Tigers have been classified by scientists into eight subspecies: Indian (or Bengal), Indo-Chinese, Sumatran, Amur (or Siberian), South China, Caspian (extinct), Java (extinct), and Bali (extinct).
There are probably fewer than 500 Sumatran tigers on the island of Sumatra. The roar of a tiger can be heard more than a mile away.
Bengal White Tigers
White tiger’s Fact fileThe scientific name for white tigers: Panthera Tigers
Panthera tigers are born to Bengal tigers that carry an unusual gene needed for white coloring. The White Tiger is a good swimmer, but a very poor climber.
They may be slow runners, but they are stealthy enough to catch any prey in their sights. Because they are solitary animals, they mostly hunt at night.
The other four sub-species of tiger are Siberian, South China, Indochinese, and Sumataran. There are only approximately 5,000 to 7,400 tigers left in the wild.
It is belief that if you are born in the Chinese year of the tiger you are unusually lucky. Let’s hope that some of this luck rubs off on the white tiger before it’s too late. Let’s try to protect and preserve their existence on earth.
The difference between alligators and crocodiles are :
Crocodiles and alligators are quite different. Alligators have a very broad, wide snout, and crocodiles have a narrower snout and jaw. Also crocodiles often have a lower tooth that juts out noticeably, while an alligator’s fourth tooth is hidden.
Where do they live?
Crocodiles are a cold-blooded species, and require an average temperature of approximately 80 degrees Fahrenheit to survive. This being the case, they are found on warmer continents that have swampy or humid conditions for at least part of the season.
The American alligator lives almost exclusively in the lower southeast regions of North America, from the Carolinas to Texas. The caiman, a smaller species of crocodiles, populate a large section of southern Mexico, Central and South America. The Chinese alligator lives in the lower Yangtze valley in China. The American crocodile is scattered throughout the Everglades and Florida Keys, and in Mexico and Central America. The African Nile crocodile is one of the most notorious, often growing as large as 16 to 20 feet in length. Southeast Asia has the Indo-Pacific crocodile, which lives in Indonesia, to the Philippines, and Australia.
What and How Do They Eat
Crocodiles are pure carnivores and ambush their prey by stealth. They swim either under water or skim quietly along the top of the water until they are within striking range, when they then explode upon the prey, grabbing it in their massive jaws and dragging it under water to drown. What they eat depends upon the species and where they are located. A crocodiles diet can consist of fish, turtles, rodents, birds, both small and large mammals, other reptiles and insects or young or immature crocodiles or alligators. Also, many species can exist on one large meal for over six months to a year. They store their food energy in fat cells, and draw from these in-between meals. Crocodiles will often “roll” with large prey to rip off chunks of flesh, before swallowing.
Appearance and Traits
All crocodiles have webbed feet, which are a defined mark to their life in water. They also have very tough, or armored skin, which is actually an overlapped set of scales. These scales help to protect the salt-water crocodiles and alligators from the harsh salinity of the sea. The eyes and nostrils are set up high on the head and snout to allow it to keep its main body submerged while still being able to breathe and view their surroundings with ease. Crocodiles have a vertical pupil that allows them to hunt effectively at night.
Crocodiles have an excellent sense of smell and hearing. Their jaws are enormously powerful, but only on the downward bite, which give the croc that infamous “snap,” like a spring-loaded hinge. Their teeth continue to grow their entire life. If they lose or break one off, another will soon grow to replace it. They also “shed” their teeth periodically, whether or not there’s been damage.
Their broad, heavily muscled tail assists them in swimming smoothly and quickly. Even though they have short legs, they can move surprisingly fast on dry land. Alligators and crocodiles can live up to fifty years of age on average.
Like snakes, crocodiles lay eggs. Some species build nests of debris and earth, while others excavate holes for their offspring. All species lay their eggs on land, near water but well above the water line. The eggs hatch anywhere from two to three months after being layed. Although the mother may lay as may as fifty eggs, few of the baby crocodiles will survive to adult hood. They are prey for many other animals, from birds to fish.
Crocodile Death Roll
When crocodiles catch their meal or in a fight on land or in water. They roll them selves and helps them to kill the prey or enemy. Go to http://www.youtube.com and type untamed and uncut-crocodile death roll.
It was around 6th or 7th of august we went to Jeya Book Shop, and a hell lot of exercise books. once we bought them and was on our way home, when my father had to stop because there was a truck going pass, so my father kept his foot down. And then a car came and ran over his foot! my father was in pain. And he stopped his motorbike. And yelled at him to stop the car. He called the police. And that driver wasn’t even bothered to say sorry. But when my father saw me bored he justed asked the driver’ are you a tamil?’he said yes. and my father let him go. And my father and I arrived home and told everything. My brother didn’t even believe it. I sat down on the floor and started wrapping all the books with my brown paper cover.
