tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18388956492138454252024-03-05T13:21:24.991-08:00I Spy AnimalsWhere kids learn about animals of the world!I Spy Animalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16093998721489685921noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838895649213845425.post-84252781525003558652021-12-09T14:52:00.001-08:002021-12-09T14:52:41.305-08:00Polar Bear Sleds...and Their Sled Dogs<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibH14lGcj6ycVT7u7TidCNexJmGKjT-1IvSsDNbDRuApZu8fM-g3RQsbmquklmEvQhKLN_m-M9DPBZeUhaDa7Z49hAfqIWrmG5oO1AQ3-K5lKLRSfd4YVbddhdS8LxrhOb789EfsJDmJ7szefDMfLdUG0Q2WH2OfqHUIDW7Psc3UiXEvJgtk2takk2=s579" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="501" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibH14lGcj6ycVT7u7TidCNexJmGKjT-1IvSsDNbDRuApZu8fM-g3RQsbmquklmEvQhKLN_m-M9DPBZeUhaDa7Z49hAfqIWrmG5oO1AQ3-K5lKLRSfd4YVbddhdS8LxrhOb789EfsJDmJ7szefDMfLdUG0Q2WH2OfqHUIDW7Psc3UiXEvJgtk2takk2=w453-h524" width="453" /></a></div><br /><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I do have a thing for Polar bears. </span></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They look so furry and white...like the bear pulling the sled below. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Or this cuddly and tame-looking bear...</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_YohChVhM4RWF3R_Nq9kviFbYk5migXxgBpGHL0KN5QXGrvIswCHvtEa8SppjmhRFHSdwil3V49q1Yo6kgQXUIzLeIiVBDc52_9eS2Okvo7oeM2dpk7sYO7NArbon-T1THW2WXLS2Ijs4Ak3M9rLSQZkvH1W1iDsqnQjNGoXMDy84hWFQT5q_NTxY=s678" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="678" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_YohChVhM4RWF3R_Nq9kviFbYk5migXxgBpGHL0KN5QXGrvIswCHvtEa8SppjmhRFHSdwil3V49q1Yo6kgQXUIzLeIiVBDc52_9eS2Okvo7oeM2dpk7sYO7NArbon-T1THW2WXLS2Ijs4Ak3M9rLSQZkvH1W1iDsqnQjNGoXMDy84hWFQT5q_NTxY=w581-h404" width="581" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">toosox @ deviantart.com</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But if <u>I'M</u> going to ride in a sled pulled by bears, I want it to look <i>impressive</i>, like the bears pulling the White Witch's sled in Narnia.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">That's more like it...bears with<i> teeth</i>! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But that harness....it looks like the bears will slip it off over their heads any minute. A thought as scary as that woman's hair!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Maybe <i>riding</i> a Polar bear would be better, like the girl in the Golden Compass:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Cool ride...but also, Brrrr!</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Maybe I'd want to ride my polar bear in a warmer setting. Like in a Western?</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSxT5HGkXHfqCEOmYOg6qRNIMCs-CBERH6kDPct85VMWVWV8UMCOwY360dHwG9zAs5HDZrYaSZIHrWwWRvmbh-Fxd73gG7rgKl8oRcvqWtzBGktIue3qLWpTqR2LdJtGcaOu41TcYbctQcWZr9ArSNPfoLXS0-3qL1pH5nUaFwjnUZmuRFIYweZDvN=s880" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="880" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSxT5HGkXHfqCEOmYOg6qRNIMCs-CBERH6kDPct85VMWVWV8UMCOwY360dHwG9zAs5HDZrYaSZIHrWwWRvmbh-Fxd73gG7rgKl8oRcvqWtzBGktIue3qLWpTqR2LdJtGcaOu41TcYbctQcWZr9ArSNPfoLXS0-3qL1pH5nUaFwjnUZmuRFIYweZDvN=w511-h410" width="511" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Much warmer...but the saddle just isn't as fun as real polar bear armor!</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But when it comes to Polar bears and being transported by them, my all-time favorite vision is the one below:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Oh yes. Bears with no visible harnesses 'pulling' a medieval... uh....snowmobile? I guess if the bears get too fractious, the armored guy can just fire up the engine and take off without them!</span><br /><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Seriously though, Polar bears can't be tamed enough to pull a sled; they're much too unpredictable. And around dogs...well, you'd normally have to watch out; bears and dogs do NOT get along. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But in one single spot on earth....that's not true.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Check out the first photo on this page, and the following video, of wild Polar bears actually <i>playing</i> with sled dogs...it's amazing!</span><br />
