POEM FUN!

A fish in a spaceship is flying through school.
A dinosaur's dancing on top of a stool.
The library's loaded with orange baboons,
in purple tuxedos with bows and balloons.

The pigs on the playground are having a race
while pencils parade in their linens and lace.
As camels do cartwheels and elephants fly,
bananas are baking a broccoli pie.

A hundred gorillas are painting the walls,
while robots on rockets careen through the halls.
Tomatoes are teaching in all of the classes.
Or maybe, just maybe, I need some new glasses.



THE ICHTHYOPHIS KOHTAOENSIS

There are actually a number of legless amphibians, but some of the strangest ones have tentacles sprouting from their heads. They’re known as caecilians, and some of them have some really unusual physical adaptations for a number of functions (the Mexican Walking Fish at the top of this post is just one). One caecilian has a protruding tail-like limb that enables external fertilization, for example. Though they look like soft worms, they have rows of very sharp teeth. There are over 120 species of caecilians around the world that have been discovered so far, but many of them are endangered and we don’t know much about them.

THE KAGU

Range:

New Caledonia in the South Pacific

Habitat:

Tropical and dry forests

With its pearl gray feathers, bright orange legs and bill, head crest like a cockatoo’s, and bold stripes on its wingtips, the kagu has a most unusual look for a bird that lives on the ground. This rare, flightless bird is from the forests of New Caledonia’s main island, in the South Pacific. About the size of a chicken, the kagu lives in rain forests as well as drier forests. It has specialized feathers called powder downs; these feathers make a powder that cleans and waterproofs the kagu in its wet habitat. Although it is similar to herons and egrets, it has no known close relatives.

When making their home, kagus choose a place on the ground that is naturally sheltered by rocks, but they can also live under tree roots or in holes in dirt banks. Kagus perch on low-hanging branches or tree trunks, although they also use vines, raised roots, or rocks for resting places

IT'S TIME FOR ANIMAUX STYLE!

WHEW boy! I agree with you. awesome! you spoke well!



Awesome! enjoy yourself and please sing a song for us too!



THE BUMBLE BEE BAT

Winning the cutest. bat. ever. award is the Bumblebee bat, which at its largest measures 1 inch. These tiny mammals hover like hummingbirds and like all bats prefer caves and love feasting on insects. They can easily perch on the tip of your thumb. This tiny bat dwells in Thailand and is considered one of the 12 most endangered species. There are fewer than 200 remaining.

THE OLM

This unusual amphibian is blind, lives to 100, and goes ten years at a stretch without food. It lives in the subterranean waters of Italy, Croatia and Herzegovenia, where it skeeves out the locals with its strange, human-like skin. Its nickname, in fact, is the “human fish”. Unlike most amphibians, the olm lives in the water for its whole life. Another oddity of the olm: its neotenic (larval) gills.



IT'S TIME TO MOO YOUR BRAIN 1 ! (ANSWER)

Did you find out the answer? It was a tiger! Stay tuned!

IT'S TIME TO HAVE JANVARGIRI!

IT'S TIME TO MOO YOUR BRAIN!

CAN YOU GUESS WHICH ANIMAL IS IT? TRY AND ENJOY! ANSWERS WILL BE DECLARED TODAY OR TOMORROW.

ANIMAL TIME ! 

THE LEAPING LESBIAN LIZARD

It is also called a whiptail lizard!

The leaping lesbian lizards, better known as Whiptail Lizards, are native American deserts and are called lesbians because they are all female. They reproduce through parthenogenesis (an embryo will grow without fertilization of an egg), but still have simulated sexual behavior with one another, which has been shown to increase their fertility rates.Why are they endangered? *A lot of people kill them or don't care to help them just because of the fact that they are "lesbians" *Loss of habitat due to human interaction and advancement. *EVOLUTION What can we do? *Put a stop to harmful pollution. *Pollution *Stop poaching. *Slow down habitat destruction.

THE ANGLER FISH



The male of a shiny bolb in their head and the female doesn't.



