Tuesday, July 5, 2011

The Beauty Yellow-pine Chipmunk

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty  Yellow-pine Chipmunk | In open forests where the sun casts sharp shadows, the well-defined stripes of the Yellow-pine Chipmunk afford protective coloration. Individuals of this species that were observed in Washington State remained active about seven months and hibernated about five, waking to eat about every two weeks and emerging in April and May. One study

Sunday, July 3, 2011

The Beauty Shoebill

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Shoebill |  The Shoebill, Balaeniceps rex also known as Whalehead is a very large bird related to the storks. It derives its name from its massive shoe-shaped bill. The Shoebill is a very large bird, averaging 1.2 m (4 ft) tall, 5.6 kg (12.3 lbs) and 2.33 m (7.7 ft) across the wings. The adult is mainly grey, the juveniles are browner. It lives in tropical east

Pygmy Marmoset-Dwarf Monkey

Beauty Of Animal | Pygmy Marmoset-Dwarf Monkey |  The Pygmy Marmoset (Callithrix (Cebuella) pygmaea) is a monkey native to the rainforest canopies of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru. It is one of the smallest primates, with its body length ranging from 14-16 cm (excluding the 15-20 cm tail) and the smallest monkey. Males weigh around 140 g (5 ounces), and

The Beauty Frill-necked Lizard

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Frill-necked Lizard |  The Frill-necked Lizard, or Frilled Lizard also known as the Frilled Dragon, (Chlamydosaurus kingii) is so called because of the large ruff of skin which usually lies folded back against its head and neck. The neck frill is supported by long spines of cartilage, and when the lizard is frightened, it gapes its mouth showing a bright pink or

The Beauty Aye-Aye

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Aye-Aye |  The Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a strepsirrhine native to Madagascar that combines rodent-like teeth with a long, thin middle finger to fill the same ecological niche as a woodpecker. It is the world's largest nocturnal primate, and is characterized by its unique method of finding food; it taps on trees to find grubs, then gnaws holes in the

The Beauty Tarsier

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty Tarsier | Tarsiers are prosimian primates of the genus Tarsius, a monotypic genus in the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. The phylogenetic position of extant tarsiers within the order Primates has been debated for much of the past century, and tarsiers have alternately been classified with strepsirrhine

The Beauty White-faced Saki Monkey

Beauty Of Animal | The Beauty White-faced Saki Monkey | The white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia), also known as the Guianan saki and the golden-faced saki, is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. This species lives in the understory and lower canopy of the forest, feeding mostly on fruits, but also eating nuts,