Category: Nature and global warming
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Brazilian ocelot born in zoo
The Brazilian ocelot is a feline species already endangered that you would only find in the wild in South America. The Louisville zoo had the chance of seeing El Conquistador, a lovely little ocelot, born on last September 23rd. Source: ScienceDaily.
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Latest whale news: talk and faeces
Did you know that whales not only sing but their songs are being decoded into talk? University of Queensland researcher Dr Rebecca Dunlop thinks she now understands a lot of what they are talking about through their thumps, whistles and clacks. Also about whales, Stacy DeRuiter at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts started…
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CAD: Predator
I love Ctrl-Alt-Del comics. Today, we learn something about predation in the savanah.
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New census sees half the tigers
According to NewScientist, despite the difficulty in counting the big cats, experts estimated that there were more than 3500 tigers in India in 2001 and 2002. Unfortunately, the latest figures are pointing at a figure nearer to 1300-1500. The size of the populations in large parks seems to be still enough to ensure the survival…
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Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls (Foz do Iguaçu) are, at border between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, the place where the Iguaçu river, draining into Parana, rushes from the top of a volcanic plateau through more than 250 water falls spread over a circus of nearly three kilometers (Wikipedia information). Two days of visit were welcome to get the…
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Ashera, a domestic cat with leopard blood
We know that all cats (wild or tame) come from the same ancestor. You may not know that they can cross-breed more or less easily. This led LifestylePets to create Ashera a new kind of cat that is the result of cross-breeding Asian Leopard, African Serval and domestic cat. Unfortunately, you will have to give…