Anglerfish, the common name for an order of marine fish, as well as for many species of the order. Anglerfish range in length from three inches (7.5 cm) to about four feet (120 cm), depending on the species and sex. They are usually found in temperate and tropical seas at depths of up to 3,300 feet (1,000 m). Most species of anglerfish have a fleshy movable structure growing from the top of the head, resembling a fishing pole.

The free end of this growth serves as a lure to attract prey. In some species the lure contains luminescent bacteria that help the fish locate prey by illuminating the water.Two species of deep-sea anglerfish are Linophryne argyresca of the family Linophrynidae and Lasiognathus saccostoma of the family Oneirodidae. The common anglerfish is Lophius piscatorius of the family Lophiidae.

THE DHOLE

           Along with many other wild canids the dhole has suffered a history of prejudice.

    Only with a better understanding can we fully value these unique dogs and their

                                              integral role in the forest ecosystem.

 

The dhole or Asiatic Wild Dog (Cuon alpinus) is about the size of a border collie (12-18 kg), but looks quite different. The coat is usually a rusty red colour, but varies regionally from sandy yellow to dark grey. The dhole is a highly social and cooperative animal, living in organised packs of around 10 individuals.

Groups often contain more males than females, with usually just one breeding female. The dhole normally lives in forest habitats, but can also eke out an existence in the open steppes of Kashmir and Siberia. As the Latin name, Cuon alpinus suggests, the dhole is often found in hilly or mountainous regions.



The Kakapo

THE KAKAPO



This bird is a very peaceful fellow and yet people are killing it.



This is not only the rarest, but the strangest parrot in the world. Imagine a rather portly nocturnal bird that never flies, preferring to hike through hilly forest for miles every night. It weighs in as the heaviest parrot in the world at 8 pounds. Imagine this and you have the very real (but virtually extinct) kakapo.

A resident of New Zealand, which is home to a number of rare birds, there are only 62 kakapos remaining on earth. (Bonus fact: New Zealand is full of unusual creatures. It originally had no native land mammals, so its many unique birds evolved in unusual ways – which unfortunately has made them very vulnerable to mammals that were brought in during European colonization.)



THE KIWI

Everyone knows the beloved endangered kiwi is a flightless bird. As if to make up for its winged impotence, the kiwi is actually a violent, temperamental little bird. But its quirks don’t stop there. The only bird with whiskers is also distinctly dog-like in its ability to sniff out food and threats. In fact, it has the most highly developed sense of smell of any bird, lifting its “nose” (beak) into the breeze to determine its surroundings, just like a dog would. That’s probably because kiwis are also the only bird to have prominent nostrils.

Contrary to popular belief, the kiwi does have wings, but they are tiny and difficult to detect under the loose, fluffy, hair-like feathers.

The kiwi has many other unusual characteristics: the eggs are relatively huge, being one-fifth the bird’s weight; kiwi pairs mate for life – as long as 30 years – but tend to have feisty relationships; the females are larger and more dominant than the males. In fact, daddy kiwis incubate the young while mom hunts – for an unheard-of 80 days, no less. Did you know that kiwis are the smallest ratites on earth? Other ratites include ostrich and emu.



The solendon

THE SOLENODON



They are also known as the slotted-teeth animals.





No, it’s not an ROUS.  The strange solenodon is a mammal found primarily in Cuba and Hispanola. Sure, it looks cute and manageable enough – sort of like an over-sized hedgehog. Too bad the solenodon injects rattlesnake-like venom through its teeth, the only mammal to do so. Easily annoyed, the solenodon bites at the drop of a banana leaf. Still, being both a carrion feeder and insectivore, it is a vital species in its ecosystem. It was thought to be extinct until scientists found a few still alive in 2003. It is in grave danger of extinction. 

One of only two solenodons in existence, it resembles a large, stocky shrew, and has a distinctive, elongated snout that extends well beyond the jaw.  A unique ball-and-socket joint attaches the snout to the skull allowing remarkable flexibility and mobility.  The Hispaniolan solenodon has coarse, grizzled grey-brown fur which varies in pattern from one individual to another.