23 Dec 2014

15 Interesting facts of very active insect Ant

ant
Ant is very tiny insect which had not present in Antarctica. It’s stay in sweet planets and eats it. Ants comes from the fomicide family along with bees and wasp.

Facts of Ant

  1. More than 12,000 species of ants all over the world.
  2. Male ants have only one role mating with the queen, after complete the process they may die.
  3. All the ants on the planet weight more than all the human.
  4. Ants represent 25 percent or more of the insect biomass on the planet.
  5. Their normal life span is 45-60 day in the world.
  6. Its length is 0.6 to 0.9 cm.
  7. Super colonies are around the world that can contain more than 300 million individuals.
  8. They don’t has ears but they hear by feeling vibrations in the ground.
  9. Ants can able to lift 10.50 times their body weight.
  10. Its body is made up of three parts head, trunk and rear.
  11. Ant’s brain has about 250,000 brain cells.
  12. They are more than 100 million years in this universe.
  13. It has no lungs but it breath by tiny holes from it body.
  14. Each ants has six legs that are attach to the trunk.
  15. The ants jaws to close within 130 micro second on an average.

Gorilla

Gorilla
Gorilla is more intelligent animal in the world. They have unique finger print just like human. Gorillas can lift about 2500 kg weight by using its strength.

Facts of Gorilla

  1. More than 700 gorillas lives in the high mountains of Africa.
  2. Mountain gorillas are tall up to 4-6 foot and weight 150-500 pounds.
  3. The wild species can live up to 35 years.
  4. Most of the time gorillas found in ground with the group of almost 30 members.
  5. Females gives birth to young one within 9 months.
  6. The new born baby is very tin, it weight is only 2 kg.
  7. Young one start to walk after 5 to 6 months.
  8. New one are in the care of its mother for 4-6 years old.
  9. Mountain gorillas are endangered, by losing their life by hunters for its meat called “bush meat”.
  10. Both genders has a thick black hair, covered its body and gives warm in the cool mountains.
  11. Gorillas are herbivores. They eats leaves and stems of herbs.
  12. Well-developed gorillas have its food daily up to 45 pounds.
  13. Gorillas had produced different of sounds each sound has its own meaning.
  14. The Gorilla is an only animal DNA matched to the human up to 98-99%.
  15. They never sleep in the same place for two days.it sleep more than 13 hours at night.

Iberian Lynx

Iberian Lynx
These species are decreasing in less number over all 200 years. It’s a very sad news to hear now these types are only 100 are left in the world. The Iberian Lynx is very closely related to Eurasian lynx. The native of this species is from Spain and Portugal.

Facts of Iberian Lynx

  1. The average length is 32-38 inches, height is 16-20 inches and weight is up to 20 to 30 pounds.
  2. Males are bigger in size than females.
  3. The fur is yellowish to reddish drown with many dark spots.
  4. Also, it’s has muscular body, long hind legs, tufted ears and jaws. It also has a short black tipped tail.
  5. Rabbits are the most likeable dish of Lynx.
  6. It’s also like to have small rodents, ducks, Young of deer, wild boar and Mouflon sheep.
  7. First half of the year is mating season of Lynx. It’s has an ability to mate with only one time with another.
  8. The pregnancy period is up to 60 to 70 days.
  9. Females can give birth to 1-5 kittens.
  10. Lynx are having a great power of hearing and good eyesight.
  11. They can able to live in the world for 14 years.

Orangutans

Orangutan
The orangutan is now surviving in only two islands Borneo and the northerly region of Sumatra. This type of species is a very critical stage of conditions. It also called as “Red apes”. They like to spend more time in trees.

