Three Natural Methods to Prevent Slugs in the Garden

Slugs and snails can be very damaging to garden plants, especially edible leafy greens. The damage can range from unsightly tears and holes to total destruction of the plant. While slugs can have an impact on all types of plants, shrubs, and flowers, it is particularly important to use natural slug deterrent methods on edible plants. Chemical sprays that are used to repel slugs can be toxic to both humans and wild animals, so think carefully before you decide to apply a chemical slug spray.

COMMON DOLPHIN

                                           COMMON DOLPHIN

The common dolphin is the name given to two species (and possibly a third) of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus. Prior to the mid-1990s, most taxonomists only recognised one species in this genus, the common dolphin Delphinus delphis. Modern cetologists usually recognise two species — the short-beaked common dolphin, which retains the systematic name Delphinus delphis, and the long-beaked common dolphin Delphinus capensis. Some studies suggest a third species, the Arabian common dolphin (D. tropicalis), found in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, can be characterized by an extremely long and thin beak.The common dolphin is not the dolphin of popular imagination despite its name; that distinction belongs to the bottlenose dolphin due to its widespread use in marine parks. However, this dolphin was the most frequently represented in the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Described as long ago as the the time of the height of Ancient Greece, it has been the source of more misinformation and misidentification than any other species of small cetacean. Specimens may be found in all temperate and tropical waters of the world. The common dolphin is a remarkably gregarious animal, and can dive to a depth of more than 243 meters. In addition, it is one of the fastest and highest jumping cetaceans.

Classification & Description of KINGFISHER

                                  

                                                 Classification & Description of KINGFISHER

Kingfishers are small unmistakable bright blue and orange birds of slow moving or still water. They fly rapidly, low over water, and hunt fish from riverside perches, occasionally hovering above the water's surface. They are a vulnerable to hard winters and habitat degradation through pollution or unsympathetic management of watercourses. Kingfishers are amber listed because of their unfavourable conservation status in Europe.

              Hagfish : The Most Disgusting Fish Ever

Hagfish belong to the Animal kingdom under the Chordata Phylum and are a type of Craniata (Craniata is not part of the rank system such as Phylum and Family). They are part of the Myxini class under Myxiniformes order and the Myxinidae family.

Hagfish are probably one of the strangest animals ever to call earth its home. They are enigma to scientists and marine biologists. For instance we aren't really even sure if it is a fish. We think it might belong to its own category since its genetically far more primitive than any other class of fish. We have found Hagfish fossils dating as far back as 550,000,000 years. They the only animal alive today to have a skull but no vertebrae this also hints to the fact that they aren't a fish.

It is Easy to Catch King Mackerel If You Learn Some of These Tips

King Mackerel are a long and kind of slender or stream-lined looking fish, which are usually colored bluish or slightly blue-green over the top area of their main body, with the overall body colored mostly silverish. King Mackerel are a very highly sought after gamefish, although their flesh is quite greasy and has a taste that is much stronger then a lot of other species of fish.

King Mackerel are maybe not the best tasting fish around, to me anyway, but if you like catching a fish that gives you a real run for the money, then they are right up there with some of the other top fighters. They use every bit of their muscle and strength to put up a heck of a fight, from the time they are hooked to taken off the hook, and afterward.

Cuba's Enchanting Bee Hummingbird

One of the most fascinating birds on earth is found only in Cuba and a couple of the surrounding islands. The Bee Hummingbird, the smallest in the world at less than 2" long and weighing less than an ounce, is lighter than a penny and comparable in size to a bumble bee! Most of the world's hummingbirds are anywhere from 2.5" to 8" long.

The Bee Hummingbird's minuscule size is more than made up for by the male's plumage during the mating season. He has a reddish-pink head, throat and chin and an iridescent patch on his throat with longer plumes. His upper feathers are blue while the belly is very light grey. He is without a doubt the most colorful hummingbird in the hemisphere until he sheds his mating plumage; even after mating season both the male and the female are beautiful, iridescent green. The female's plumage does not change; her outer tail feathers are tipped with white while her belly is light grey and her upper plumage is bluish-green.

Woolly Mammoth

How Maternal were Woolly Mammoths?

With the many fossils of Woolly Mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) and the ancestral type Mammuthus meridionalis, plus the opportunity to observe modern elephant species, scientists have built up a detailed picture of the lives of Woolly Mammoths. Well-preserved frozen carcases from Siberia (northern Russia)and other remarkable finds have enabled researchers to piece together a picture of what it must have been like to be a Mammoth in the Pleistocene, wandering the extensive, grassy plains of northern Europe.

Learning from the Tusks of Prehistoric Elephants

A team of researchers from a faculty of Michigan University has pioneered a method of determining the age of Mammoths at death by analysing cross sections of the tusk. The tusks of elephants once they have been cut in half can reveal the life story of the animal that the tusk belonged to. Growth rings show seasonal differences and the number of rings determines the age of the animal. It seems that Mammoths could live to about the age of sixty, a lifespan slightly shorter than the African and Asian elephants. Like modern elephant species they lived in a sophisticated, highly structured social hierarchy. The females and young animals lived in herds together, with perhaps a matriarch figure, the oldest female in the group acting as leader. Mature bulls lived a solitary existence, coming into contact with females only to mate. Younger males may have formed small herds, gathering together for protection from predators such as Dire wolves and Sabre-tooth cats that shared the environment with these large plant-eaters.