Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Antelope vs Deer

Animals: Deer and antelope
Numbers of species (deer): over 100
Number of species (antelope): Exactly 135
Diet (deer): Any plants they can reach
Diet (antelope): Mostly any plant they can reach, but some species eat insects, small mammals, and birds
Range (deer): Anywhere on earth other than Antarctica and Australia
Range (antelope): Throughout Africa and the Rocky Mountain region
Other differences: Antelope's horns are hollow, deer's antlers branch off, and deer shed antlers (so do prong horn antelopes)












Thursday, December 17, 2015

Blobfish


Animal: Blob fish
Overshadowed by: Puffer fish
Endangered status: Endangered
Size: Up to 1 foot long
Diet: Unknown
Habitat: 2000 to 4000 feet below sea level, off the coasts of Australia, Tasmania, and Papa New Guinea.
Facts: Have no skeleton, exoskeleton,or muscles, in fact it's way of surviving
down there is by using the water to support its frame. 
Blob fish out of water 
Blob fish in water

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Elephant Shrew



Animal: Elephant Shrew
Scientific name: Rhynchocyon Cirnei
Size: 9 to 12 inches, up to 1.5 lbs
Classification: Mammal
Endangered Status: Near endangered
Habitat: Anywhere in the Congo, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
Diet: Ants, termites, beetles, spiders, millipedes, and worms
Closest Relatives: Elephants and antelopes
Facts: They live in couples in a range of several acres. Although they rarely see each other they track each other's whereabouts through scent, and They live 2 to 4 years.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Tasmanian Devils


Animal: Tasmanian Devils
Overshadowed by: Kangaroos (because they both live in Australia).
Endangered status: Endangered
Classification: Mammal/marsupial
Size: 20 to 31 inches tall and 9 to 26 lbs
Diet: Any thing they can find but mostly small animals.
Habitat: Forests in Tasmania (a large island in Australia) mostly by rivers.
Closest relative: Quolls
Scientific name: Sarcophilus harrisii
Predators: large quolls and large birds of prey.
AKA: T-devil
Facts: T-devils ears will turn red when excited or threatened, they see moving objects better than still ones, T-devils used to range all throughout Australia, until settlers brought dingoes.


Saturday, December 5, 2015

Chinese Water Deer


Animal: Chinese water deer
Overshadowed by: Musk deer
Scientific name: Hydropotes Inermis
Diet: herbs, grasses, and sedges
Endangered status: endangered
Closest relative: Korean Water Deer
Size: 26.42 to 40.72 lbs, 55 cm tall
Habitat: swamp lands and grasslands
Classification: mammal
Hunting strategy: doesn't hunt
Predators: tigers and wolves in Asia, no natural predators in Britain or France
Facts: Good swimmers, can give birth to 6 to 8 fawns, rarest deer in Britain, only deer species without antlers.

Friday, December 4, 2015

Okapi


Animal: Okapi
Over shadowed by: zebra
Closest relative: Giraffe
Scientific name: Okapi johnstoni
Size: 2.5 meters long and 1.65 meters tall to the shoulder
Diet: leaves, fruit, seeds, ferns, and fungi
Endangered status: Endangered
Classification: mammal
Predators: Leopards, and servals.
Hunting strategy: Eats plants.
Habitat: mountain rain forests of central Africa.
AKA: Forest Giraffe, forest zebra, and African unicorn.
Facts: Can lick ears (inside and out), live up to 30 years, Okapi eat up to 100 different types of plants, and is the symbol of the Congo.