Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

White Adult Humpback Whale


This whale (Migaloo) was an adult ever registered white humpback in history, near Australia.

Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle


An endangered Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle cruising along the shallow waters of Waimea Bay with the hills as the above-water backdrop.

Tibetan Mastiff (The most Expensive Dog in the World)


This dog is most expensive dog in the world. The Tibetan Mastiff is an ancient breed and type of domestic dog originating with nomadic cultures of Central Asia.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Golden Pheasant


Scientific Name : Chrysolophus pictus

The Golden Pheasant or Chinese Pheasant is a game bird of the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae.

Baby Stingray


A stingray which looks like it has 2 legs. The stingrays are a group of rays, which are cartilaginous fishes related to sharks.

Friday, February 8, 2013

Gecko Lizard


The toes of the gecko have a special adaptation that allows them to adhere to most surfaces without the use of liquids or surface tension. The spatulae tipped setae on gecko footpads facilitate attractive forces called Van Der Waals forces to arise between the β-keratin lamellae/setae/spatulae structures and the surface.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

A 100 Year old Tortoise adopts a baby Hippopotamus



A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa, officials said The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him.

”It is incredible. A less than a year old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a mother," ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park, told.


After it was swept away and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It had to look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately, it landed on the tortoise and established a strong bond. They swim, eat and sleep together," the ecologist added. "The hippo follows the tortoise exactly the way it followed its mother. Somebody approaches the tortoise, the hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biological mother," Kahumbu added.

The hippo is a young baby, he was left at a very tender age and by nature, hippos are social animals that like to stay with their mothers for four years," he explained.

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