Facts of orangutan

  1. They have reddish brown or black color hair likes chimpanzees and gorillas.
  2. Orangutan’s favorite foods are fruits, bark, honey, worms and even bird eggs.
  3. It’s can able to live 30 years in wild or captivity.
  4. They have 32 teeth like a human.
  5. It can able to travel 50 to 1000 meters in one day.
  6. Orangutans have 7 times greater strength than a human.
  7. The orangutans literally means “person of the woodland”.
  8. Bornean orangutans are tall up to 1-1.5 m and the arm span as long as 2.5 m. Its weight up to 90 kg.
  9. The females can able to give birth for to new one in every 8 years.
  10. After completing 15 years only males can able to join with females.
  11. Orangutan has 97 % matching DNA with human.
  12. Mother careless is a higher level of this species. Child where in the carding of its mother for 13-14 years to get confidence.
  13. For sharing their communication they used sounds.
  14. Now Bornean orangutan has 41,000 and Sumatran orangutan are only 7,500 where present in this universe today.

Horse

Horse
Horse has good memory power in animal kingdom. It is type of herbivores (which eat grass). The relationship between human and horse start before 4,000 years. It also has good sense of power than human.

Facts of Horse

  1. The horse can able to live up to 25 to 30 years.
  2. The only horse that lives 62 years is old Billy.
  3. Horses eat 7 to 11 kilograms food per day.
  4. It can drink water more than 8 times, which normal human drinks.
  5. The normal heart beat of adult horse is up to 36 to 40 beats per minutes.
  6. This animal can able to sleep while in standing or laying down.
  7. The horse can able to rotate its ears in to 180 degrees.
  8. It sleeps for 2 – 3 hours a day.
  9. Horse is the only land animal that has the largest eyes in the world
  10. The new born young horse are named as foals. They only bore at night time. It takes 2 hours to start its first walking inland after birth.
  11. Foals milk teeth fall down and its start to grow new strong teeth within 3-5 years.
  12. The smallest species of horse is named as a pony.
  13. Female’s reproduction period took place roughly one year.
  14. Females can able to give birth only one foal, it’s very rare for a twin’s birth.
  15. Foals stop drinking milk from its mother after six months.
  16. The heart pumped through the body every 20 strides by the help of one liter blood.
  17. It can able to see at night, higher than human.
  18. Adult horse has 40- 44 teeth.
  19. Its normal weight of heart is 10 pounds.
  20. The normal height of a horse is 76-175 cm. Its weight up to 54-998 kilograms.

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Dolphin

Dolphin
Dolphins are big mammals in the sea world .The bigger species of them are orca, which named as “killer whales”. Among all most dangerous stage species is fresh water dolphin which lives in river of China.

Facts of Dolphin

  1. The Dolphins have the capacitive to live in both types of waters.
  2. It can able to swim for 25 miles per hour.
  3. More than 42 species of dolphin in the world. Among that 38 lives in salt water and 4 of them in fresh water.
  4. The normal dolphin takes its food daily up to 30 pounds of fish.
  5. Almost it has 100 teeth and some species has more than 250 teeth.
  6. The largest species of dolphin which lives in fresh water is Boto. It can grow up to 10 feet long.
  7. A small group of dolphin is named as pod.
  8. Smallest dolphin can grow up to 4 feet long and biggest one up to 30 feet.
  9. Healthy Dolphins weight up to 90 pounds and some species may weight as11 tons.
  10. The communication that which tools between them is known as echolocation.
  11. The Dolphins have two stomach, one for saving food and other one to digesting process.
  12. Bottle nose dolphin area which we can able to see in many places like movies and aquariums.
  13. Bottle nose dolphin can able to train and became easily friendship with a man.
  14. Fresh water dolphin mostly lives in rivers of Asia and America.
  15. They can stay underwater for 15 minutes, but it is not possible of breathing inside of water.
  16. For transporting the communication they used various types of sound.
  17. A dolphin that can live 40 years in the ocean is bottlenose.
  18. Females pass on birth for young one within one and half year. Its gives one calf and twins are uncommon.
  19. Mother care with its child takes between 3 to 8 years old.
  20. While sleeping Dolphins half of its brain goes for sleeping, remaining start they continue to breathe.
  21. The word dolphin originally comes from Greek, which signifies “a fish with womb”.
  22. Dolphins came to the ocean world before 55 million years ago.
  23. They have good hearing and eyesight than human.
  24. Bottlenose dolphin has good memory power.
  25. Calves have many enemies in the oceans, they are highly dangerous, such as bull shark, dusky shark, tiger shark, and great white shark.