That wasn’t a exciting day when my father’s foot was trampled. But it was an exciting day when i bought and wrapped the books.
Deer are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. They include for example Moose, Red Deer, Reindeer, Roe and Chital. Animals from related families within the order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates) are often also considered to be deer – these include muntjac and water deer. Male (and a few female) deer of all species (except the Chinese Water deer who only have short tusks instead) grow and shed new antlers each year – in this they differ from permanently horned animals such as antelope – these are in the same order as deer and may bear a superficial resemblance. The musk deer of Asia and Water Chevrotain (or Mouse Deer) of tropical African and Asian forests are not usually regarded as true deer and form their own families.
I want you to see these two clips about deer. Enjoy!
Sharks are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. They respire with the use of five to seven gill slits. Sharks have a covering of dermal denticles that protect their skin from damage and parasites and improve fluid dynamics so the shark can move faster. They have several sets of replaceable teeth. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago, before the time of the dinosaurs.
Intelligence
Contrary to the common wisdom that sharks are instinct-driven “eating machines”, recent studies have indicated that many species possess powerful problem-solving skills, social skills and curiosity. The brain- to body-mass ratios of sharks are similar to mammals and other higher vertebrate species.
In 1987, near Smitswinkle Bay, South Africa, a group of up to seven great white sharks worked together to move a partially beached dead whale to deeper waters to feed.
Sharks can engage in playful activities. Porbeagle sharks have been seen repeatedly rolling in kelp and chasing an individual who trailed a piece of kelp behind it.
Speed
In general, sharks swim (”cruise”) at an average speed of 8 kilometers per hour (5.0 mph) but when feeding or attacking, the average shark can reach speeds upwards of 19 kilometers per hour (12 mph). The shortfin mako may range upwards of 50 kilometers per hour (31 mph). The shortfin mako shark is the fastest shark and one of the fastest fish. The great white shark is also capable of bursts of speed. These exceptions may be due to the “warm-blooded”, or homeothermic, nature of these sharks’ physiology.
Sleep
Some sharks can lie on the bottom while actively pumping water over their gills, but their eyes remain open and actively follow divers. When a shark is resting, it does not use its nares, but rather its spiracles. If a shark tried to use its nares while resting on the ocean floor, it would be sucking up sand rather than water. Many scientists believe this is one of the reasons sharks have spiracles. The spiny dogfish’s spinal cord rather than its brain, coordinates swimming, so it is possible for spiny dogfish to continue to swim while sleeping.
It is also possible that sharks sleep in a manner similar to dolphins, one cerebral hemisphere at a time, thus maintaining some consciousness and cerebral activity at all times.
Teeth
The teeth of sharks are embedded in the gums rather than directly fixed to the jaw, and are constantly replaced throughout the shark’s life. Multiple rows of replacement teeth are grown in a groove on the inside of the jaw and moved forward in a “conveyor belt”; some sharks can lose some 30,000 teeth in their lifetime. The rate of tooth replacement varies from once every 8–10 days to several months. In most species teeth are replaced one at a time, while in the cookie-cutter sharks the entire row of teeth is replaced simultaneously.
The shape of a shark’s tooth depends on its diet: those that feed on mollusks and crustaceans have dense flattened teeth for crushing, those that feed on fish have needle-like teeth for gripping, and those that feed on larger prey such as mammals have pointed lower teeth for gripping and triangular upper teeth with serrated edges for cutting. The teeth of plankton-feeders such as the basking shark are greatly reduced and non-functional.
Types of Sharks
Types of shark teeth
Some sharks can lie on the bottom while actively pumping water over their gills, but their eyes remain open and actively follow divers.[44] When a shark is resting, it does not use its nares, but rather its spiracles. If a shark tried to use its nares while resting on the ocean floor, it would be sucking up sand rather than water. Many scientists believe this is one of the reasons sharks have spiracles. The spiny dogfish’s spinal cord rather than its brain, coordinates swimming, so it is possible for spiny dogfish to continue to swim while sleeping.[44]
It is also possible that sharks sleep in a manner similar to dolphins,[44] one cerebral hemisphere at a time, thus maintaining some consciousness and cerebral activity at all times.
There are different kinds of trees all over the world. And some people deforest them to build more buildings and to harvest. Deforestation has a lot of disadvantages …. First of all the oxygen will be gone if more and more trees are cut. Secondly animals will loose their homes and food and will eventually die! Even if you cut two or three trees replace them by planting a sapling.
