Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts

Monday, 3 December 2012

Amazing baby Amazon Milk Frog



Amazing baby AmazonMilk Frog!


The Amazon Milk frog is a beautiful species of treefrog that has only been available in the UK for a short period of time. The species has been available to keepers in other countries a little longer. They are of similar appearance to Whites treefrogs (Litoria caerulea) in their build, they are heavy bodied and stocky with a certain level of cute dumpiness. They are also of a similar adult size, around 6-10cm. The colours and patterns differ though, although variable, the majority seen in captivity in the UK are grey and black with a bluish tinge. They are exceptionally beautiful as babies, the grey is replaced with a silvery white. They have a white milk like (hence the name) secretion that is thought to be poisonous and used as a defence.


Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Beautiful Rare White Tiger


~Beautiful Rare White Tiger~


The tiger there is a known mutation that leads to the appearance of individuals with a full white color - Bengal Tigers with black and brown stripes on a white fur and blue eyes. This color is very rare in wild animals, but is relatively common in populations kept in captivity.
The frequency of occurrence of white tigers - one individual per 10,000 with normal color. White tigers are an excellent breed in captivity. The first mentionof them belong to 1951, when one of the hunters took away from the den of the tigress he found a white tiger cub.


Thursday, 26 July 2012

Black Widow Spider


Black Widow Spider..!!




This spider's bite is much feared because its venom is reported to be 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake's.


Black widows are notorious spiders identified by the colored, hourglass-shaped mark on their abdomens. Several species answer to the name, and they are found in temperate regions around the world.


In humans, bites produce muscle aches, nausea, and a paralysis of the diaphragm that can make breathing difficult; however, contrary to popular belief, most people who are bitten suffer no serious damage—let alone death. But bites can be fatal—usually to small children, the elderly, or the infirm. Fortunately, fatalities are fairly rare; the spiders are nonaggressive and bite only in self-defense, such as when someone accidentally sits on them.


The animals most at risk from the black widow's bite are insects—and male black widow spiders. Females sometimes kill and eat their counterparts after mating in a macabre behavior that gave the insect its name. Black widows are solitary year-round except during this violent mating ritual.


These spiders spin large webs in which females suspend a cocoon with hundreds of eggs. Spiderlings disperse soon after they leave their eggs, but the web remains. Black widow spiders also use their webs to ensnare their prey, which consists of flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, beetles, and caterpillars. Black widows are comb-footed spiders, which means they have bristles on their hind legs that they use to cover their prey with silk once it has been trapped.


To feed, black widows puncture their insect prey with their fangs and administer digestive enzymes to the corpses. By using these enzymes, and their gnashing fangs, the spiders liquefy their prey's bodies and suck up the resulting fluid.