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Breaking Homing Cycle of Crocodiles
Posted on February 24th, 2009 by Wildlife Luver, under Crocodile.
Human-crocodile conflict is on raise as the crocodile population is prolifically increasing in Florida. Biologists of Florida are trying their best to prevent this incident. They are translocating the crocodile from their natural habitat to other place where less number of crocs are living.
The translocated crocodiles are returning back to their own habitat within few days because they can trace back their habitat easily and travels at least 10 miles per day. This process of returning back to their own habitat is called HOMING.
In order to prevent homing, the FWC biologists use magnets to keep the crocodiles back to their pavilion. Two magnets will be tied in their sides of their forehead and translocated to the new site because the magnets will disorient the crocodiles and disrupt their navigation, so they can’t find their way back to the capture site. while releasing the magnets will be removed from the crocodiles head. In addition to this colored tags will be tied on their tails to find out the success of the translocation.
This method proves that the crocodiles can’t find their home and stay back in the translocated site. Hats off to the FWC Biologists!!!
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Bearded Capuchin Monkey: The Most IQ Monkey
Posted on January 20th, 2009 by Wildlife Luver, under Monkey, Wildlife News.
Scientists from the Institute of Cognitive sciences and Technologies of the National Research Council in Rome studied a group of bearded Capuchin Monkeys in Brazil and found an impressive finding- they select the most effective stone for use in cracking nuts. More over, they are rejecting those that are too light or crumbly.
These Capuchin monkeys make the right choice not only by seeing the stones but also tapping them if necessary. These monkeys are selecting the stones with heavy weight and using the same for cracking the tough nuts.
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What is Florida Wildlife?
Posted on January 13th, 2009 by Wildlife Luver, under Information.
Florida wildlife is an amazing one and those who love conservation of wild animals surely appreciate the efforts taken at the Florida state with regard to the wildlife. Florida wildlife comprises of great biodiversity and visitors appreciate these so much.
There is a magazine that is doing its service in the conservation aspects for the past sixty years. This is called as Florida wildlife magazine that presents every message with regard to the wildlife areas, flora and fauna of Florida.
This is a bimonthly magazine that tells everything on hunting, places of visit to sight the various species of wildlife comprising various mammals, reptiles and avifauna.
Raccoons and squirrels found in these wildlife areas are accustomed now a day to urban areas. Endangered ones noticed in this state is the panther and manatees.
Florida based agencies are there in order to take care about the wildlife, in addition to the protection of various species that need extra care in terms of prevention of poaching etc.
Yeah. They monitor the violation of wildlife in case of Florida wildlife areas.
Under the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission comes the Florida Wildlife Research Institute that carries many types of research program.
This institute also possesses many grant programs that help in the protection of various species of wildlife including green turtle, loggerhead etc.
Great blue heron, pelican, American alligator, manatees, bobcat, Florida panther, Florida black bear, butterflies, Atlantic bottle nose dolphin, roseate spoonbill, sea turtle etc. are found in the vast wildlife areas of Florida state, in USA.
It is amazing one that certain species of butterflies are not found in north America but these species of butterflies are seen in plenty at Florida.
Natural resources are protected to a greater extent by organizations like Florida wildlife federation. Yeah. The Florida wildlife federation is doing wonderful functions in order to protect the various species of wildlife.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife
Posted on January 3rd, 2009 by Wildlife Luver, under Information.
The Texas parks and wildlife department consists of many sectors like administrative resources, legal, human resources, information technology, coastal fisheries, wildlife , communications etc. The Texas parks and wildlife department was started in 1963.
Since 1991, the Texas parks and wildlife foundation serves as one of the non-profit making center and links various individuals, firms, corporations, companies etc. towards effecting conservation oriented measures to protect the rich source of Texas wildlife.
Dow and Texas parks and wildlife have a common understanding that the environment is a precious thing to be maintained at any cost and to have a survivability of the various species, many programs have to be worked out, in terms of conservation.
Texas State is something so amazing to children and adults especially the senior citizens. Yeah. The nature you enjoy at these places is some thing so marvelous and the visit to these places will never be forgotten by any tourist or any American in fact.
Many firms are playing roles in association with the parks and one such is the Sea center that houses many reptiles and the aquariums in this place are so famous and this accommodates multiple species of fish varieties that are available in Texas bays.
Tour guide or docent associated with these parks help to prepare the tour programs and help the persons who want to undertake the tours to these areas of wildlife and the guidance is given in a systematic manner by these guides.