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I Spy Animalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16093998721489685921noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838895649213845425.post-68638258243311061412021-02-23T04:30:00.001-08:002021-02-23T04:30:01.120-08:00The Colors of Tigers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHpZXy-fLf9ha5ax1v6OL2zij-UBv_1NWGMwL_fi-Hz50Vx8uMVZVjj64MFq5uJQjIoAbCdCFSyN5r5v_llpfd6CB9MvqZEtYr-nInaRq0Mna6SXYlAciZJxyWlvt4NIN8pqyhajAz_g/s755/delhi-zoo-tiger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="755" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHpZXy-fLf9ha5ax1v6OL2zij-UBv_1NWGMwL_fi-Hz50Vx8uMVZVjj64MFq5uJQjIoAbCdCFSyN5r5v_llpfd6CB9MvqZEtYr-nInaRq0Mna6SXYlAciZJxyWlvt4NIN8pqyhajAz_g/w698-h278/delhi-zoo-tiger.jpg" width="698" /></a></div><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Did you know that tigers aren't just yellow and black?</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's take a look at different colors they can be.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimK4Iy42wMVHWUl4Gx8NuqWTFMRHKA8zXptHsryxMBFDlA8XKhg5VSZ1tYmByM8Kv6WKGZni_EAnsfr5ovHm-nPZZBqO0FCZX13VJ4hhR_oFhXT0FfIA3X_giBNAPbYubFwgXdrGnsr7c/s1474/tiger+colors+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="1267" height="753" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimK4Iy42wMVHWUl4Gx8NuqWTFMRHKA8zXptHsryxMBFDlA8XKhg5VSZ1tYmByM8Kv6WKGZni_EAnsfr5ovHm-nPZZBqO0FCZX13VJ4hhR_oFhXT0FfIA3X_giBNAPbYubFwgXdrGnsr7c/w648-h753/tiger+colors+copy.jpg" width="648" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><u>White tigers</u> have white fur instead of yellow, with stripes of different colors...like black, brown, and gold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">So the two tigers in the first photo are a white tiger with a regular tiger.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><u>Black tigers</u> have yellow fur, but lots of wide black stripes. 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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the little googly eyes on these...and they're actually sold on <a href="http://amazon/" target="_blank">Amazon</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">The Fishy Floppies below have a tiny fish on the strap! You can get these on wish.com</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And that's sad.. because <i>these</i> are the ones I would want on my feet!</span></div>
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I Spy Animalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16093998721489685921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838895649213845425.post-9148103555498717612021-02-03T11:23:00.000-08:002021-02-03T11:23:22.977-08:00Do You See What I See? Color Camo!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK03q3xBh6Y13EMYWSfsk0LqBv_QrSsgqFf1MJjoh5f9fbGZmrxAA8KzU9ECLM1iLmdupAI1hIsVWzjuLMhShx3zPtV_8zdJZfjo9nwXd8cgFib0T0d6N5uC6oEbkRMQwOXwjgD-vlbCg/s690/external-content.duckduckgo-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="690" height="405" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK03q3xBh6Y13EMYWSfsk0LqBv_QrSsgqFf1MJjoh5f9fbGZmrxAA8KzU9ECLM1iLmdupAI1hIsVWzjuLMhShx3zPtV_8zdJZfjo9nwXd8cgFib0T0d6N5uC6oEbkRMQwOXwjgD-vlbCg/w626-h405/external-content.duckduckgo-1.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Do you see this man? He's not easy to spot. He's wearing certain colors to camouflage himself in a tree. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Color camo makes the shape of his body hard to see.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some Animals have color camo built right into their bodies! I'll show you!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLAx-O_xDu0l3bZmFTbhvlT9pDhG-4GtAztrQpQMR1pbO83bfu7XWX1VpG3KyHvF-3TR8aTs_jVyI_C32GqnBZS6VBRB0fzX3oEz4HtSecb7qR6UkQYK6RgYChbP7DAdnmhLqO4ZtGlE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="634" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLAx-O_xDu0l3bZmFTbhvlT9pDhG-4GtAztrQpQMR1pbO83bfu7XWX1VpG3KyHvF-3TR8aTs_jVyI_C32GqnBZS6VBRB0fzX3oEz4HtSecb7qR6UkQYK6RgYChbP7DAdnmhLqO4ZtGlE/w625-h374/article-1367201-0B36FEEF00000578-519_634x380.jpg" width="625" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="896" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3uaMQY3arZkTXr62LIHXD5LvJcYfyRuMyXpKpMkS0CuT5X0G-v7iUixHyRDBw0zYxcCFpa3hS8naBC3irzM6jdVZwqKoW55cs5gIv4SpyMrS-P6DV1oVlD3dAdANsMkKngWIZbzNZUU/w524-h406/Screenshot_20201015-075206_Reddit-1.jpg" width="524" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a bit harder to spot...look for <br />its closed eye</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EpC6qGPxh44QdM14YZRcMUS6jMMXl9BpKg6xnE6Lbf91eap1KzkHxiScJeYRpK_bqDjixdGwhyeZ5xGqs5W_oIXXK4rjR1kE_j1L2Rmz98fheWKYoOMEGwebuvW-4301ya9hNBx-ivg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="639" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EpC6qGPxh44QdM14YZRcMUS6jMMXl9BpKg6xnE6Lbf91eap1KzkHxiScJeYRpK_bqDjixdGwhyeZ5xGqs5W_oIXXK4rjR1kE_j1L2Rmz98fheWKYoOMEGwebuvW-4301ya9hNBx-ivg/w512-h329/external-content.duckduckgo-4.jpg" width="512" /></span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Master at color and s<i>hape</i> camo!