Zion National Park

Zion National Park
Zion is the most beautiful canyon where ever seen by human in United States of America. The word Zion came from a Hebrew word which means “a place of peace and relaxation”. The name given by Mormon pioneers in 1860.

Facts of the Zion National Park

  1. Every year, more than 2.5 million people visit this park.
  2. The park has a high density of growing plants more than 800 species present in the park.
  3. More advantage things in the park are Koloa canyon at 8, 7728 feet height and the lowest is 3,666 feet at the coal pits wash.
  4. One of the most endangered species that found only in this park is California condor.
  5. More than 8,000 years human are livening in this canyon.
  6. The most seen able mammal in the park are mule deer.
  7. Some more attractive things present in the park are great white throne, angel landing and watchman.
  8. First transport started for tourists by car in 1917.
  9. All over the Zion national park occupies 147,551 acres in the United States.
  10. The only activities that are liked by all visitors is climbing the rock.
  11. The river virgin has four species of fish such as Virgin River Spinedace, Speckled dace, Flannel mouth sucker and Desert sucker.
  12. An amazing swimming hole in the Zion national park, it’s known as Toquerville

Zion National Park
Birch-Creek – CC Image courtesy of Zion National Park on flicker
First European went to investigate the Zion region in 1776. The river Virgin first settled in 1847, by Mormon farmers in Europe. Due to the help of ground water springs the park made much more natural beauty. This beautiful nature is now sanctuary of more birds and animals. The flow of water throw the rocks for 1,000 years, made a path of ways and became a good scenario for the visitor who visit the park. In summer season, the highest temperature in the Zion Canyon is 100 degree Fahrenheit (38 degree Celsius). In Monsoon season there will be often sudden floods, thunderstorms and lighting.
There are a number of hotels named as Zion national park hotels, but only one present inside of park, others are slit distance.
Among all beauteous things some basic needs are not present in the Toquerville falls, no phone service and drinking water are not available.
Every year the park contains various campuses for people who interested in hiking. To encourage the visitors of the national park many activities had arranged such as nature walk, evening programs, horse riding trip and rock climbing. The horse ranch mountain is more beautiful and it has an elevation of almost 2,660 meters. The Zion park department started shuttle bus service in 2000 for less the traffic issues.

Yellowstone national park

Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone national park is the first American national park that established on March 1, 1872. It has world largest calderas, which measure 45 ✕ 30 miles.

Facts of the Yellowstone national park

  1. Yellowstone national park has one of the highly dangerous super active volcano.
  2. Yellowstone national park attracts 3 million visitors every year.
  3. It faces 2,000 earthquakes every year.
  4. The park is covered by 5% water, 15% of grassland and 80% forest.
  5. It has more than 300 Geysers.
  6. The park has more than 50 mammal species.
  7. The lowest temperature of the park ever recorded is -66 degrees Fahrenheit.
  8. In 1988, approximately 26% forest suffered by canopy burn.
  9. The largest hot spring in North America is grand prismatic springs in Yellowstone national park, which heat 4,000 gallons of water per minute.
  10. The park is 80 miles long and 54 miles wide.
  11. Yellowstone national park is home of 40 major waterfalls, 12 major rivers include boiling rivers.
  12. 16 species of fish in the river of national park.
  13. The visitors who enters into the park had given the road map by parks association. The map information, has written in 10 different languages.
  14. In winter season the park has occupied full of snow and wolves.
  15. In Christmas season Christmas trees where cut for $5.
  16. The national park week celebrates in the month of April 19 and 20.

