Asian Elephant

Beauty Of Animal | Asian Elephant | Asian Elephant is a (Elephas maximus) is the only living species of the genus Elephas and distributed in Southeast Asia from India to Borneo in the west to the east. Three subspecies are Elephas maximus maximus from Sri Lanka, the Indian elephant or E. m. recognized from mainland Asia indicus and E. m. sumatranus from the island of Sumatra. Asian elephants are the largest living land animals in Asia.

 

Asian elephants are quite durable, with a maximum recorded life span of 86 years.n are generally smaller than Asian elephants and African elephants have the highest body point on the head. Large elephant bulls weigh up to 5400 kg £ 12 000 ft and 3.2 m high at the shoulder 10. The skeleton makes up about 15% of their body weight. The sizes of the wild Asian elephants have been exaggerated in the past. Elephants can record ft measured as high as 3.7 m 2 at the shoulder have. Shoulder height is estimated with the rule of double forefoot circumference.

Scientific classification
Kingdom:     Animalia
Phylum:     Chordata
Class:         Mammalia
Order:         Proboscidea
Family:     Elephantidae
Genus:         Elephas
Species:     E. maximus

The height of the adult male is usually not more than nine feet, 2.7 m, and the female eight feet 2.4 m, but these dimensions are exceeded and sometimes significantly. George P. Sanderson measured a male standing nine feet seven inches 2.9 m at the shoulder, and measuring 26 feet two and one half inch 8 m from the top of the fuselage to the tip of the tail, and he draws on other and reaching nine feet eight inches 2.9 m and nine feet ten inches 3 m at the shoulde note. It is smoother than the African elephant, and is on the trunk, ears or neckBody average temperature is 35.9 ° C depigmented (96.6 ° F).

Elephants are crepuscular. Elephant herds follow well-defined seasonal migration routes. Herds range 8 to 21 animals. Adult males do not depend on a herd of cows, if it contains a female in heat. More than a grown man, they can accompany cows, but in general the dominant bull will mate with the cows. Younger bulls will occasionally engage in mock combat. To strong female fights for access are extremely rare. Elephants in small groups as "bachelor herds' known, but cops can also move independently at different times.

Elephants are able to distinguish low amplitude sounds. They use to communicate with infrasound, this was first taken by the Indian naturalist M. Krishnan noted and examined later by Katharine Payne. A full-grown adult healthy male Asian elephant has few natural enemies, but there are rare cases of tiger hunting on young or weak elephant was.

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Poison Dart Frog

 Beauty Of Animal | Poison Dart Frog | Poison dart frog (also dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to Central and South America. Many species are critically endangered. Most poison dart frogs are brightly colored, displaying aposematic patterns to warn potential predators. 

Their bright coloration is associated with their toxicity and levels of alkaloids. Frogs like the ones of  Dendrobates species have high levels of alkaloids, whereas the Colostethus species are cryptically colored and are nontoxic. Poison dart frogs are an example of an aposematic organism.  Adult frogs lay their eggs in moist places, including on leaves, in plants, among exposed roots, and elsewhere.

Poison dart frogs are endemic to humid, tropical environments of Central and Latin America (South America) These frogs are generally found in tropical rainforests, including in Bolivia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Panama, Guyana, Nicaragua, and Hawaii Natural habitats include subtropical or tropical, moist, lowland forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical, moist, montanes and rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, lakes and swamps.

Many species of poison dart frog are dedicated parents. The red-and-blue poison-arrow frogs (Dendrobates pumilio) carry their newly hatched tadpoles into the canopy; the tadpoles stick to the mucus on the backs of their parents.  Other poison frogs lay their eggs on the forest floor, hidden beneath the leaf litter. Poison frogs fertilize their eggs externally, that is to say, the female lays a clutch of eggs and a male fertilizes them afterward, in the same manner as most fish (external fertilization). 

Poison frogs can often be observed clutching each other, similar to the manner most frogs copulate. However, these demonstrations are actually territorial wrestling matches. Both males and females frequently engage in disputes over territory. A male will fight for the most prominent roosts from which to broadcast his mating call; females fight over desirable nests, and even invade the nests of other females to devour competitor's eggs.

The operational sex ratio in the poison dart frog family is mostly female biased. This leads to a few characteristic behaviors and traits found in organism with an uneven sex ratio. In general, females have a choice of mate. In turn, males show brighter coloration, are territorial, and are aggressive toward other males. Females select mates based on coloration (mainly dorsal), calling perch location, and territory. Natural habitats include subtropical or tropical, moist, lowland forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical, moist, montanes and rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, lakes and swamps.

Many species of poison dart frog are dedicated parents. Other poison frogs lay their eggs on the forest floor, hidden beneath the leaf litter. Poison frogs can often be observed clutching each other, similar to the manner most frogs copulate.  The operational sex ratio in the poison dart frog family is mostly female biased. Females select mates based on coloration (mainly dorsal), calling perch location, and territory.

