Blogs Posts in General Information category; 268 blog posts

Social Networking for Zebras

Scientists are developing a new branch of network theory to understand zebra communities Dan Rubenstein of Princeton University is an ecologist who has studied zebras and other horse-like animals for 20 years. To understand their social st [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2007 | Comments : 0

Editorial: Antibiotic overuse in animals must end

The headlines about staph infections are spreading awareness that overuse of antibiotics has made some bacteria resistant to drugs. The trend poses a threat to everyone, as dangerous infections become increasingly prevalent and challenging [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2007 | Comments : 0

Humane Society sees more animals

NOBLESVILLE -- A year after moving, the Humane Society for Hamilton County is seeing more traffic in its more visible location on Pleasant Street in Noblesville.Executive Director Rebecca Stevens said that the number of animals dropped off [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2007 | Comments : 0

Dog's abuser gets 90 days in jail

MIDDLETOWN - The Butler County man who formerly owned the chained, injured beagle known as Lucky has been ordered to spend 90 days in jail for cruelty to animals and is forbidden from being a pet owner again. Woodford Weybright, of Lemon [...]

Posted On : Nov, 27 2007 | Comments : 0

Four elephants electrocuted in India

SHILONG, November 22 (RIA Novosti) - Four wild Asiatic elephants, three females and a calf, have been electrocuted in India's northeast Meghalaya state, local media said on Thursday. The four elephants died after becoming entangled in high- [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2007 | Comments : 0

Fanciful flights

The animal park actually exceeded my expectations and we were inside until almost closing. Our poor taxi driver was left wondering what had happened to us. I had been expecting to see just birds, but the park is much more, housing a v [...]

Posted On : Nov, 19 2007 | Comments : 0

Cheetahs

Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are the fastest land animal. These long-legged cats can run up to 65 miles per hour (100 kph) in short bursts when they are hunting.Cheetahs are shy and are not very sociable with each other.These speedy mammal [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2007 | Comments : 0

MEGATHERIUM

pronounced MEG-ah-THEER-ee-um) Megatherium was the largest giant ground sloth; its name means "great beast." Megatherium was a huge, bulky, slow-moving herbivore (plant-eater) with peg-like teeth, powerful jaws, and a thick, [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2007 | Comments : 0

West Indian Manatee

Although recorded for the Carolinas, Georgia, and Texas, the West Indian manatee's centre of abundance in the United States was Florida where it frequented streams and brackish estuaries and fed solely on vegetation. Early depletion of this [...]

Posted On : Aug, 08 2007 | Comments : 0

Mammal facts

- Male platypuses have poisonous spurs. Their venom causes such excruciating pain that it can't even be relieved using morphine. - Numbats sleep in hollow logs and stuff their bums in the end to act like a cork so that predators can [...]

Posted On : Aug, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

COELODONTA (Woolly Rhino)

Coelodonta, the woolly rhino, is from the Pleistocene epoch and survived the last ice age. It belongs to the family Rhinocerotids, which includes modern-day rhinos. This plant-eater was about 11 feet (3.5 m) long. It had two horns on its [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2007 | Comments : 0

Order Carnivora - not all carnivores

largest member: Polar bear (2,40 - 2,60m and 400 - 600 kg) smallest member: Least Weasel (12 - 35 cm and 30 - 200g) Did you know that, strangely enough, not all members of the order of carnivora are true carnivores...? The p [...]

Posted On : Jul, 20 2007 | Comments : 0

Bulls Take on Matadors During Celebrations in Pamplona Spain

Spanish Bulls Take on Matadors and Revelers in Pamplona Pamplona – SPAIN : The huge crowd of people gathered at Traditional bull-fighting ceremony wave red handkerchiefs in a customary way during the July 6 opening of the [...]

Posted On : Jul, 14 2007 | Comments : 0

Orangutans

Orangutans are large apes that live in southeast Asia (on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra). These apes mostly live in trees (they are arboreal) and swing from branch to branch using their arms.The word orangutan means "man of the for [...]