The Tragelaphus Is The Second Largest Antelope Just Behind The Giant Eland

Zoos play an important role in conservation. It is important to realize zoos have breeding programs that help restore threatened species. As a result of those breeding programs, the Los

Thesis Statement : The great Dane has interested me since i looked up the biggest dog in the world and saw long legs, I knew it was real, not photoshop. Today, I will share my interest on the NICE and beautiful giants.

The Tamandua Mexicana is a medium-sized anteater with a prehensile(capable of grasping) tail, small eyes and ears, and a long snout. The anteaters can weigh from 7.1lbs to 11.9lbs. Their typical size can range from 102 to 130 centimeters. The anteaters type of symmetry is Bilateral. (which is the same on both sides) Their fur is pale over most of the body except on the upper half of the body where there is a black shaped vest.

An environment with a lot of vegetation and their preys is ideal for them. They are perfect hunters with ability to stalk their prey with patience and stealth. They then capture their meals with one strong leap. These animals live in solitary or in territories. One unique thing about them is that the females do not share the same territory with each other. Territories for males usually tend to overlap. The territories are established with scent markings and the size varies extremely. The size ranges from twenty five to thirty square miles for males and five square miles for females (Sunquist & Fiona

Bulls have a loud vocalization consisting of screams known as bugling, which can be heard for miles. Females are attracted to the males bugling most often and have the loudest call. Bugling is most common early and late in the day and is one of the most distinctive sounds in nature (Thomas and Toweill 2002).

Mating season in the jungles of Australia is extremely noticeable, due to the call of the koala during this time. The koala’s call is described as a harsh, grating sound, like a handsaw going through a thin board (Phillips 1990). There is one story in which a man was working with a chain saw when he looked up and saw a large koala coming toward him. The animal grabbed him by the pants and bit his leg and wrist, when it was captured and placed in a box the animal made a very loud, growling cry (Serventy 1975). It is believed that when the koala heard the noise of the chain saw it felt it had to defend its territory with any means necessary. When the baby koala is born it is just a little bit bigger than a human fingernail. During its youth it spends its time in its mothers pouch, just like the ever-famous Australian animal the kangaroo. While in the pouch there are the teats of the mother for the baby to feed on. The mother koala can continue all of her daily routine with the baby in the pouch. When the

Since not very much is known about vaquita’s reproductive behaviors, it is believed that vaquitas become sexually mature as early as 3 years of age, but most commonly at 6. Females give birth to one calf approximately every two years. Mothers nurse their offspring for 6 to 8 months, and then left when they are strong enough.

Adult velociraptors grow to be about six feet tall and weigh about 200 pounds. They can rip open prey with their single-toed six-inch claw, the three claws on their hands, or their powerful jaws. Velociraptors’ legs are so muscular they can jump ten feet straight into the air and can run very fast. Malcolm says, “Cheetah speed. Sixty, seventy miles per hour” (Crichton, 132). Velociraptors have long, pointed snouts and leathery skin with a pebbled texture which can be either yellow brown with darker reddish stripes or dark green with brown stripes. The procompsognathus is a very small, lizard-like dinosaur. Crichton writes, “Standing like that, it was almost a foot tall, dark green with brown stripes along its back” (Crichton, 14). Procompsognathids

During this observation, I was able to drive up to the top of the Pazno Bottoms near the Sussex Ranch and observe the Pronghorns behavior through a spotting scope on the top of the hill. I wanted to see the most behaviors without influencing them with the presence so I decided to park the truck by the river and walk up the hill to observe. During this time, I was able to observe a herd of roughly 26 pronghorns over the duration of a little over an hour walking through the field. Today it was 64 degrees’ Fahrenheit outside, partly cloudy, and had little to no wind. In this area, there are trees all along on side of this “bowl” and a horse tank in the middle. From my observation point, I was able to witness 4 antelope drink from the horse tank

Hatchlings are 1 inch long while adults are 8-10 inches long. With this breed, the females are dominant in size than the males. Females begin to hatch eggs when they are 6

The rangifer tarandus have a life span of 12 to 15 years. They normal stay in herds they don’t like to wonder off by their selfs. The reason they stay together is because they have three different predators, human, bears, and wolves. Reindeer are normaly found the arctic Tundra and the North Pole regions witch is some parts of North America, Europe and Asia. My family is the only people in Geargia to have reindeer, we call they Geargia reindeer my mom goes to a lot of the shows with them.

The Tragelphus strepsiceros is the second largest antelope just behind the giant Eland. With strips down its back and large spiral horns around three ft. in length make the kudu easily distinguishable. Males tend to be much larger than females, ranging from 200-850 pounds, reaching heights of around five feet and lengths almost eight feet long. Females are much smaller, weighing 260-460 lbs. standing around four feet and lengths six-seven feet. With them being that size they seem to not have a large number of predators; lions, leopards, hyenas, wild dogs as well as humans for the larger ones, with the young’s have predators from cheetahs, eagles, and snakes. Greater Kudus have been known to clear lengths 8+ feet and heights of 6 feet with

Komodo Dragons are the largest species of lizards in the entire world, the biggest ones weighing three-hundred to three-hundred and ninety pounds with a length of eight to ten feet long. They are muscular with thick tails and long claws on their broad feet. An average Komodo Dragon will have four to five sets of sixty curved and serrated teeth in its lifetime. A Dragon’s eye sight and smell is so good that they can detect a rotting carcass from miles away! Komodos can even swim well due to their muscular tails.

Background Info: Zoos in American have changed a lot over the years, but they have not made the full transition to where they should be yet.

Examples of zoos that are well known for such programs include Animal Kingdom in Orlando, the Oakland Zoo, and the San Diego Zoo. These three have won multiple awards and achievements for breeding, conservation, and reintroduction of endangered species to their natural habitats. Many zoos across North America participate in such programs like the Species Survival Plan Program (SSP), which strives to increase the numbers of endangered species in zoos while ensuring healthy and self-sustaining populations (Traw). According to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), programs like SSP have succeeded in increasing endangered species populations of many animals, like red wolves, snow leopards, and giant pandas within the last three decades (Traw). It has been estimated that the AZA has established around 113 SSP’s spanning over 181 endangered species within a variety of zoos worldwide (Traw). Breeding programs are extremely vital to conservation efforts in zoos; without them, endangered species would be in serious threat of extinction in their natural habitat. However, these breeding efforts also have important standards. They make sure to breed the animals responsibly, healthily, and genetically safe. In some cases, the goal and outcome of breeding programs is the reintroduction of the animals to their natural habitat, which has a large impact on the recuperation of that animal’s population.Reintroduction is the goal andfinal product of breeding programs.