Trivia question for Jul-17-2011
They eat anything from cattle carcasses to beached fish and dead lizards. In forests, it is likely to eat sloth. Principally a carrion eater, there are isolated reports of it eating injured animals, newborn calves and small lizards.
Trivia question for Jul-16-2011
While many species are native to tropical and subtropical regions, some genera such as Aedes have successfully adapted to cooler regions. In the warm and humid tropical regions, they are active the entire year long; however, in temperate regions they hibernate over winter.
Trivia question for Jul-15-2011
There exists a legend that these fish will skin and eat a human being alive, which is said to have been started with American President Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to Brazil, and a spectacle set up by Brazilian fishermen.
Trivia question for Jul-14-2011
These guys possess a unique predation behavior characterized by the ability of preying both within its natural habitat (where it is the apex predator) and out of its normal range, which often results in unpredicted attacks on almost any other animal equal or smaller in size.
Trivia question for Jul-13-2011
When feeding, these guys sit on their hind legs and hold food between their forepaws. They may gather in groups of up to 100 to feed.
Trivia question for Jul-12-2011
There are two forms of this species which are identifiable by the color of their hind legs: one has chestnut-red fur, the other black fur. In 1995 a new form of these monkeys was discovered in a local market.
Trivia question for Jul-11-2011
the Ancient Egyptians considered theses birds to be the earthly symbol of Thoth, the god of writing and wisdom. Accordingly, lives birds were kept in temples and later buried with pharaohs.
Is ocean garbage killing whales?
Body of a dead humpback whale is seen in Omonville-la-Rogue, north-west France, a rare species to the Channel. A French fishermen brought the whale back in his nets, saying that it was already dead from ingesting plastic debris when it was caught in the nets. (AFP Photo)
Trivia question for Jul-10-2011
Olivia loves the way these guys look which is why she picked them for her trivia so lets see how she does. These are among the worlds largest butterflies; in flight, they’re mistaken for birds or bats. The underwing pattern of these invertebrates is highly cryptic. It is conceivable that the eye pattern is a generalized form […]
Trivia question for Jul-09-2011
These guys have also been found to change their size to adapt to varying food conditions. During El Niño conditions when the algae that they feed on was decreased for a period of two years, some were found to decrease their length by as much as 20%.
Trivia question for Jul-08-2011
In terms of physical appearance, these cats are perhaps the least cat-like of all the cats. It has a total length of 21 to 29 in, not including the 12 to 20 in tail, and weighs 7.7 to 20 lbs.
Trivia question for Jul-07-2011
These guys live in grasslands of southern Africa. They seek habitats with plentiful supply of edible plants such as shrubs, but prefer foliage that is not so tall as to obstruct their sight lines. They live in open plains amongst other grass-eaters such as giraffes, zebras, and other antelopes.
Trivia question for Jul-06-2011
The female of these birds rejects any egg that looks unlike the rest of her clutch. This is probably a defensive tactic against a Cuckoo that frequently lays its eggs in their nest.
SPEAK UP FOR OUR OCEANS
The impacts of ocean acidification are already impairing waters off the West Coast of the United States; scientists have found corrosive waters all along the coast, from Canada to Mexico. Wild oysters in Washington have failed to reproduce for the past six years, due in large part to acidification. A survey found Puget Sound’s waters are in particular trouble.
Trivia question for Jul-05-2011
Most chameleons are oviparous, but these Chameleon give birth to live offspring: 8 to 30 live young are born after a five to six month gestation. These chameleons live primarily on a diet of small insects. They are less territorial than most species of chameleons. Males will generally assert dominance over each other through color displays and posturing in an attempt to secure mating rights, but usually not to the point of physical fights