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOe9yg4aPP5bLMIAbpaCP6YpqC3THGuQdNssa_MvtiCmYlODsySo6R3FYR-8uNMs-e_-7EAqDpEEABdMgMp9s6QBIfvqDAPPByCHJGTiaU_3KqABStDFNoSOl3pIdzhzgosTKwQFC_tSo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="530" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOe9yg4aPP5bLMIAbpaCP6YpqC3THGuQdNssa_MvtiCmYlODsySo6R3FYR-8uNMs-e_-7EAqDpEEABdMgMp9s6QBIfvqDAPPByCHJGTiaU_3KqABStDFNoSOl3pIdzhzgosTKwQFC_tSo/w642-h330/external-content.duckduckgo-5.jpg" width="642" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><p style="text-align: center;">Rocks hide animals, too.</p></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fsAflxsk6hfwyxn_usTuO8Vf2mCH6OfliJVoRmbJYDJE-Lxd6mN1LoqnRkbDrBtxb_SiPvhPnZ5WX0hkPmJLlTu33f4XCF_hZLEhI7V0PikNWRc_9-kcV9v9gjy2FxfKkmYd-VycU18/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="900" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fsAflxsk6hfwyxn_usTuO8Vf2mCH6OfliJVoRmbJYDJE-Lxd6mN1LoqnRkbDrBtxb_SiPvhPnZ5WX0hkPmJLlTu33f4XCF_hZLEhI7V0PikNWRc_9-kcV9v9gjy2FxfKkmYd-VycU18/w576-h369/external-content.duckduckgo-6.jpg" width="576" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />And this big guy...who would have thought his colors keep him camouflaged?</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now I have a little camo photo that has an animal in it....but it's sooo hard to find! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8gK4J9yNZznrO7qPOlaAdGfF78Nx4n0xoeIiZjdn6QaYLETmKVNep0MCoeeY1g19R7Ldm4yDSU4SKKRo2XC_1M1gDkCGQ1N7vJwUiL3N31yysI9VJA7d6rod1GabvunfhkXYxwD9lXg/" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1449" data-original-width="1584" height="523" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8gK4J9yNZznrO7qPOlaAdGfF78Nx4n0xoeIiZjdn6QaYLETmKVNep0MCoeeY1g19R7Ldm4yDSU4SKKRo2XC_1M1gDkCGQ1N7vJwUiL3N31yysI9VJA7d6rod1GabvunfhkXYxwD9lXg/w571-h523/scale-1.jpg" width="571" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">twitter/sssnakeysci</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you can't find it, scroll on down....the creature is circled below:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLYlLKxYD2SVWithqGLGhc5_pqjMq4Ss1wq0P8wPkR8R7o5vJ2pNd-dLrLddOyVPWPjOnveR4E9-EM36tkKGbzGY06w2q7iSURPrLTbItSGUurT4xgurcaL4JyT5Bx4ZlO1cgDSyvTSk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1569" data-original-width="1584" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLYlLKxYD2SVWithqGLGhc5_pqjMq4Ss1wq0P8wPkR8R7o5vJ2pNd-dLrLddOyVPWPjOnveR4E9-EM36tkKGbzGY06w2q7iSURPrLTbItSGUurT4xgurcaL4JyT5Bx4ZlO1cgDSyvTSk/w636-h632/scale.jpg" width="636" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I couldn't find it, either!</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>I Spy Animalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16093998721489685921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838895649213845425.post-37949575866862351022020-05-05T06:22:00.000-07:002020-05-04T16:06:25.328-07:00When You Look Like a Werewolf...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">...you can be hard to love. And maybe </span><span style="font-size: large;">a bit scary.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And certainly rare.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nicknames for this strange-looking guy?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Horsehair Wolf</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Skunk Wolf</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Matted Wolf</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Great Fox </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and <i>my</i> personal favorite, Red-Fox-on-Stilts</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Funny thing is, he's not a wolf OR a fox. So what is he?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He's called a Maned wolf and he's a type of wild dog...and..