Koala

  Animal You | Koala | The word comes from the koala Dharuk Gula. The scientific name of the koala's genus, Phascolarctos, is derived from Greek phaskolos "bag" and Arktos "bear". Although the koala is not a bear, English-speaking settlers of the late 18th century first called koala, due to its similarity with teddy bears. Other descriptive English names based on "bear" have included monkey bear, native bear, and tree bear Typical and New South Wales koala weights of 12 kg (26 pounds) for males and 8.5 kg (19 pounds) for females. In tropical and subtropical Queensland, but the koala is smaller (about 6.5 kg (14 lb) for an average male and just over 5 kg (11 lb) with an average female), a lighter color often quite scruffy gray, and has shorter, thinner layer. In Queensland, the koala...

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Sand Tiger Shark

  Animal You | Sand Tiger Shark | The eyes of the sand tiger shark are small caps, lost, one of the many functions of the shark. The sand tiger shark swim mostly with open mouth showing three rows high. Smooth edges and sharp teeth Adult sharks tend to be scattered red-brown spots all over the body. Minor sand tiger sharks have yellow-brown spots on his body. The sand tiger shark has a gray back and white belly. Males have claspers gray. The sand tiger length in average transit time of 1.9 to 1.95 m (6.2 to 6.4 feet) in men and 2.2 m (7.2 ft) in women, with the latter sex the larger body. Large adult specimens can reach a length of 3.0 to 3.4 m (9.8 to 11.2 feet). Sand tiger sharks are a maximum weight of 159 kg (350 lb) presented achieve, but some sources say try, to a weight of...

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Salmon

  Animal You | Salmon | Salmon eggs are set in the freshwater streams typically at high latitudes. The eggs hatch into fry or fry ends. Only 10% of salmon eggs survive estimated at this stage. Changes in smolt body chemistry, allowing them to live in salt water. The salmon spend one to five years (depending on species) in the ocean, where little by little pubescent. The adult salmon then return everything to their natal streams to spawn. Just prior to spawning, depending on the species, salmon changes. You can develop a hump, develop canine teeth develop kype (a curve from the jaws of the male salmon). Everything will change the silvery blue of a fresh sea fish within a darker color. Salmon make amazing journeys, sometimes moving hundreds of miles upstream against strong currents...

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Spotted Hyena

  Animal You | Spotted Hyena | Taxonomic confusion is the exact nature of the hyena family, in general, with the majority of European travelers in Ethiopia hyenas as "wolves". This stems in part from the Amharic word for hyena ጅብ (djibb), which comes from the Arabic word ذئب (Dhi'b), the "wolf" is derived. The first detailed descriptions of the first hand of Europeans coming Willem Bosman spotted hyena and piston Pedro. Piston, a German mathematician and astronomer who worked for the Dutch East India Company in the Eastern Cape of Good Hope 1705-1713, hyenas described in detail, but describes it as "Tiger Wolf" because the settlers in South Africa does not they did, hyenas, and so-called "wolves". Crocuta was finally recognized as a separate species in 1828 hyena. Nlike striped hyena,...

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Harp Seal

  Animal You | Harp Seal | The harp is a silver body pretty face. His eyes are pure black. He harp or black triangle marks on the back. Baby Harp Seals (PUP) has a coat of yellow-white at birth, but after three days, the hair is white and remains white for about 12 days. Adult seals grow long you 1.7 to 2.0 meters (5-6 feet) and 140-190 kg (300-400 lb) in weight. Harp seals combine anatomical and behavioral approaches to their body, instead of increasing your metabolism and energy management. A thick layer of fat insulates the body and provides energy when food is scarce or during fasting. Blubber also streamlines your body to swim efficiently. Fins act as heat exchangers, heating or cooling the blood necessary. In ice, the seal together use their front flippers of your body and hind...

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Snowy Owl

  Animal You | Snowy Owl | This yellow eyes, black billed white bird is easily recognizable. Moreover, these birds between 1.6 to 3 kg (3.5 to 6.6 pounds) predominate. This is one of the largest species of owl in North America and on average the heaviest owl species. The male is almost pure white, but females and young birds have a little dark scallops are excluded young people mostly, and dark spots can even outweigh. Its plumage often strong feet with feathers, paint and make the Snowy Owl north for life the Arctic Circle dug well adapted. Snowy Owl calls are varied, but the alarm call is a barking, almost quacking Krek-Krek, also has a soft meow Pyee Pyee or PreK-PreK. This species of owl nests on the ground, building a scrape on top of a mountain or rock. Gravel bars and abandoned...

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Grizzly Bear

  Animal You | Grizzly Bear | Most adult females weighing Grizzlies 130-200 kg (290-440 pounds) while the average adult male weighing 180-360 kg (400-790 pounds). Bear babies weighing less than 500 grams (1.1 pounds). In the Yukon, grizzlies can mature small woman weighing 100 kg (220 lb). Although variable from blond to nearly black, grizzly bear fur is usually brown with white tips. A pronounced hump appears on their shoulders coup is a good way to distinguish a black bear from a grizzly bear, black bear, do not have this hump. Brown bears are found in Asia, Europe and North America will one of the widest ranges of bear species. The ancestors of the grizzly bears in Eurasia and North America were about 50,000 years ago. In September 2007, a hunter produced evidence of grizzly bears...

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Giraffe

  Animal You | Giraffe | Giraffes are well developed, standing 5-6 m (16-20 ft), with higher men than women. On both sides of the head, giraffe with big eyes and bulging is good from every angle of his great height. Giraffe coloring ledge on their senses of hearing and smell are also strong. The prehensile tongue of the giraffe is about 50 cm (20 inches) in length. The upper lip is grabbing and giraffes also useful when feeding. Giraffe males darkens with age. Each individual has a unique pattern of giraffe fur. The skin of a giraffe is usually gray. The skin as a chemical defense, and they give the animal a disease repulsive odor. Around the neck of the animal is a mane made of short erect hairs. The appearance is a reliable guide to the sex or age of a giraffe: the ossicones of...

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Proboscis Monkeys

  Animal You | Proboscis Monkeys | The proboscis monkey is a large species, one of the largest species of monkeys of Asia. Sex differences in the types defined. Women 53.3 to 62 cm (21.0 to 24) in the head height and the weight of 7 to 12 kg (15 to 26 pounds) with a known maximum weight of 15 kg (33 lb). The proboscis monkey has a coat almost time. The inner layer is light gray to orange, yellow or gray. The face is orange-pink. The male has a red penis with a black scrotum. Many webbed toes monkeys. Proboscis monkeys usually live in groups consisting of one adult male, several adult females and their offspring. All-male groups may also occur. Some people are lonely, mostly men. Groups of monkeys live in overlapping territories with little territoriality, in a divided society merger,...

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