Funny Animal Habits

By admin | Published September 13, 2011

Just like some of the humans, animals can also be weird at times. Of course they are lovable, funny, intriguing, and interesting, but nevertheless they are also weird. So, why don’t we go over some of the funny habits of animals?

Dolphins also suffer from insomnia.
Who would not love dolphins? Every time I am at the sea, I would always wish that some dolphins suddenly appear out of the water. They are indeed so adorable. But did you know suffer from insomnia. And just many of us humans, the reason is love but not for their mate. The mother dolphins along with their newborn calves don’t sleep for several months. This is to ensure that the baby dolphin does not drown and also be kept away from predators. Now, talk about how hard it is to raise a kid.


Bees and their Exploding Balls

Today when loyal beings seem to dwindle along endangered species, let bees take us to a whole lot different level of displaying loyalty. In fact, they are crazily loyal. After reading this, you might reconsider that whole “birds and bees” analogy about explaining sex. Why? Because bees, they just lose their testicles when they mate. There is nothing crazy about that, right? When a drone mates with the queen, its penis snaps off inside of her, thereby acting as a plug to keep the sperm inside. And you think it is the craziest part already. During copulation, their balls also explode. I thought they want to reproduce. What’s the use for the dynamite?
The Incino Frog?

Do you still remember the movie The Incino Man starring the young Brendan Fraser? Well that story may never come true but in the animal kingdom it happens all the time. Let us take for example the case of the frogs.

While it is common story that animals go into hibernation cycles during the colder months I didn’t realize that frogs hibernate as well. When animals hibernate, they can slow down their heart rate exponentially, and their body temperatures drop as well. Frogs do it one step better. They can actually be completely frozen, their hearts would stop, and their breathing cease. And then one day they just wake up as if they just had a nap.

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Great Bustard

By admin | Published September 13, 2011

The Great Bustard or otherwise known as the Otis tarda is from the bustard family of the genus Otis. In central and southern Europe, the Great Bustard is the biggest bird species; it is also in these places where they breed. The Great Bustard can also be found in the temperate part of Asia, where they move further south during the winter. Most Great Bustard bird found in some countries are considered endangered, especially the Great Indian Bustard of Mumbai.

Endangered bird

  • The male Great Bustard is considered to be the biggest bird that can fly. A male Great Bustard has a brown color above and a white color below. It also has a long grey neck. Males have long white neck bristles during mating seasons and they have a long white colored wingspan.

  • The female Great Bustard is 3 times smaller than its male counterpart. Because of this, the male and the female Great Bustard have a skewed sex ratio. Female Great Bustards have buff breast. Great Bustard birds that are not yet adult look more like the female Great Bustard birds. Both male and female birds are silent kind of birds.

Great Bustards are endangered species. The Great Indian Bustard is one of the most endangered Great Bustard birds. The Great Indian Bustard is almost extinct with only 250 left. The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, with its partner Bird Life International named the Great Indian Bustard as an endangered species. The bird is actually considered critically endangered by these organizations. This is because these birds are being hunted, disturbed, they lose their habitat and fragmentation. The Great Indian Bustards used to live in the grasslands of India and Pakistan. However, presently, they are pushed to much smaller and isolated places. There have been efforts to breed these birds, but most of these efforts only failed significantly.

Great Bustard birds are large birds that need large spaces to live in. However, the world is getting more and more crowded disturbing the habitat of these birds. Now, these birds are losing their habitats, and soon they will be extinct, and if they get extinct people will lose the benefits that these birds can give. This is why it is very important to protect the Great Bustard birds and their habitat as well. If these birds get extinct, the next generation will not have the pleasure of seeing these birds alive anymore.

Reference: Illustrated Encyclopedia of endangered animals.

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