Eagles

Facts of Eagles

  1. Bald eagles eyesight is 8 times higher than human.
  2. Bald eagles have more than 7,000 feathers in its body.
  3. Bald eagles can fly up to 10,000 feet height from the land.
  4. Fish eagles are vegetarian, they only eat rich oil palm fruits.
  5. The eagle is used as the symbol of power, freedom, and transcendence.
  6. Almost 60 species of eagles living in the world.
  7. Most female species are bigger than males and great strength.
  8. The bald species are stronger than normal eagles, its nativity is North America.
  9. Normal weight of bald eagles us 10 to 14 pounds and its life span up to 20 – 30 years.
  10. Golden eagles have an ability to live up to 48 years, but known life span is around 28 years.
  11. Eagles can fly up to 100 -125 miles per day.
  12. Female bald eagles stand as much 42 inches high.
  13. Most of bald eagles eat fish, ducks, and turtles.
  14. Eagle lays minimum 2 eggs and it hatch out in 35 days.
  15. Young one stay in its nest for 11 to 12 months.
  16. Young eagles go maximum 100 miles away from the nest to catch the prey.
  17. Baby bald eagles are dark in color.
  18. Golden eagles eats small, medium mammal’s likes rabbits and squirrels.
  19. More advantage type of species is fish eagle, booted eagle, snake eagle and giant forest eagles.
  20. Deforestation and shooting are the two main threats to the survival of harpy eagles.

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Ostrich

ostrich
The ostrich is the world largest bird which can able to run speed than any other birds in the world. Motherland of this species are in Africa. And it lives in the place of deserts, savannas and dry grassland areas with few trees.

Facts of Ostrich

  1. Ostrich appeared in the world for 70 to 120 million years ago.
  2. More than 40 species and almost 2 million ostrich birds are living in the world.
  3. The eyes of ostriches are much bigger than its brain.
  4. It can able to grow up to 9 feet height and weight as 300 pounds
  5. Male ostrich is called as roosters and females are known as hen.
  6. They can able to kick only forward. By using its strong kicks they kill its prey easily.
  7. Single kick of ostrich can able to defeat the king of beasts.
  8. Ostriches are the only bird that has two toes on each foot.
  9. Ostriches are the type of bird, but it can’t able to fly due to its bad conditions of wings.
  10. They can able to run at the speed of 50 km/hr. Due to the help of its muscular legs, they run fast.
  11. Ostrich can lay 60 eggs and it is the largest egg in the species of bird.
  12. Ostrich eggs have the power to fit 4, 700 humming birds’ eggs and 24 hen’s eggs in the single egg.
  13. The weight of the egg is more than 3 pounds and 7 inches long and 4.5 inches across.
  14. It has the ability to live without water in this world still its gets water.
  15. Ostriches like to have grass, berries, seeds, insects and small reptile
  16. Few enemies of ostrich are cheetahs, lions, leopards and wild dogs.
  17. Ostrich eggs have the power to fit 4, 700 humming birds’ eggs and 24 hen’s eggs in the single egg.
  18. In the danger condition they protect themselves by laying down on the earth and hide its neck.
  19. While sleeping it use the same method of laying down and keeps it head safe.

Antelopes

antelopes
Antelopes are herbivores which eat grass and seeds. Most of the species lives in the grassland, mountains, desert and wetland. The name of antelope is derived from the Greek word Anthropos it means “flower” and ops means “eye”.

Facts of Antelopes

  1. Among more than 90 species of antelope, 25 species are endangered due to hunting.
  2. The Eland is the largest antelope species in the world which grows up to 6 feet tall and weight up to 1450 pounds.
  3. Most species lives in Asia, Africa, and North America.
  4. Royal antelope is the smallest species, which can grow as height as rabbit.
  5. Antelope have very strong horns that never replace forever and grow in entire life.
  6. 6. Some species horns are very tall, it can grow up to 5 feet in length.
  7. Antelope can run very fast at a maximum speed of 43 miles per hour.
  8. They have the capacity to live up to 20 years, but in wild antelopes live for 10 years.
  9. Most of the antelope are in brown and red in color.
  10. Females have a capacity to carry one calf and it comes out in the world from its mother’s womb in eight months.
  11. Antelope has four long legs which help to run very fast.
  12. They always go with the modest group, which contain of 7 to 10 antelope.
  13. The world second largest antelope is kudzu. It reaches up to 1.2 m at shoulder height and weight as much 270 kg.
  14. The horns of antelope are high in medicinal value.
  15. In some species, males only have horns.

