Hello,Today I have uploaded the KING of Jungle photos.Hope that you would it.
Wild Lions
Wild Lions with their Family
Wild Lions
Wild Lions
Wild Lions The KING
Wild Lions
Wild Lions
Friday, November 18, 2011
The African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) is a rare beastie, just 4000 are presumed to be alive and well in the wild. Besides the chimpanzee, it’s one of the animals I’d most like to see in its natural environment. The African Wild Dog is also known as the Cape Hunting Dog, Painted Wolf or Painted Dog. My best bet to see them would be to plan a trip to Southern Tanzania, Botswana or Zambia. In the meantime, here’s what I’ve learned….
The wild dog is Africa’s rarest carnivore
The African wild dog has just 4 toes per foot
Every African wild dog has a unique coat pattern
Females have litters of up to 20 pups (bless them) but around 10 is average
African wild dogs hunt in packs of up to 20 individuals
African wild dogs can take down a wildebeest
African wild dogs sport a white plume on the tip of their tails
Young and sickly wild dogs are allowed to eat first after a successful kill (unlike most other predators)
Packs are very cooperative, there are almost no overt displays of aggression
African wild dogs are highly nomadic (making it difficult to locate on safari)
Finding these rare wild dogs on safari is very exciting and I have been lucky enough to watch and photograph them a number of times in the Kruger Park in South Africa.
The whole pack sometimes jogs along the road for kilometres with a number of safari vehicles trailing behind them and then you need to jostle for position to get decent photos. Much better to find them when they are at rest and you can take pictures of their social interaction at your leisure.
Another good place to find African wild dog picture opportunities is in Botswana where there are an estimated 750 of them left roaming the wilds. Selinda in the Okavango Delta has a resident pack that is seen reasonably often.
The wild dog is Africa’s rarest carnivore
The African wild dog has just 4 toes per foot
Every African wild dog has a unique coat pattern
Females have litters of up to 20 pups (bless them) but around 10 is average
African wild dogs hunt in packs of up to 20 individuals
African wild dogs can take down a wildebeest
African wild dogs sport a white plume on the tip of their tails
Young and sickly wild dogs are allowed to eat first after a successful kill (unlike most other predators)
Packs are very cooperative, there are almost no overt displays of aggression
African wild dogs are highly nomadic (making it difficult to locate on safari)
Finding these rare wild dogs on safari is very exciting and I have been lucky enough to watch and photograph them a number of times in the Kruger Park in South Africa.
The whole pack sometimes jogs along the road for kilometres with a number of safari vehicles trailing behind them and then you need to jostle for position to get decent photos. Much better to find them when they are at rest and you can take pictures of their social interaction at your leisure.
Another good place to find African wild dog picture opportunities is in Botswana where there are an estimated 750 of them left roaming the wilds. Selinda in the Okavango Delta has a resident pack that is seen reasonably often.
African Wild Dog
African Wild Dog
African Wild Dog
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
The Arctic Hare, also known as the snowshoe hare, is about 25 inches tall, and weighs approximately 9 to 12 pounds.
It is brown in the summer and is white in the winter. The tips of the ears are black all year round.
The Arctic Hare has rather short ears compared to other rabbits and hare species.
HABITAT AND LIFE CYCLE
The Arctic Hare eats mostly willow leaves, shoots, bark and roots. It also feeds on grass, flowers and crowberries.
The Arctic Hare can be found throughout northern Canada and Greenland. A different kind of Arctic Hare also lives in Alaska.
The young of a hare are born in groups of 4 to 8, and are born with fur and with opened eyes. This is what makes them different from rabbits. The baby rabbit is blind until it is over a week old, and grows its hair very slowly from birth. By the time the rabbit is ready to leave the nest, the hare has already left a long time ago.
It is brown in the summer and is white in the winter. The tips of the ears are black all year round.
The Arctic Hare has rather short ears compared to other rabbits and hare species.
HABITAT AND LIFE CYCLE
The Arctic Hare eats mostly willow leaves, shoots, bark and roots. It also feeds on grass, flowers and crowberries.
The Arctic Hare can be found throughout northern Canada and Greenland. A different kind of Arctic Hare also lives in Alaska.
The young of a hare are born in groups of 4 to 8, and are born with fur and with opened eyes. This is what makes them different from rabbits. The baby rabbit is blind until it is over a week old, and grows its hair very slowly from birth. By the time the rabbit is ready to leave the nest, the hare has already left a long time ago.
Arctic hare
Arctic hare
Arctic hare
Arctic hare
Arctic hare
The ocelot populations were once so low due to excessive hunting by humans for the beautiful fur of the ocelot, that the ocelot was considered to be a threatened species and was on the verge of being endangered.
Today, ocelot populations have been allowed to grow again meaning that the ocelot is now one of the lucky animals considered to be of least concern as far as species extinction goes.
Like most other feline species, the ocelot is a generally solitary animal, and will only really tend to come into voluntary contact with another ocelot, when it is time to mate. The ocelot is nocturnal animal and spends its days sleeping in the tree tops.
These prime sleeping spots will occasionally be shared by more than one ocelot of the same sex. The ocelot is a highly territorial and somewhat aggressive feline, with ocelots having been commonly known to fight each other to the death if no-one backs down.
Typically the average ocelot will hunt in an area that is around 18 square kilometers. Almost all of the prey that the ocelot hunts is much smaller than the ocelot itself. The ocelot is believed to find prey using its keen sense of smell by sniffing out odor trails marked by smaller animals, and the ocelot is also thought to spot potential meals using its acute night vision.
Ocelot
Ocelot
Gila Monsters mate during the summer seasons, male lizards often wrestle during this period. After successful copulation, two to seven eggs are laid in sands, under rocks or in burrows. Hatchlings are able to bite and already have venom upon hatching.
Gila Monsters, although quite slow and passive, are rather disliked by hikers and other humans encountering them and are often killed, although they pose little actual threat to humans. Currently the number of Gila Monsters is shrinking, due to destruction of their natural habitat, as well as poaching.
They are a often bred in captivity in zoos, although no actions have been taken to increase their numbers. These lizards, although quite sluggish, have been a subject to many myths based on prejudice and the attitude towards them is a lot more negative than they deserve.
Gila Monster
Gila Monster
Friday, October 28, 2011
World Widelife/Gecko.You can find over 2000 spieces of Gacko all around the Earth and it is widely believed that there are more species of gecko that ate yet to be discovered.There for a lot of Experts are serching for these species.
The Gacko is a little bit Small even the gecko is a small to medium species of lizard that is found in the more temperate and tropical regions of the world.
Geckos are more commonly found around the Equator and in the Southern Hemisphere although a few species of gecko are found north of the Equator in warmer regions. Geckos are found in a wide variety of colours and have various different markings on their bodies depending on the species of gecko.
Geckos are found in a wide variety of habitats in the warmer parts of the world including rocky deserts, mountains, jungles, rainforests, grasslands and even in urban areas where it is common to find geckos in houses. Geckos can range in size from just a few centimetre to more than 50 cm in length.
The largest species of gecko is the Delcourt's gecko (which is now believed to be extinct), native to New Zealand and it grows to nearly 60 cm in length. You can find it in South Americ.I
Gecko
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