Trees help human beings and animals. So why destroy them?
The first thing that should be not allowed is to harm animals. I have heard and watched many videos of sharks, I see some people adore them, while some capture them and cut of their fins just for decoration of food. And the shark how ever dies because it has no fins to swim.
The people who adore sharks. But if you adore them too much, They give kisses to them in the belly and mouth. This is what i saw. A Couple of divers went underwater and touched them and kissed them. But one man went too close and the shark bit his mouth it took like about a lot of stitches to bring his mouth together.
Here is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGApgrZGzA
Don’t get freaked out!
And one more thing to mention. If a animal is in trouble. It would be very good if you save them.
There are lot of videos where people saved them. The quickest videos that can be loaded faster is YouTube
Just go to http://www.youtube.com and type untamed and uncut. There will be awesome videos!
My father is planing to go to Jaffna, He is so excited. He bought a little note book and writes what ever needed to be packed. And small articles about Jaffna. He takes pictures there with his camera. He even has his own land there. So he is going there and build up his house back because after all these years. His house might be like few roofs stolen, doors stolen etc.And so he always talks about this amazing trip.
My father is leaving on September 3rd. He settles everything we need at home and goes. He wrote what needed to be packed. And today we went out looking for a camping bag. We found a very nice bag, 4500, but my father said he will buy it later.
Anyway I will write about his trip. And I will let you know whether it is a good condition in Jaffna. If you look in Google Earth. You will find velani and beside the Amin Kovl you will find a lot of trees and houses. Well one of them is my Dad’s and beside them is like his relatives,cousins, etc. And the sand on the beach is white. OHHH And the sea, If you go far and far it is like only up to your stomach. But if you go further it will be deep. And there are dolpins. I can’t wait to go there.
My Father’s Departure.
My father left early morning at 5. He arrives at voniya by a train , then took a bus to velani.He stayed in his father’s brother’s place for a day or two. The he went to see his house how it is like.And then,…. He came back with said news after a week. He said that his house is all filled with cow shit, his windows are stolen. etc. And it will cause a million to repair it. So that’s all. If we are planning to do something . I will definitely let you know. If you need more details.. Please comment
It was one horrible trip which was supposed to be fun…
I thought it was going to be fun and I won’t vomit because I will be talking with my friends.
But you know what happened? Bad Luck! I had to sit with a bunch of I don’t like girls. awwwwww…..so I had to suffer! finally I realized that we can get up and go and sit where we like. I wanted to sit with Yumna, My best friend. But my other best friend named Dilashini took that place,ok so I wanted to sit near her, because 3 pupils can sit in one seat in the bus. Guess what? She called my friend Akshika to that place. I looked at Yumna and she felt sad…so did I. Anyway I had to sit near a friend who I don’t like much, Dhivya.
I just tried to enjoy myself. After that all the girls got up and gathered together and were singing tamil songs. I couldn’t bare the loud clapping and shouting.I felt like to vomit, I told my teacher and she asked me to sit near her. And i went to her and looked outside the window. I felt the rain and the breeze…..WOW! so it made me feel better.
And so it was a 2 hour drive. We arrived at the forest. In the middle of the trip my teacher screamed! there was a leech on her sari, 2 of them trying to suck her blood. We were climbing up, up, up and up till we reached a flat land. And our guide told us to play here. I was shocked because there wasn’t hardly enough space. The boys didn’t care and they started to play cricket. The girls were fighting about the game they were playing. So I wasn’t even bothered to just stay there and watch them fight, and waste my time like a buffalo, so I went away , then our teachers saw us bored and they played with us. I enjoyed very much.
Next we came back on the bus and had a welcome drink in a restaurant. Then we walked to the playground. I thought it will be full of swings , slides, monkey bars etc, But it was just a plain platform. There also the girls were arguing about the game called cricket. They were scolding , this is how you play cricket, not like this blah blah blah! I went out because they didn’t let me to bat! I didn’t like a girl called Sivanjale because she was bossy. At last I got to play badminton. But after 5 shots we had to leave.
We all had to go to the restaurant again to drink ice coffee . YUCK! the ice coffee was very bad. They only mixed water with coffee powder.
Next we on our way back to school. Again the girls as usual sang loudly. I slept because I didn’t know most of the Tamil songs. So I was bored.
We reached Belvoir College International. I woke up and was very lazy and tired to walk all the way home. But I had to.Anyway I reached home and told what happened today.
Enjoy!
