The great white shark is the world's largest known predatory fish.
It has 300 teeth, yet does not chew its food.
Sharks rip their prey into mouth-sized pieces which are swallowed whole.
The shark’s heavy body allows it to swim for long periods of time, and then suddenly switch to high speed bursts in pursuit of prey—sometimes leaping out of the water.
It feeds on a vast selection of prey, from small fish to large seals and dolphins.
They are considered vulnerable.
Thursday, 20 November 2014
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Great Plains Wolf (Buffalo Wolf)
This is a Great Plains Wolf or also know as Buffalo wolf.
(The image is from www.cosmosmith.com )
Wolves were once common in the US, But now it is endangered and was once thought extinct! Wolves are one of my favourite animals as they are so beautiful, so successful in what they do and just so hardy.
The Great Plains wolf will eat deer, moose, hares, small birds, and varoius rodents.,
Wolves travel in packs of 5 or 6 wolves on average and they all work together when they hunt.
This image shows three wolves hunting.
(It's from http://davestarn.com )
Luckily these beautiful creatures numbers are increasing, but they are still classed as endangered.
These are two buffalo wolves.
(From www.turtlehurtled.com )
These are so gorgeous, I think it's horrible when you type them into google images you get loads of pictures of dead ones and their hunters. It isn't humain we don't need to kill these creatures for food so why kill them at all. There are so many lovely animals on this planet why do we kill them so we can't see them again. Save them for your children to admire, Alive. Not stuffed or in pictures or drawings!
Don't let these beauty's be remembered with the Dodo and the dinosaurs!!
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
Brown Bears
This is a brown bear. The picture is from the national geographic website.
Brown bears are one of my favourite bears. But unfortunately they are endangered, (well they'd have to be because that's what my blog is all about) brown bears are beautiful.
(Also from National Geographic)
But I mean seriously? There animals are so gorgeous why would you want to harm them?!
SHOOT WITH CAMERAS, NOT GUNS!
All of the animals on this blog are beautiful in their own way, Panda's are just adorable, Blue whales are so graceful, tigers are just so majestic and monkeys are just so cheekily cute. I don't really think I need to elaborate any more, you get the idea.
Back to the bears, lucky for them they are quite spread out in where they live and the numbers are slowly on the increase but, the bears that live near humans are getting poached.
Brown bears tend to avoid humans and will only attack if they feel threatened, but when they do they are the fiercest. and most dangerous of all bears.
Brown bears are omnivores, they eat both meat and plants. They would be big enough to take down elk and the like but most brown bears will eat mostly plants. But they like fish, especially salmon. But in general if it's edible they will eat it.
Most of a bears life is spend on its own. As the bears only predator is humans they have no need to be in packs.
Brown bears in the wild will live around 15 to 34 years but if kept in captivity it's 47 years.
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