Hello! Like my *s all over the title? I do. Anyway, back to business. Well, not business, but... oh never mind. Back to business. Not business! Back to... the *Awesome* Animal Facts! Firstly I may as well get straight that it's the animals which are awesome and deserve the *s, not the facts. Anyway, to business. NOT BUSINESS! Business is always popping up. Back to the point, not business, I think I'm going to do horses first. I love horses!
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HORSES
Horses are odd-toed ungulate mammals, which means they have hooves which feature an odd number of toes. They reach the full development by the age of five. Before this age they are colts (for males) and fillies (for females). After that they become stallions and mares. Horses have evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small, multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began to domesticate horses around 4000 BC, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BC. There is only one breed of wild horse left, and they are endangered. There are also feral horses, such as camarques and mustangs, whose ancestors have been domesticated. Domestic horses usually live to about thirty years, but some have lived into their forties and even beyond. Foals are horses less than one year old, and yearlings are horses in between one and two years old.
Here is a cute foal, just one day old. Isn't he/she adorable?
Look at this sweet filly. Where I have circled in red is actually surprisingly not her thigh but her calf, and the part circled in green where you would think is her calf is her ankle. Interesting, eh?
FOXES
Foxes live in groups called skulks. The skulks can also be called leashes, troops or earths. Foxes' colour varies from red, white, black, grey and brown. Foxes can live to ten years old, but usually only to two or three. Why, you'd like to know? Two thirds of the reasons are human causes! I can't believe it! I am so angry with my own species... Anyway, the causes are: diseases, hunting and road accidents. The poor things. Male foxes are called reynards, females vixens and the young kits. Foxes reach maturity at the age of one year. They are slightly smaller than the average domestic dog, with a longish pointy snout and a bushy tail. Foxes can be found in almost every continent. They can be found in the tundra, in the African savannah, in deserts, in fields, in woodlands, and even urban areas. They live in underground homes or caves called dens. Vixens can have up to eleven kits in a litter, but usually four or five. In folklore foxes often symbolize cunningness, trickery and deceit, but they are really lovely creatures. Members of about thirty-seven species are referred to as foxes, but only twelve of them are actually true foxes! Different types of true fox can breed together. The fennec fox (and other species of fox adapted to life in the desert, such as the kit fox) has large ears and short fur, whereas the Arctic fox has tiny ears and thick, insulating fur. Another example is the red fox which has a typical auburn fur, the tail normally ending with a white marking. Foxes are omnivores, meaning they eat a mixture of meat, grubs, plants, fungi and berries. Here are some picture off Google images of some foxes.
Fennec fox. Cute, huh?
An Arctic fox in winter. Cute!
And one in summer. Pretty!
Here is a cute foal, just one day old. Isn't he/she adorable?
Look at this sweet filly. Where I have circled in red is actually surprisingly not her thigh but her calf, and the part circled in green where you would think is her calf is her ankle. Interesting, eh?
FOXES
Foxes live in groups called skulks. The skulks can also be called leashes, troops or earths. Foxes' colour varies from red, white, black, grey and brown. Foxes can live to ten years old, but usually only to two or three. Why, you'd like to know? Two thirds of the reasons are human causes! I can't believe it! I am so angry with my own species... Anyway, the causes are: diseases, hunting and road accidents. The poor things. Male foxes are called reynards, females vixens and the young kits. Foxes reach maturity at the age of one year. They are slightly smaller than the average domestic dog, with a longish pointy snout and a bushy tail. Foxes can be found in almost every continent. They can be found in the tundra, in the African savannah, in deserts, in fields, in woodlands, and even urban areas. They live in underground homes or caves called dens. Vixens can have up to eleven kits in a litter, but usually four or five. In folklore foxes often symbolize cunningness, trickery and deceit, but they are really lovely creatures. Members of about thirty-seven species are referred to as foxes, but only twelve of them are actually true foxes! Different types of true fox can breed together. The fennec fox (and other species of fox adapted to life in the desert, such as the kit fox) has large ears and short fur, whereas the Arctic fox has tiny ears and thick, insulating fur. Another example is the red fox which has a typical auburn fur, the tail normally ending with a white marking. Foxes are omnivores, meaning they eat a mixture of meat, grubs, plants, fungi and berries. Here are some picture off Google images of some foxes.
Fennec fox. Cute, huh?
A red fox. Cute!
Nice aren't they?
RABBITS
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae. The male is a buck, the female is a doe and the young a kit or a bunny. Rabbits live in underground burrows, which have air conditioning. Yeah, yeah, as if. They do, honestly. They build their burrows with their opening facing a certain way to catch the right winds. The burrows joined together by tunnels is called a warren. When kits/bunnies are born they are tiny, pink, furless, blind and helpless. Due to the nutritious nature of rabbit milk, bunnies only need to be nursed for a few minutes once or twice a day. At ten to eleven days after birth the baby rabbits' eyes open and they start eating on their own at around fourteen days old. Although born naked, they form a soft baby coat of hair within a few days. At the age of five to six weeks the soft baby coat is replaced with a pre-adult coat. At about six to eight months of age (the age that rabbits are fully grown) this intermediate coat is replaced by the final adult coat, which is shed twice a year thereafter. Rabbits live from nine to twelve years, and the recorded longest living lived to eighteen. They feed on grasses and leafy weeds. The most obvious difference between rabbits and hares is how their kits are born. Rabbits have young that are born blind and hairless. However, hares are born with hair and are able to see. All rabbits except cottontail rabbits live underground in burrows or warrens, while hares live in simple nests above the ground (as do cottontail rabbits), and usually do not live in groups. Hares are generally larger than rabbits, with longer ears, larger and longer hind legs and have black markings on their fur. Hares have not been domesticated, while European rabbits are both raised for meat and kept as pets. Here is a picture
from Google of a rabbit:
Cute, don't you think? Of course you do.
RABBITS
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae. The male is a buck, the female is a doe and the young a kit or a bunny. Rabbits live in underground burrows, which have air conditioning. Yeah, yeah, as if. They do, honestly. They build their burrows with their opening facing a certain way to catch the right winds. The burrows joined together by tunnels is called a warren. When kits/bunnies are born they are tiny, pink, furless, blind and helpless. Due to the nutritious nature of rabbit milk, bunnies only need to be nursed for a few minutes once or twice a day. At ten to eleven days after birth the baby rabbits' eyes open and they start eating on their own at around fourteen days old. Although born naked, they form a soft baby coat of hair within a few days. At the age of five to six weeks the soft baby coat is replaced with a pre-adult coat. At about six to eight months of age (the age that rabbits are fully grown) this intermediate coat is replaced by the final adult coat, which is shed twice a year thereafter. Rabbits live from nine to twelve years, and the recorded longest living lived to eighteen. They feed on grasses and leafy weeds. The most obvious difference between rabbits and hares is how their kits are born. Rabbits have young that are born blind and hairless. However, hares are born with hair and are able to see. All rabbits except cottontail rabbits live underground in burrows or warrens, while hares live in simple nests above the ground (as do cottontail rabbits), and usually do not live in groups. Hares are generally larger than rabbits, with longer ears, larger and longer hind legs and have black markings on their fur. Hares have not been domesticated, while European rabbits are both raised for meat and kept as pets. Here is a picture
from Google of a rabbit:
Sweet! :D But some of the words were highlighted in white, so you may want to fix that... But other than that, it's AWESOME! :D
ReplyDeleteOh, that's weird. I'll change that. And thanks!
DeleteNope, I can't change it! Grrr blogger! I'm sorry, I'll have to look into it further.
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