</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">there's no other wild dog like him on earth!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He's the tallest at 42" high...a bit taller than a countertop.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And he has the longest legs of all dogs...take a look, below:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He <i>does</i> look like he's on stilts! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He has a strange roar-bark, but is very shy of people.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Because the Maned wolf lives in South America, he eats some pretty strange stuff. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In fact, half his diet is fruit and vegetables.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And you have to see the Maned wolf pup. He's born completely black, with big floppy ears!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So cute! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">You can hear a Maned wolf roar-barking, below:</span></div>
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I Spy Animalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16093998721489685921noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838895649213845425.post-28761163886241255462020-04-29T04:40:00.000-07:002020-04-29T04:40:03.497-07:00The Tiniest Horses in the World<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">-they blend in with the coral</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They are as small as your fingernail. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are Pygmy seahorses!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How many times did I miss them in my dives around Bonaire and Tahiti? Could there have been dozens of Pygmy seahorses, all watching me?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They look more like little candies than real seahorses!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Woohoo, that last one is a doozy to see! Did you spot him?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And here's the newest Pygmy seahorse discovered...so new, it's not even named yet.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I like the little star shapes all over him. I would name him the Star seahorse...what would you name him?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And here is a two-minute Nat Geo video of these seahorses; each the size of a grain of rice...or the top part of this exclamation point!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">While a team of Saber-tooth tigers would be a fun ride, I don't happen to own any Saber-tooths at the moment.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I DO have a sheltie, though. </span><span style="font-size: large;">So my style is probably more like this:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Okay, I had to post this gorgeous photo of REAL dog sledding. Dogs can sled 90 miles in one day!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Dogs pulling people around is as old as time, but you have to check out these other animals that pull, or even carry, people!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In winter, it's fun to race reindeer:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And no, the reindeer aren't in distress...they tend to run with their tongues out :)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What fun! There is also yak riding and elephant riding. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But I had to dig deep in the archives to find improbable animals pulling carts. Take a look at these old photos!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Pigs pulling a milk cart! And just <i>where</i> was the mother of those kids in the lion cart? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm not talking about poodles that look like cotton candy...though they're really cute, aren't they?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm talking about real creatures. Made by God. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That look like candy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How can this be real? Look at that fuzzy yellow fur. And pink and yellow wings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's see if his face is just as sweet:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Awww!