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Amazon Horned Frogs

 

Beauty Of Animal | Amazon Horned Frogs | Amazon Horned Frogs are extremely territorial and aggressive, brutal defending their personal territory, and they are nothing if not voracious in their appetite. The Amazon Horned Frog are fat little amphibians, which is about 20 cm (8 ") in length, but bold enough to cover a small plate. Some Horned Frogs were found dead with the remains of animals, it was impossible for them to still sticking out of her throat to swallow, that were folded around him, and often they try to swallow something at least as big as they are, and not to swallow in a position to release, or both sacrifice the horned frogs greed.

The female of the species is larger than the male, but the males are brighter colored a beautiful dark green to lime colored while the females are usually simple tan.Amazon Horned Frog Fast Fact - The purpose of the "horns" on the frog the head is unclear, however, it is believed to serve as camouflage. the horns do look kind of like the stems of the leaves along the forest floor.

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Aardvark

Beauty Of Animal | Aardvark | The aardvark  means "dig footed" and afer: from Africa) is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata, although other prehistoric species and genera of Tubulidentata are known. The name comes from former Afrikaans means "earth pig" or "ground hog"  because of the grave of his life. The aardvark is not closely related to the South American anteater, despite some similar characteristics and a superficial similarity. The closest living relatives of the aardvark are the elephant shrews, along with the sirens, hyraxes, tenrecs and elephants

The limbs are of moderate length. The front feet have lost the thumb, resulting in four toes, while rear feet have all five toes. . The aardvark has a long, thin, snakelike, protruding tongue and elaborate structures, which is a fine feeling for the weight smell.An aardvarks typically 40-65 kilograms (88 and 140 lb.). The aardvark is pale yellowish-gray in color and often stained reddish-brown earth. The aardvark's coat is thin, and the animal's primary protection is its tough skin. . The aardvark with conventional incisors and canines was born on the front of the jaw fall off and are not replaced. Adult aardvarks only molars at the back of the jaw, and have a dental formula: Upper.

Aardvarks live in Africa south of Sahara, where they live for them to suitable habitats such as savannahs, grasslands, forests and bushland, and available food (ie, ants and termites). The aardvark is nocturnal and is a solitary creature that feeds almost exclusively on ants and termites the only fruit eaten by aardvarks is the aardvark cucumber. 

 

 If a concentration of ants or termites is detected, the aardvark digs into it with its powerful front legs and held up his long ears to hear predators, and takes an amazing number of insects with its long, sticky tongue more than 50,000 in one night were recorded. . If successful, the aardvark is long (up to 30 centimeters (12 inches), tongue licking the insects, the termites' biting, or made ant sting attacks in vain through the tough skin

Aside from digging out ants and termites, the aardvark digs and caves in which to live; temporary sites are scattered around the home range as refuges, and a main building is used for breeding. Main-course may be deep and extensive, have several entrances and can be as long as 13 meters (43 ft). The aardvark changes the layout of his home building on a regular basis, and from time to time moves on and makes a new and the old buildings will be of smaller animals such as the African wild dog.

 Only mothers and young share caves inhabited. Aardvarks live up to 24 years in captivity. The aardvark's main predators are lions, leopards, wild dogs and pythons. Some African tribes hunt for meat aardvark. Aardvarks can dig fast or run in a zigzag to evade enemies, but if all else fails, they will strike with their claws, tail and shoulders, sometimes mirrors on their backs to lash with all fours.

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Asian Lion

Beauty Of Animal | Asian Lion | The Asian Lion (Panthera leo persica), also known as Indian Lion, lion and Eurasian Persian Lion is a subspecies of lion known. The only place in the wilderness, where the lion is found in the Gir Forest of India, Gujarat. In 2010, the government reported from Gujarat, the 411 Asian Lion were sighted in the Gir forest, up from 52 in the last census 2005th The Asian Lion found one of the five big cats in India, the others are the Bengal tiger, the Indian leopard, clouded leopard and snow leopard. The Asian lion once ranged from the Mediterranean to the north-eastern parts of the Indian subcontinent, but excessive hunting, water pollution and loss of natural prey reduced their habitat. 

 

 Bengal, Arabian and Persian lions - In the past, Asian lions were classified into three types. Asian Lion are smaller and lighter than their African counterparts, but are equally aggressive. The historical range of the Asiatic lion subspecies persica is probably from northern India in the East with modern Iran, extending south into the periphery of the Arabian Peninsula and west to modern Greece and Italy.

Modern habitat of the Asian Lion is largely confined to the Gir Forest Sanctuary in Northwestern India. Asian Lion are very social animals and live in units called pride. Asian Lion prey primarily on deer (sambar & chital), antelope (nilgai), Gazelle (Chinkara), wild boar, water buffalo and cattle. Until about 150 to 200 years, the Bengal tiger, together with the Indian leopard, shared by most of their habitat, where the Asian lion in much of western and central India along with the Asiatic cheetah, has now been eradicated from India found . At one time, could the Bengal Tiger and Asiatic lions have competed with each other over food and territory.

 The destruction of habitats through the cattle and the firewood needs of the population reduced the natural prey base and endangers the lions. The lions are in turn constrained by the lack of natural prey, to kill, to cattle, and in turn, are organized by people. Many Maldharis outside the park have moved through the forest, so that the lion's natural environment and more natural prey.

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