Similarly, many units like state parks friends groups and support organizations etc. are present and these units in fact represent the volunteer ones associated with the Texas parks. These groups like park host in Texas parks and wildlife may act as substitutes of park staff and they greet the campers and give full protection and enlighten the conservation measures. So you need to visit Texas parks and wildlife at least once.
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Understanding National Wildlife Federation
Posted on January 1st, 2009 by Wildlife Luver, under Information.
National Wildlife Federation is one of the body that is dedicated to the cause of wildlife. Yeah. National Wildlife Federation has the objective of protecting and restoring critical wildlife habitat.
In Washington, North American Wildlife Conference was held in the year 1936. In this conference, General Wildlife Federation was created. Subsequently, in the year 1938, General Wildlife Federation became the National Wildlife Federation.
National wildlife federation is one of the bodies that serve the purpose of conservation by focusing on the various issues pertaining to the protection of wildlife that consists of wild fauna and wild flora.
Yeah… This is one of the non-profit making bodies that help the people in understanding the values of wildlife significance and has many volunteer positions.
The persons who get associated with these voluntary positions have many functions starting from the arrangement of tours to the wildlife areas, supporting to undertake research in the field of wildlife and enlightening of people to be aware of wildlife.
In the field of wildlife conservation, in fact, this is the major American’s organization that speaks volumes to its credit.
Hence, even the children and senior citizens know the importance of wildlife and their vast habitat. The schedules maintained are ultimately for the future of the children of America and of course, the whole world.
This organization expects others to make a pledge to protect the wildlife and their valuable living place called as habitat.
Further, it seeks funds also to formulate some useful protective measures for the effective conservation of various species of wild animals especially the endangered wild animal species.
Additionally, it has concrete goals related to the protection of world from the effects of global warming. Joining as a member in this National Wildlife Federation is a credit for anybody who is bothered on wildlife. National Wildlife Federation is a famous one.
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Defenders of Wildlife
Posted on December 25th, 2008 by Wildlife Luver, under Information.
Defenders of wildlife is one of the non-profit making but wildlife related bodies related to the cause of wildlife. In the year 1947, the Defenders of wildlife were started in North America.
The main purpose of this organization was to prevent the cruelties that are felt during the trapping of fur bearing wild animals by usage of steel jawed leg hold traps.
Yeah… The methods were so cruel and children or even many adult persons who witness the capture of the fur bearing wild animals will feel bad of that event.
Nation celebrated bald eagle recovery because of the effective conservation programs that are pertaining to this breed of these eagles by this agency.
The bald eagles are seen to some extent in the USA and this is because of the effective activities taken by the bodies like Defenders of wildlife.
In the wolf protection, the Defenders of wildlife played a major role. In fact, it is this organization that helped to reintroduce the wolves in Central Idaho and Yellowstone National Park.
Yeah… This is a fact. Wolf conservation is highly assisted by this unit. Defenders of wildlife also pave ways to link the agencies and the individual volunteers who can do some concrete assistance to prevent the disappearance of wildlife in its habitat.
Many positions are projected and through these many times, voluntary projects are carried out to protect the various eco systems.
Defenders of wildlife actively involve with the protection of grizzly bears, black bear, jaguar, Florida panther etc.
In the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, it is the “killing of predator” method that was adapted by Defenders of wildlife differently.
Such method involved the killing of predators like raccoons in order to restore the population of selective species of wildlife.
Defenders of wildlife action fund were created to associate the conservation activities and the Defenders of wildlife focus activities towards ultimate welfare of wildlife.
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Wonders of Wildlife
Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Wildlife Luver, under Information, Turtle.
Wonders of wildlife are located in Springfield, Missouri. Yeah… You need to allot few days or at least few hours to visit these wonders of wildlife.
There are self guided tours are available to visit these areas. The purpose of these wonders of wildlife is mainly oriented to educate, inform and entertain the values of wildlife to public and all. Yeah… The facts you understand by visiting these areas re amazing ones. The hunting and fishing galleries attract the visitors to a greater extent. However, an extra ticket has to be obtained to visit these galleries.
Combo ticket if you purchase may include the visit to these galleries and children in particular may enjoy these visits.
Outreach programs are there with regard to the wonders of wildlife and you may have both thirty minute program and sixty minute program. In all these, many class room topics are available.
