Tarn, wader, zadit and finch, along with fleer, gant, gim and gull are birds on the gor. In the ground zone, and on the ground itself, are certain birds, some flighted, like the hook-billed gort, which preys largely on rodents, such as ground urts, and the insectivorous whistling finch, and some unlighted, like the grub borer and land gim.
Along the river, of course, many other ...
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Rhea is a bird that is also known as the South American ostrich. The rheas are large ratites (flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bone) in the order Rheiformes, native to South America, related to the ostrich and emu. Rheas are large, flightless birds with grey-brown plumage, long legs and long necks, similar to an ostrich. Large males of R. Americana can reach 170 cm (67 in) ...
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Africa is the only continent on Earth where giraffes live. Giraffes usually inhabit savannahs and open woodlands. The Angolan giraffe can be found in desert environments. Giraffes browse on the twigs of trees, preferring trees of the subfamily Acacieae and the genera Commiphora and Terminalia, which are important sources of calcium and protein to sustain the giraffe's growth ...
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The Animal Welfare Act is ineffective and poorly enforced. The Animal Welfare Act was signed into law in 1966. It is the only Federal law in the United States that regulates the treatment of animals in research, exhibition, transport, and by dealers.
Other laws, policies, and guidelines may include additional species coverage or specifications for animal care and use, but all refer to ...
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A crocodile is a reptile. Crocodiles or true crocodiles are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. The most obvious external differences are visible in the head, with crocodiles having narrower and longer heads, with a more V-shaped than a U-shaped snout compared to alligators and caimans.
Another obvious trait is that the ...
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The peregrine falcon also known as the peregrine and historically as the duck hawk in North America is a widespread bird of prey. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white under parts, and a black head. As is typical of bird-eating raptors, peregrine falcons are sexually dimorphic, with females being considerably larger than males.
The peregrine is renowned for ...
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Sharks are found in all seas. They generally do not live in fresh water, with a few exceptions such as the bull shark and the river shark which can swim both in seawater and freshwater. Sharks are common down to depths of 2,000 meters (7,000 ft), and some live even deeper, but they are almost entirely absent below 3,000 meters (10,000 ft). Sharks have a covering of dermal denticles that ...
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Baby bears are called cubs. Gestation typically lasts 6–9 months, including delayed implantation, and litter size numbers up to four cubs. Giant pandas may give birth to twins but they can only suckle one young and the other is left to die. In northern living species, birth takes place during winter dormancy.
Cubs are born blind and helpless with at most a thin layer of hair, ...
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Baby fish are called fry. This is a bit of a trick question. A prat is a baby codfish. A parr is a baby salmon. And guppies are just a kind of little bitty fish, usually seen in fish tanks, but the general name for baby fish is fry. Juvenile fish go through various stages between birth and adulthood. They start as eggs which hatch into larvae.
The larvae are not able to feed ...
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Baby goats are called kids. Female goats are referred to as "does" or "nannies;" intact males are called "bucks" or "billies;" and juveniles of both sexes are called "kids". Gestation length is approximately 150 days. Twins are the usual result, with single and triplet births also common.
Less frequent are litters of quadruplet, quintuplet, and even sextuplet kids. Birthing, known as ...
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