Wild Life

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Jackal

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Jackals and coyotes are opportunistic omnivores, predators of small- to medium-sized animals and proficient scavengers. Their long legs and curved canine teeth are adapted for hunting small mammals, birds, and reptiles, and their large feet and fused leg bones give them a physique well-suited for long-distance running, capable of maintaining speeds of 16 km/h (9.9 mph) for extended periods of time. Jackals are crepuscular, most active at dawn and dusk.

Species

Side-striped jackal

Golden jackal

Black-backed jackal

Cute Jackal Couple

Black Wolf Jackal

Jackal Love

Jackal ready for Prey

Roaring Jackal

Golden Jackal

Jackal Preying

Jackal in Greenery

Jackal kissed by Tiger

Jackal

Golden Jackal

Angery Jackal

Jackal Hooting

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Jackal

Afraid Jackal

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Tortoise or Turtle

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Tortoises are a family of land-dwelling reptiles in the order Testudines. Like their marine relatives, the sea turtles, tortoises are shielded from predatorsby a shell. The top part of the shell is the carapace, the underside is the plastron, and the two are connected by the bridge.

Female tortoises dig nesting burrows in which they lay from one to 30 eggs.Egg-laying typically occurs at night, after which the mother tortoise covers her clutch with sand, soil, and organic material. The eggs are left unattended, and depending on the species, take from 60 to 120 days to incubate. The size of the egg depends on the size of the mother and can be estimated by examining the width of the cloacal opening between the carapace andplastron.