You can select one like claws and paws, discovering nature with Lewis and Clark, nature’s niches, animal’s appetites etc. These topics are of highly educative types for the children and also for the adults.
At area opposite to Bess Pro shops also you can visit these wonders of wildlife. You have more than two hundred and twenty species including beavers, bald eagles, crocodiles etc. You need to spend at least one and half or two hours.
These places near Branson also provide opportunity for seeing the feeding of shark in a close range and also you can have a close encounter of the wild animals.
In fact, you can have a photograph also. But note down the timing and these enjoy holiday during Christmas.
Wonders of wildlife will never be forgotten even if you visit once. Similarly, the rich experience you gain by visit to these places is to be enjoyed by all. Wonders of wildlife have such resources to be seen.
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Squirrels Use “Snake Scent” to Fool Predators
Posted on December 18th, 2008 by Wildlife Luver, under Snake Venom.
Today I came to know about an interesting behavioral pattern of the California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi) and rock squirrels (Spermophilus variegates).
Actually young squirrels are the favorite dish for rattlesnakes. In order to suppress their odor from rattlesnakes, these tiny creatures chew on old snake skin and smear it on their fur. This behavioral pattern was noticed by Barbara Clucas, a graduate student in animal behavior at the University of California, Davis.
This act of application of sloughed-off snake skin is considered to be a perfect defensive package of squirrels against rattlesnakes. The snakes get persuaded that another snake, not squirrel, is in the area.
Rattlers and other snakes usually prey the pups (Squirrel young one) and females while they fall asleep in the night. Mostly the adult squirrel won’t get affected by the snake poison as the blood proteins of them contains immunity against snake venom.
Another study confirms that squirrels are not only limited to the use of snake skin, they get used to take the snake odor from surfaces (tree branches, tree hole, etc) and soil, where the snakes have been resting.
So, the squirrels are turning the tables on the snakes. These squirrels are really wiser than enemy,,,
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Missing Tongue of the Crocodile
Posted on December 17th, 2008 by Wildlife Luver, under Crocodile.
I have visited a zoo as a undergraduate veterinary student as a volunteer. I searched the tongue of the basking crocodile. I asked the zoo vet about the missing tongue of the crocodile. He laughed and explained about the crocodile tongue.
Generally mouth of the crocodile makes up 15% of its body length. All the crocodiles are having a long thin forked tongue, but fused at the bottom of its mouth. So we can’t either see the tongue while it is basking or opening its mouth to capture its prey.
Length of the Crocodile Tongue
I measured the length of the tongue while performing postmortem of the same as a Zoo vet after my graduation. The length of the crocodile tongue is more or less 300-350 cms (this is a measurement of a crocodile of a 3 meters in length).
Additional Facts
The crocodile possess salt glands on their tongue, which is a modified salivary glands. The main purpose of this gland is to secrete excess salt from its body. Thats why salt water crocodile can spend weeks together in salt water.
As bottom line, I would like to conclude that this massive creature cannot stick out the tongue.
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Get to Know Coelacanths
Posted on December 16th, 2008 by Wildlife Luver, under Fishes.
The world is filled with weird and wonderful creatures, and a good proportion of them are found deep down in the ocean. We actually know more about the surface of the moon than we know about the deepest parts of the ocean here on planet earth.
Some marine species are of course very carefully studied and can even be found in marine aquariums in living rooms and public aquatic parks around the world. These species are however mostly the ones that are found close to the surface in the wild, e.g. the colourful reef fishes that never ventures further down than 30-40 meters.
For a creature that lives deep down at depths never explored by man, the risk (or chance) of ending up in an aquarium is slim. One of the most interesting beasts to surface from the depths during the 20th century is the Coelacanth.
Coelacanths are bony fishes from the order Coelacanthiformes. What makes them so interesting is the fact that before a living specimen was found during the 1930s, they were believed to have become completely extinct together with the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period.
In 1936, a museum curator named Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer befriended a Captain Goosen who worked on a trawler off the African coast. Goosen began saving interesting fish specimens for Courtenay-Latimer, and eventually he brought her a primitive looking fish caught about 70 meters (77 yards) from the mouth of the Chalumna River in the Indian Ocean. This strange looking fish turned out to be a true, living Coelacanth.
The finding proved that some Coelacanths had actually survived the through the Cretaceous period and continued to reproduce deep down in the ocean. Who knows what else we might find down there as we continue to explore the mesmerizing depths of the world’s oceans.
