Baboon from planet earth

March 23, 2007


Clip from PLANET EARTH, a baboon takes some unusual steps upright in the water. Info: Baboons are the largest members of the monkey family, possessing heads with long, naked, dog-like muzzles. Baboons live in well-organized troops, and the individual is only secure within his own troop. Read more about Baboon

Animal in the womb

March 21, 2007


Animal in the womb video about elephant embryo and foetus – dolphin embryo and foetus – dog embyo and foetus.

Meerkat

March 20, 2007


Meerkats are fairly small mammals animal. Meerkats show great mental capabilities and learn fast. Though small, they pack huge brain power. Meerkats know, by instinct, that they must use teamwork, or else they won’t make it. Read more about meerkat here or here

Sperm Whale

March 19, 2007

Physeter macrocephalus Sperm WhaleThe extraordinary-looking sperm whale is something of a mystery. It has been hunted on and for 3 00 years for its oil, but is now protected. The true extent of the damage done to the world’s sperm whale population by hunting may never be known. The sperm whale is a record breaker in more ways than one. Not only is it the world’s largest living carnivorous animal, it also has the largest brain of any creature and is the deepest diving mammal. [Read more]

Eurasian Red Squirrel

January 30, 2007

Sciurus vulgaris

Red SquirrelRed squirrels are common across Europe, but are rapidly being replaced by American gray squirrels in Britain. Such a fate may also overtake their continental cousins. Only 100 years ago the red squirrel was common and the only squirrel in Britain and across continental Europe. Now it is extinct in southern England, except on three islands off the coast. It is still found in Scotland and remains widespread in northern England, although its numbers there are declining fast. Apart from these areas, it survives in a few scattered localities in Wales and eastern and central [Read more]

Panthera onca

January 25, 2007

Jaguar

JaguarThe jaguar is the most accomplished climber of all the big cats and is almost equally at home prowling the forest, floor or swimming in rivers and pools. However, its adaptability is no protection against the erosion of its forest habitat or other human activities that threaten its existence. The jaguar is the largest cat in the Americas and the only [Read more]

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