Guinea pigs

Guinea pig
Guinea pig is actually a type of rodents. Its native place is South Africa and it is also the type of domestic animal. Guinea pig is living in the world more than 10,000 years. Some people were keeping Guinea pig as their pets.

Facts of Guinea pigs

  1. The Guinness World record for Guinea pig’s maximum age is 15 years.
  2. There are 258 bones in the Guinea pig body.
  3. They grows up to 8-10 inches long and weigh up to 2.5 pounds.
  4. Most eatable food of guinea pig is grass and hay.
  5. Guinea pigs are pure vegetarian, they never get bored to eat every time.
  6. Female guinea pig gives birth to young one within 70 days.
  7. Baby guinea pigs are called pups.
  8. They can able to lay 4 pups.
  9. Some South American people eats guinea pig as their favorite food.
  10. After the birth, young pups can able to run within 3 hours.
  11. Maximum life span of guinea pig is up to 8 years.
  12. They don’t have tails.
  13. Guinea pig has a very good sense of smell and sensitive hearing.
  14. They can able to swim as the dog.
  15. There are only 9 different species of Guinea pigs in the world.
  16. If the guinea pig feels happy, its start to jumping up and down it is called as popcorn.
  17. Guinea pig has 5 different types of hairs, which make them more beautiful.
  18. The special talent of this species is that they can able to eat solid foods when they are born.
  19. They can jump maximum height up to 12 inches.
  20. Guinea pigs maximum body temperature is 101.5 -103 degrees Fahrenheit.
  21. The male guinea pigs are called as boars and females as sows.
  22. They likes to run and play with its owner, they are so playful.

Owls


Owls

Owls are being in the world for 70 to 80 million years and its name derived from the Greek word “tuto”. Owls are living in deserts and rocky areas, which made its nest in the holes of trees in barns on the ground.

Facts about Owls

  1. More than 227 owl species in the universe.
  2. European Engle owl is the largest owl in the world. They are 75 centimeter long.
  3. Owls have the capability to shift its color of eyes for hunting in different time.
  4. In day time if owls start to hunt, their eyes color turn into yellow and at night their eyes color turn into dark color.
  5. The smallest species of owl is Elf owl, which is 11 -13 cm long.
  6. Owls hold an ability to fly without making any sound by its wings.
  7. Like a human, owl’s eyes are straight forward.
  8. Owls cannot able to see at night without light as human.
  9. They can able to turn their head up to 270 degrees.
  10. This species has three eyelids. They are top lid, bottom lid and third transparent membrane.
  11. Owls have amazing sensitive hearing, which helps to locate the target.
  12. The ears of owls are set at the edge of the facial disc, which have many short stiff feathers.
  13. Owls lay 5 to 6 eggs and they stay in eggs for 2- 4 days.
  14. Eggs hatch within 31 – 32 days and both parents gives food to young one.
  15. Young owl can fly and hunt itself within 7 to 12 weeks.
  16. They can able make different sounds.
  17. Except Antarctica all other continents owls are present.
  18. They have powerful talons, which helps to catch its prey.
  19. They hunt insects, small mammals and other small birds. Some species hunt fish too.
  20. Barn owls face is heart shaped, they looks different from other species.

