Interesting Animal Facts
Now I am going to tell you some things about the ... Elephant Shrew (cute name huh?)! 
This cute animal is Insectivorous, an animal that eats insects. It lives in the Namibia desert in Africa, and it is also native to America. This lovely creature belongs to the Macroscelididae family. Like most animals in the Macroscelididae family, Elephant shrews eat insects and other small creatures such as beetles, spiders, worms, ants, termites, and also prefer to nibble on seeds and green shoots. The Elephant shrew got its name from their long noses that resembles that of an elephant, though some people prefer to call them sengis. Useful links: |
Presenting the beautiful Pacific White-sided dolphin!  This wonderful creature is a deep-water animal who is commonly found in the coastal British Colombia and all the Pacific range. They often leap and do cute summersaults, but they also like to bow, ride and surf. They like to eat squid and small fish like tuna. They are also very friendly! |
The grey wolf!  This is a Grey Wolf (also known as timberwolf). It is a very social animal and it lives in packs of 2-15. The strongest male is usually the leader of the pack. All members of the pack care for the young. This animal prefers the open tundra and forests of the British Colombia, which provide enough food for the entire pack. Grey wolfs prefer to eat large animals such as caribou. They also like to hunt at night because then their prey can not see well. You probably think that a Grey wolf has no predator, but it has one, only one, and that is the man. |
 This is a Gemsbok, a animal similar to an oryx. Its ringed horns can grow up to 30 inches long. The horns of a female are often longer and thinner then those of a male. This one in the picture is probably a male. Gemsboks are usually found in all Africa's arid regions such as Libya and Egypt. They can survive days or even weeks without water! They eat grasses, shrubs, plants, and roots to survive. Its only predators are lions, wild dogs, and hyenas. These strong animals can live up to 20 years. |
 This is a Defassa Waterbuck and its family is the Bovidae. You can find it in the sub-savanna, Africa. It lives in herds of up to maximum 30 waterbucks and never lives far from water. Each herd is led by an elderly bull. It often changes it's territory. The Defassa Waterbuck feeds on grass and other fresh vegetation and it drinks large amounts of water. Its main predator is a lion though hyenas and wild dogs also attack. This grand animal is both nocturnal and diurnal. |
 This is a beautiful herd of Impalas. They are usually found in East Africa. There you can see them at the edges of grasslands and woodlands. They usually live close to water. Impalas eat tender young grasses in the wet season and herbs and shrubs other times. During the dry season they drink daily. The young impalas are usually killed by jackals, small cats, baboons, eagles, and pythons. Impalas rock! |
 This is a spunky rhinoceros. It lives in areas with dense, woody vegetation. You can find it in savannas with water holes, mud wallows and shade trees. Their eyesight is poor but their sense of smell and their hearing are both good. Their "vocabulary" is made of grunts, growls, squeaks, snorts and bellows. Rhinoceroses eat large varieties of vegetation including leaves, buds, shoots of plants,bushes and trees. These animals usually have ticks on them. Oxpeckers are close friends to the rhino because they eat the ticks off it. Rhinos, when attacking, lowers its head, snorts, breaks into a gallop at top speed (30 miles per hour), then strikes with its horn. This lively animal is usually solitary. |
 This is a nice moose. They are often found in spruce forests, swamps and aspen and willow thickets. Moose are adapted to a cold climate and weather. These animals are unpredictable and sometimes dangerous though they generally avoid human contact. Spunky guy, he's not even looking at the camera, but even worse, he's not saying cheese! |
This is a Kob, an animal similar to the Impala though the two species are not related. They are numerous in western Uganda and also range across the sub-savanna, Africa. This Kob (in the picture) is a male. I can tell because the male has horns and the female dosen't. Kobs prefer low-lying flats or a country free of seasonal extremes. They live close to permanent water so they can drink when they need to. These mammals often associate with larger animals such as hippos and buffalos, which keep the grass short, as the Kob prefers. The Kob's predators are lions, leopards, spotted hyenas, and hunting dogs. |
This is a Perigrine Falcon, one of the worlds fastest birds. It can fly averaging 40-55 km/h in traveling flight, and reaching speeds up to 320 km/h on a drop to catch it's prey. It also has one of the longest migrations than any other american bird. It may move 25,000 km a year. You can find a Perigrine on all continents except Antartica, and many oceanic islands. One particular place you can find them is the tundra, North America. Perigrines eat medium- sized birds such as pigeons though they also hunt rodents. A female Perigrine is larger than the male, that's one way you can compare a male and a female. "Perigrine" means wanderer, so it's Wanderer Falcon! |
The Namaqua Sandgrouse can be found all over the western half of southern Africa but particularly in arid areas with short grass. Another little advice is that they live near water. These pretty guys get along in flocks of around 20. After the birth of a tiny chick, to feed it water, the male dips its breast in some water and then the chicks drink directly from the feathers! Namaquan Sandgrouses eat small dry seeds from the ground. The seeds are fairly hard so they swallow small pebbles to help digest it. Snakes, mongooses and other large animals feed on it. |