk is the most known hawk in America especially North America. They commonly fly above fields with their broad wings. They are well adapted to living in the air. They are very large and a female can weigh up to three pounds. You’ll see them on electric poles observing a mole or a squirrel simply waiting out the perfect time to attack them.…
Francis Marion was born in the winter of 1732 (his exact birth date is unknown) at Goatfield Plantation in St. John's Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina. His parents, Gabriel and Esther Marion, were of French Huguenot descent. The Huguenots were French Protestants who had suffered persecution for their beliefs during the reign of Louis XIV. Following the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes, which forbade the practice of Protestantism, 50,000 Huguenots left France. Marion's grandparents were among them. Along with 70 or 80 other Huguenot families, they farmed the banks of the Santee River near Charleston, South Carolina, where the land proved ideal for growing rice and indigo, a highly treasured blue dye…
It’s kidneys have become stronger, its bones have become larger, and its brain has gained more intelligence. The original Fennec Fox’s kidneys could go up to three days without water or hold water for up to three days. Now, the kidneys can preserve water for up to six days. That is only three days more but three days can make a huge difference in a frozen desert. Of course the fox to become larger to catch larger prey so the bones inside the fox grew much larger than they originally were. The fox, before adapting, was only two to three pounds and only sixteen to nineteen inches long. Now, the fox is fifteen to twenty pounds and is about thirty to forty inches long, not including the tail of course. Finally, one of the last changes was the brain. The Frost Fox is far more intelligent than the Fennec Fox. The average Frost Fox is about as intelligent as both a cat and dog. The fox had to become more intelligent to survive the new harsh environment it would be living in.…
Fluffy, furry, and fast, those are three words that accurately describe a furry animal called a Chinchilla. What does the name Chinchilla come from? The name Chinchilla comes from the name of a tribe that hunted Chinchilla for their dense fur. The tribe so often hunted the furry animals that the animal was named after the tribe.…
A young deer has strayed away from her herd and is innocently grazing on grass. Ten yards away, a hungry wolf pack slowly stalks toward the fawn after trailing her for days. The deer senses what's happening and darts away, but it's too late, the fawn is as good as dead. The snowy terrain works to the wolf's’ advantage, with their huge paws acting like snowshoes. The wolves advance as their strongest member leads the chase. The pups watch from the sidelines as the deer quickly tires out. The head wolf quickly latches on to the fawn’s nose and brings her to the ground. The deer thrashes as more wolves come and attack her. Not long after, the fawn gives up her fight and the wolves feast.…
Adaptations for this family include unusually large ears and small bodies for Fennec and Bat-Eared Foxes. This protects them from the hot African climate. The Fennec and Arctic Fox have thick fur to help provide protection from the climate, and they have thick fur on their paws to protect against hot sand/cold snow. They are also both monogamous animals. Bat-Eared Foxes and Arctic Foxes have no shared traits. They are all monogamous. animals that live in underground dens, have amazing hearing, and are hunted and killed for their fur.…
Imagine being in a country roughly the same size as the United States (U.S.) and having over four times the population. Imagine having a limited water supply due to pollution. Imagine having a wall built across your entire country. Imagine a country that frowns upon religion and only allows you to have one child. All these things are true for the country of China. Over the following paragraphs, I will discuss the world’s largest military and some of the struggles that the Chinese people face on a daily basis.…
Striped Hyena is a very large, powerful animal. Their scientific name is Hyaena hyaena. They are covered in pale tan to greyish shaggy fur. They have black stripes sliding down their fur in a vertical arrangement. The striped hyena's face is usually dark with a black throat patch on the underside of their neck. Thick, erectile hair runs down the nape of its neck to its rump. Hair can be raised to make the hyena look larger.…
They do not have the wattles and breast tufts. They have gray or brown feathers.…
There appears to be different types of foraging behaviour patterns that are shown by different species throughout the world. These different patterns affect the amount of food gained by the individual as well as the amount of food gained by others in that species. In this study the silver gull’s (Larus novaehollandiae) forging patterns were studied, to determine what, if any, foraging strategies they engaged in. Three alternative hypothesis were tested, the first being that the gulls would forage where the food was at its highest density. The second was the gulls ignore, or cannot assess, patch quality, and finally the gulls forage in such a way as to maximise their own rate of food intake. It was found that the gulls split themselves into groups relative to the density of the food in each patch so that the ratio of food in the patch matched the ratio of gulls foraging. The first hypothesis was accepted while the second and…
Did you know that foxes are solitary hunters? Unlike animals such as wolves, they hunt alone rather than in packs. There are seven characteristics of life that apply to all living things, but they may not be applied in the same way. For example, fennec foxes have fur on their feet to help them move around in the sandy Sahara. The characteristics of life can be applied to all living things, even small animals such as the fennec fox.…