Lowland gorillas

Facts about Lowland gorillas

  1. Lowland gorillas are highly live in western central Africa, specifically in Nigeria, Cameroon, Central Africa, Gabon and Congo.
  2. Both male and females are tall as1.4 to 1.75 meters.
  3. Males weight up to 300 to 600 pounds, but females are smaller its weight up to 154 -300 pounds.
  4. Wild lowland gorillas eat leaves, shoots, pith, stems, and fruits.
  5. In zoo life’s they eats veggies, fruits, and primate biscuits.
  6. Well grown males develop silver colored fur on their backs.
  7. Lowland gorillas have opposable thumbs on their hands.
  8. They have black with a brownish tinge, and reddish brown cap on the top of its head.
  9. Mostly they live in a group which contain adult silver, black male and with several adult females.
  10. Each family of this species has 2 to 35 members.
  11. The only enemy of this species is leopards.
  12. After completing the 8 years, females are ready for it matured. Like as females, males too have its age limit up to 15 years.
  13. Female’s gestational period is 259 to 290 days and its gives single infant as the weight up to 1.8 to 2.3 kg.
  14. New born babies take care of its mother.
  15. Infant start its first crawl in 9 weeks and walk in the period of 30 to 40 weeks.
  16. They eat 40 pounds of veggies per day.
  17. In wild, gorilla lifespan up to 50 years.
  18. Gorillas have powerful jaws and large teeth needed to grind up the tough plant material in their diet
  19. This species has matching DNA with human.
  20. Only 112,000 gorillas are remaining in this world.

Flying Squids

Facts about flying squids

  1. Flying squids are mostly found in northern parts of the Pacific Ocean and also in both china and japan.
  2. They can fly about 30 meters distance in 3 seconds.
  3. They prefer cooler areas of water to live.
  4. You can’t find flying squids in warm water that more than 27 degrees Celsius.
  5. They live few meters deep from the surface of water.
  6. Flying squids eat small fishes.
  7. They live only for reproduction, they expire after mating.
  8. In the mating season this species generally migrate to the East China Sea, Kyushu and Sea of Japan.
  9. Female flying squid can lay more than 4,000 eggs at the time.
  10. The eggs of flying squid hatch within five days.
  11. The maximum life span of this species is one year
  12. Females mantle length as 50 centimeter
  13. Flying squids are mostly eaten by the people of Negros Island, Philippines.

Clownfish

Facts about clownfish

  1. Most of this species look in orange, maroon and more mixed colors.
  2. More than 28 species of clownfish are in Ocean.
  3. They are omnivorous that they eat both plants and animals. Algae, plankton and leftover parts of fishes.
  4. Nemo is a species of clownfish, which have Orange color with white stripes.
  5. After release of “Finding Nemo” movie by Disney, this species named as Nemo.
  6. Nemo’s body entirely covered by the bright orange color with white stripes.
  7. They can grow maximum length up to 5 inches.
  8. Clownfish and Anemones are good friends, they help each other.
  9. Anemones don’t paralyze clownfish.
  10. Anemones help to protect clownfish from big killer fishes, likewise Clownfishes offer foods to Anemones.
  11. Clownfish are mostly eaten by large fish, eels and shark.
  12. They mostly live in the little group as mating pairs.
  13. Females lay more than 1,000 of eggs underwater of rocks in full moon day.
  14. After the death of females in the group males turns its sex as female.
  15. Male clownfish take care of eggs until they hatch out.
  16. The incubation period takes place from 6 to 10 days.
  17. Some people keep clownfishes as their pets.
  18. They can live up to 5 years.

Poppy Plant

Facts of poppy plant and flower

  1. Poppy plants can grow in all kinds of soils and they grow up to 60 centimeters long.
  2. This species grows well in cold weather (the temperature about 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit).
  3. They need sunlight for 6 hours to get full energy.
  4. More than 250 species of poppy is in all over the world.
  5. Each flower of poppies has more than six petals.
  6. Some people use this in cooking and baking foods.
  7. Yellow poppies root use in toothaches and pain relief medicines.
  8. Poppy flowers used to symbolize death and sleep.
  9. Red color flowers are signify pleasure, white as console and yellow as wealth and success.
  10. In ancient Egyptians used this flower for funeral oration.
  11. Yellow poppy flower has been the state flower of California since 1903.
  12. Yellow poppies blooms in summer month of March and April.
  13. Plucking poppy flower from plant is an illegal act in California.
  14. In California poppy day celebrated in April 6 and poppy week in May 13 to 18.
  15. Planting poppies in United States is illegal.
  16. Oriental poppy are highly poisonous if ingested.
  17. Oriental poppy stems can grow tall up 2.5 to 4 feet.
  18. Blue poppy are present in Himalayan, Alaska and coastal Washington.
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