The Most Famous Reindeer of All! Rudolph
December 22, 2008 by Kimberly · 6 Comments
Just a little glimpse into the life of the most famous reindeer of all!
Here’s Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer…
Rudolph’s just way too cute!!! Keep your eyes out for him in the Christmas sky leading Santa’s sleigh!
A Very Merry Christmas to All!
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I hope you enjoyed this Arctic Animal on Exotic Animal Lover! Until next time…
Live Exotically,
Kimberly Edwards 
P.S. This is one of my very favorite Christmas movies of all time! Young or old, you need to see this movie:
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Don’t Get Caught in the Easter Bunny Trap!
March 14, 2008 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Bunnies and Easter just go together!!! What’s cuter than seeing a child with a bunny?
Just don’t fall into the trap of buying a bunny for your toddler or child at Easter time, when you are all “caught up in the moment”, just to have them lose interest and you having to take over the duties of care for your new furry friend.
Or worse, be in need of an outlet to get rid of the rabbit after you realize you don’t have time for one…
However, if you do have time and are willing, rabbits make wonderful, loving pets! They seem to get cuter to you by the day!
There are so many types of domesticated rabbit, including French lop-eared rabbits, dwarf rabbits, giant rabbits, and the list goes on and on…
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genera:
Pentalagus
Bunolagus
Nesolagus
Romerolagus
Brachylagus
Sylvilagus
Oryctolagus
Poelagus
Conservation Status:
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Live Feed of Beluga Whales @ Vancouver Aquarium
March 2, 2008 by Kimberly · 2 Comments
Whenever you have a Beluga Whale craving, like I often do, check out this great website I just found when Stumbling some sites (add me as a friend if you like on Stumble Upon).
It’s a Live Feed of the Vancouver Aquarium’s Beluga Whales…Amazing and beautiful! This is the link:
Live Webcam @ Vancouver Aquarium of Beluga Whales
View these majestic and highly vulnerable creatures, leave a comment and rate the feed! Have fun…Have a Beluga Break!
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Monodontidae
Genus: Delphinapterus
Species: D. leucas
Conservation Status:
The Beluga Whale is a Vulnerable species…
I hope you enjoy this live feed brought to you by Exotic Animal Lover! Until next time…
Live Exotically,
Kimberly Edwards ;D
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Global Warming Is Killing Arctic Whales
January 17, 2008 by Kimberly · 5 Comments
How you ask? Check out this article to find out!
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Cetacea
Photo above: Narwhals
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How Does Global Warming Affect Arctic Whales?
By Sylvie Leochko
Global warming affects negatively the environment and everything in it. There are more than just humans that are affected by it. In fact, such a negative process has been hasted by the human race through pollution. While the Earth is trying its best to cool out its environment by using its natural resources such as volcanic eruptions, it cannot seem to be able to be as effective as needed.
Several species are affected negatively by global warming, especially at the Poles. In fact, as these regions are the most vulnerable ones, the living beings inhabiting these areas are fighting for their own survival. Arctic whales such as Bowheads, Belugas and Narwhals are also suffering from global warming. How does global warming affect Arctic whales?
Global warming is a process affecting the temperature of the atmosphere, which provides negative effects on the environment, its fauna, its flora as well as climates. In fact, it has been creating such a havoc that several species either had to adapt, become endangered of face extinction.
Photo right: Beluga Whale
You see, now that global warming has been responsible for Read more
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Moose Are Not To Be Messed With!
December 20, 2007 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Moose are a very “Canadian” animal, when I asked my husband to tell me the first winter animal off the top of his head, he said, “Moose”. So…Ok…Here goes…
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Capreolinae
Genus: Alces
Species: A. alces
Conservation Status:
I am ecstatic to announce to you that the Moose is a species of Least Concern. Great job!
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Don’t Mess with a Moose
By James Hyde
When you’re hiking and happen upon a moose, they can appear laid back and they can even be approached and fed depending on what season it is, but neither is ever a good idea. If it’s rutting season, approaching a bull moose is like poking a grizzly bear with a stick.
If you come upon a moose that’s close by, leave it alone, regardless of how docile it may appear. And then there’s the issue of sex.
Bull moose (males) are most dangerous during Read more
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Caribou/Reindeer…Just In Time For Christmas!
Well, how could I not cover Caribou or Reindeer at Christmastime?
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Odocoileinae
Genus: Rangifer
Species: R. tarandus
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Conservation Status:
This is a species of least concern! Congratulations on this one, Planet Earth!
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Caribou/Reindeer in Alaska
By Michael Russell
Reindeer are domesticated caribou in North America and are mainly bred for meat production. Although there are seven subspecies of caribou, Alaska only has the Barren ground subspecies. Wild caribou are called reindeer in Europe; they are the same species as normal caribou; however, there are some differences between the two of them. Reindeer or caribou have heavier bodies and shorter legs due to different breeding methods; this helps produce the most meat. Wild caribous’ legs are longer with smaller bodies, which provide for a more efficient migration.
Caribou are a species of deer and both males and females have antlers; males weigh 400 pounds and females weigh 200 pounds. Caribou can live to 15 years old in their habitat and to 20 years old in captivity. They have a thick coat during the winter and it sheds in the spring, but still shields them from water. Fur that repels water is useful when herds travel through large rivers. Their hooves are concave and their edges harden when winter arrives which help them walk on icy surfaces. They soften during the summer for walking on spongy tundra. There is a tendon in a caribou’s ankle, which alters the hooves when walking. This causes the hooves to gain a larger surface area while on spongy tundra.
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A Simple Way To Save Polar Bears? You Decide!
December 2, 2007 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
I just read this great article that stirred up a creative idea to try to help save the polar bears…
…I think that everyone’s thoughtful idea should be heard and assessed, so…
You tell me/comment on what you think of Aldene’s idea!
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A Simple Way to Save the Polar Bears
By Aldene Fredenbuirg
“60 Minutes” just aired a repeat of a report they had featured earlier, about global warming and its effect on the arctic polar bear population.
Because of the rise in the earth’s temperature all over the world, including the North and South polar regions, ice floes are melting earlier each year. Unfortunately, this is having a very bad impact on the polar bear population, because it significantly shortens the bears’ feeding season.
The bears climb onto the ice floes and use them as bases to hunt their chief source of food, which is seals. No ice floes, no ability to hunt, no ability to feed. The polar bear population has declined significantly in the past twenty-five years, and the weight of female bears has also declined, a fact that zoologists fear represents declining fertility and a much lessened ability to carry a pregnancy to term.
Polar bears are threatened with extinction; but there seems to be a potential solution that, while not having any impact on the core problem of global warming, could offer a stop-gap solution while we work on reversing the larger problem.
Why not design Read more
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