Friday, April 1, 2011

Honey Bear

Honey Bear is Including family Ursidae bears and is the smallest species of the eight species of bears in the world. Bear this is typical fauna of Bengkulu province,Indonesia, at once used as a symbol of the province. Sun bear is also the mascot of Balikpapan darikota. Honey bear in Balikpapan conserved in a protected forest named Sungai Wain Protection Forest.

Bear

Bears are mammals. Her body was great to have fur to maintain body temperature, short strong legs and strong claws.Bears are still allied with the wolves.Besides having a large skull and jaw and very strong, the bear also has sharp fangs and molars are wide.
The bear has a small tail, the senses of smell and hearing are excellent, five nails per palm of the hand that can not be drawn in, and long hair, thick and rough. They have broad paws, long snouts, and round ears. His teeth are used to survive and equipment and depends on the food. Her nails are used to tear, dig, and arrested. Bear almost the same vision of human vision. Black bears and the like, not color blind, which allows them to distinguish.
Depending on the species, bears can have 32 to 42 teeth. Teeth not bear to kill prey mereka.Gigi devoted canine bear relatively small and are generally used for self-defense or appliance. Molar bear wide, flat and used for cutting and grinding plants into smaller pieces that can be digested.
Bears have four claws. Each paw has five long, sharp nails. Nails can be used to climb trees, tore termite nests and bee hives, digging roots, or catch prey, depending on the species. Do not underestimate the bear, can run to reach speeds of 50 km / h (30 mph). Bears also can move with the flexible and nimble.
Bear fur long and rough. Coat color varies depending on the species. There is a white, blonde or beige, black and white, or brown to black all all. Bear fur color also varies, although they are one species. For example, a black American Bear may be hairy black, brown, reddish brown, or bluish black. Some species, such as the sun bear and spectacled bear have a light-colored chest with facial markings.
In all bear species, males larger than females. Differences between the sexes, the greater the larger species. Male polar bears weigh two times larger than the females, while males of smaller species of bear weighs almost the same with females. Bears can live about 25 years to 40 years. Bears that live in the woods, sooner die than those who live in the zoo.
There are many different kinds of bears such as polar bears, brown bears, black bears, pandas, etc..
HabitatBears live in varied habitats, from tropical to arctic environments, from forests to the snowy environment. Generally they are omnivorous, although some have special foods, such as polar bears. They eat the soil, roots, nuts and berries. They also sometimes go to the river to catch fish. Bears generally go far to find food. When hunting is usually when dusk or early morning except when humans are around.

BehaviorMost bears usually hibernate (or sleep without wake up) during winter.

Types of Bears:Honey bearBrown bearPolar bearsPanda

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Shark (Part V)

10. Bigeye Thresher Shark




Type of Bigeye thresher shark, Alopias superciliosus, is ranked 10th in the world'slargest shark species. Bigeye thresher shark species can be found in the equatorialocean regions of the world and can be found at a depth of 1650 feet on the seabed.Bigeye thresher shark has a characteristic purplish gray and short lives of 15.1 feetand reach up to 795 lbs (360.60 kg).




9. Bluntnose Sixgill Shark 




Sharks Bluntnose Sixgill, Hexanchus griseus, is a type of shark into the 9th largest in the world and is often known as the cow sharks. Sharks Bluntnose Sixgill is the kind offamily Hexanchidae; Most species of shark you are already extinct. The color of thisshark species varies from brown to near black. These sharks can live up to 15.8 feetlong, but this shark is bigger than ever seen.




8. Thresher Shark 




Almost similar to 'her little brother, Bigeye thresher Shark', is a breed of shark that canlive over 18 feet. This is what causes the shark thresher shark ranked the 8th largestworld. Sharks are his ordinary life in equatorial waters of the world. Thresher sharksare often seen 'slim' but do not be fooled by his deceptions, because this shark can weigh up to 1100 lbs (498.95 kg). 

Shark (Part IV)

7. Tiger Shark 


Tiger Shark, Galeocerdo Cuvier ranked the 4th largest shark in the world with up to24.3 feet long! This large shark is able to live so that 2000 lbs (907.18 kg) and thefamously known for his cruelty! Not only eat all kinds of marine life, but they (Tiger) is also famous for attacking swimmers. As the name implies, this shark is very similar to the style of tigers, they usually live in peairan equatorial regions of the world but morelikely in the vicinity peairan Pacific.



6. Pacific Sleeper Shark

Pacific Sleeper Shark, Somniosus pacificus, is the other heavy shark that can live over23 feet and weigh up to 800 lbs (362.87 kg). One thing that makes this attractive sharkspecies is that they are one of the few shark species that can be found in lowtemperature region (the area facing the pole). Another thing it is that they usually live in the deep ocean, with depths up to 6500 feet below sea level.

Shark (Part III)

5. Greenland Shark


Greenland Shark with the Latin name Somniosus Microcephalus or in the know with'sleeper shark', 'gurry shark', ground shark ',' gray shark 'or' Inuit Eqalussuaq. Thisshark is a shark that big and can be found in waters around the north Atlantic,especially many in the near Greenland and Iceland. Shark species can live 21 feet longand live for 200 years! They (Greenland), famous for its invertebrate animals that everlived longest. Greenland tend to live at a depth of 6600 feet below sea level, but thisGreenland shark ever caught on camera in a shallow sea as low as 24 feet! Imagine!



4. Great Hammerhead Shark 

is the biggest shark of all kinds of hammerhead sharks that can live so that 20 feet.Great Hammerheads can be found all over the world like a shark - sharks that live in the waters of the equator. Unlike other sharks, the Great Hammerhead shark is feelinghuman being as a danger, they (Great Hammerheads) is a little 'more timid' in the appeal of sharks - the other sharks, and often felt to avoid humans. GreatHammerhead Shark in the largest ever caught by man is the kind of female weighing1280 lbs (580.59 kg).