Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Fall is here and winter is around the corner. Many birds are just awaiting the day they leave to migrate south for the winter. Others still are preparing for the harsh winter here in Canada. Whatever the situation, you can make it easier for these birds to survive.
Bird feeders are especially important in the winter time, as it is much more difficult for birds to find food. Nothing is growing, and the snow covers most things. Be a “good neighbor” and leave them some easy pickings…
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Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Fall is here and winter is around the corner. Many birds are just awaiting the day they leave to migrate south for the winter. Others still are preparing for the harsh winter here in Canada. Whatever the situation, you can make it easier for these birds to survive.
Bird feeders are especially important in the winter time, as it is much more difficult for birds to find food. Nothing is growing, and the snow covers most things. Be a “good neighbor” and leave them some easy pickings…
The most important thing to [ ... ]
Exotic Animal Newsflash:
On Tuesday, it was reported that archaeologists had discovered ancient beehives in Northern Israel evidencing a 3000 yr old beekeeping industry. This would prove true the scriptures referring to “The Land of Milk and Honey” in the Bible, as it was previously believed these scriptures referred to fig and date honey, not honey made from honeybees.
The remnants discovered were the oldest, intact ancient beehives ever found, including honeycombs and beeswax. 30 intact hives dating back to 900 BC. Therefore, this industry was alive and well in the Holy Land during the Bible days.
This beekeeping evidence [ ... ]
Category: Asian Animals, Insects, News, Unusual Pets
Tags: ancient bee, archeology, bee, bee keeping, bee wax, beehive, honey, honey bee, insect, Israel One Comment
Exotic Animal Newsflash:
It was reported Wednesday that a Dutch park, west of Amsterdam, has an overabundant population of deer, and it has been proposed by park management to introduce wolves or wildcats to control this problem.
There are approximately 1500 deer in this park, and they have caused 13 accidents by jumping over park fences and meandering into urban neighborhoods. If nothing is done, it is believed that this deer population will grow by 30% each year.
Other popular options to control this problem include contraception, installing higher fences, and selective hunting schedules.
A decision will be reached within the next [ ... ]
Category: Carnivore, European Animals, Mammals, News
Tags: Amsterdam, animal news, deer, deer population, The Hague, wildcat, wildcats, wolf, wolves One Comment
Exotic Animal Newsflash:
On Tuesday, a concerned lifeguard rescued a helpless 60 cm shark off the coast of Coney Island to save it from some nasty swimmers. They were reported to have circled the the shark, held it, hit it and smacked it around.
Not being able to bear this abuse, the lifeguard grabbed the defenseless shark, that was actually playing dead, and swam him further out off the shoreline away from swimmers.
This lifeguard reported that he finally wiggled free, and attempted to bite him when he released it. However, everyone was safe and sound, and the shark escaped the [ ... ]
Category: Fish, Marine Animals, News, North American Animals, Sharks
Tags: animal news, Coney Island, lifeguard rescue, Sharks, thresher shark One Comment
Siberian Tigers are considered to be Critically Endangered. With the Chinese and Korean populations nearly extinct, there are only about approximately 350-400 of these big cats left 10 years ago! This is not promising, especially if things don’t drastically change for this animal!
Many zoos in the world, especially in China, have been running breeding programs for the Siberian tiger subspecies. 620 Siberian tigers are scheduled to be released from China this year.
This is the biggest cat species in the world! Not only are there these beautiful orange, black and white Siberian tigers, but this subspecies of [ ... ]
Exotic Animal Newsflash:
Today is the anniversary of the passing of a legend and international icon!
It still chokes me up to this day that this world lost Mr. Steve Irwin, more affectionately known as the Crocodile Hunter. He was, hands down, the most knowledgeable herpetologist this world has ever known. Courageous, determined, fearless: That’s what Steve Irwin was.
How exciting it would have been to
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Category: Australian Animals, Endangered Species, News, Reptiles
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Elephants are extremely endangered species. They are the largest land mammal and animal.
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Superfamily: Elephantoidea
Family: Elephantidae
…With many tribes and species…
This is a very informative article to help you get some background information on this amazing and wonderful creature!
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Asian and African Elephants
By Michael Tasner
Asian and African Elephants
While Asian and African elephants may appear similar in appearance, there are many differences that separate these two types of elephants. Both types have physical characteristics and adaptations that differ, making them better suited to their individual habitats. Understanding the differences between African and [ ... ]
Category: African Animals, Asian Animals, Endangered Species, Mammals
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Exotic Animal Newsflash:
On Friday, it was reported that there are over 3000 monocled cobras in a village of 6000 in Choto Pashla in the West Bengal State of India. That’s 1 snake for every 2 villagers, many of them 7 ft long! Yikes! Neighboring villages are frightened visit!
They are, in essence, cohabitating with these creatures. They welcome these snakes, as they started worshiping them as representatives of a goddess, Manasa 6 centuries ago, when the snakes were forced there due to a flood. They believe their farms have consequently prospered ever since.
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Category: Asian Animals, Carnivore, Endangered Species, News, Reptiles, Snakes, Unusual Pets
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Exotic Animal Newsflash:
On Saturday, it was reported from Cuero, Texas, about 80 miles southeast of San Antonio, that 3 40-lb strange beasts were discovered dead on the side of the road. As described by avid, long-time huntress, Phylis Canion, these were uglier and stranger beasts than she has ever seen.
Phylis lived in Africa for 4 yrs and hunted big game, but her greatest find yet has been roadkill on the side of the road near her ranch in Texas, along with other neighbors, believing that recent heavy rains may have driven them out of their dens.
Canion saved and froze [ ... ]
Category: Endangered Species, Mammals, News, North American Animals, South American Animals, Unidentified Mysterious Animals (UMA)
Tags: animal news, chupacabra, crytozoology, Endangered Species, extraterrestrial, folklore, goat sucker, mythical animals, Texas, unidentified mysterious animal 5 Comments
Exotic Animal Newsflash:
On Friday, Russian president, Vladimir Putin, kissed a sturgeon at a fish farm, and then lovingly dropped it into the Caspian Sea.
Okay, he didn’t kiss it on the lips, but on the head, and he wore white gloves…
The Russians are desperately trying to regenerate the endangered sturgeon population in the Caspian Sea are. These sturgeon are prized for their tiny, black eggs that are a delicacy for caviar lovers.
To see more on this story, go to:
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