Funny Dog 3

Dogs doing funny stuff.

Animal in the womb

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

Galapagos Penguin

Spheniscus mendiculus

The only species of penguin to live on the Equator, the portly Galapagos penguin breeds on at least five of the Galapagos Islands. Because of its restricted range and very small population, a sharp decline in numbers is particularly disturbing. Penguins are normally associated with cold habitats in and around Antarctica, although several species have ranges that include warmer climates. The Humboldt penguin, for instance, breeds in coastal Chile and Peru. However, the Galapagos penguin a close relative of the Humboldt is the only species that lives entirely within the tropics, on at least five islands of the Galapagos group. Life at such latitudes is challenging for the birds, since their insulating plumage, underlying fat, and specialized blood heat exchange-all [Read more]

St. Kilda Mouse

Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis

The St. Kilda mouse evolvedfrom the common wood mouse. It lines on a zuindszuept island, sheltering among the ruined buildings left behind after people moved away. The St. Kilda mouse is typical of many subspecies of small mammals that form tiny populations in remote places and arehighly vulnerable, being found nowhere else in the world. The St. Kilda mouse does not face any particular threats. However, it is found only on the tiny island of Hirta in the North Atlantic and perhaps one other of the St. Kilda archipelago. These windswept, precipitous islands lie 40 miles (65 km) from the most westerly of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. Hirta was only occupied by the [Read more]

Brown Kiwi

Apteryx mantelli

The mainland populations of the unique brown kiwi found only in New Zealand-have suffered huge declines in the 20th century, mainly due to plundering by introduced predators. With its shaggy, hairlike plumage, a plump, round body, a lack of visible tail or wings, and an ability to track down food in the dead of night, kiwis resemble nocturnal mammals rather than typical birds. Like many mammals, [Read more]

Galapagos Giant Tortoise

Geochelone nigra

Before permanent settlers arrived on the Galapagos Islands in the 1830s, there were huge numbers of giant tortoises. Since then habitat destruction and immigrant predators have taken their toll. Lying off the coast of Ecuador and almost on the equator, the Galapagos Islands achieved lasting fame after the English naturalist Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution in The Origin of Species (1859). The book was written after his visit to the islands in 1835. The area was already well known to whalers and other seamen who, [Read more]

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