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But what kind of candy is he like? I'm thinking those marshmallow "Peeps"... l</span><span style="font-size: large;">ike maybe this guy belongs in your Easter basket. Let's see what that would look like:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">See him in there? It could happen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Below, you see the Candy Betta fish... and they definitely look good enough to eat!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">So these colors must help the Candy Betta fish hide in... jelly beans? </span>Maybe the speckled jellybeans you might find in your Easter basket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Aha! The Candy Betta fish hides in jelly beans!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then there's the Jewel Caterpillar...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know, I know, it looks like a gummy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What if there were Easter candy gummies out there? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are...little bunny gummies. And the perfect place for our Jewel caterpillar to hide in. Can you see him?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay, we need one last candy-looking creature for our basket. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Chocolate bunny!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes! It's all coming together!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are four different candy-looking creatures hiding in the basket above. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So check your Easter basket carefully... and say a friendly "Hello" to anything unusual in there!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">...and is only 30 inches tall?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hippos in general are just silly-looking, don't you think? Those constantly flicking ears, the rounded noses and squat bodies. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And just seeing all those </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">hippo eyes in a lake is funny.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But hippos are actually no laughing matter...like the <a href="http://www.ispyanimals.com/2012/03/three-that-are-gone-forever.html" target="_blank">rhino</a>, they are in the top 10 for most dangerous animal in the world.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They can attack at any time, overturn vehicles, gore with their tusks, and trample things underfoot. Yikes!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So be careful of hippos. Even Pygmy ones have some serious tusks like the Pygmy hippo below.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Early explorers didn't know Pygmy hippos were hippos; they saw short, round, tusked creatures in the forest and thought, "Mmmm, wild pig." They were a favorite of hunters because these "wild pigs" tasted much better than other wild pigs!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Did you know it would take 10 Pygmy hippos to make a common hippo? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There are only about 3,000 Pygmy hippos in the world today. They're losing their forest habitats quickly, so growing the population in zoos is important. But for some reason, males are born way less often than females.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ha ha...they're both correct :) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But if you want to sound really smart, just call them by their family name; hippopotamids!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A sea jelly is made of the top part, called the<i> umbrella</i>, and the bottom part, called the <i>bell</i>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But that's not your fault. You have the heaviest coat of any cat, because </span><span style="font-size: large;">you live in some of the coldest places on earth; Mongolia and Siberia. Brrrrr.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In Mongolia temperatures can fall to -57 degrees and kill <i>millions </i>of livestock animals.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Though the size of a house cat, this cat is <b>made</b> for winter. It is stocky, small-eared, and <i>fuzzy</i>. And its tail is thick enough to be a muff, sheltering its face from the icy blasts.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But it's a bit strange-looking. I mean, check out this picture below... there's a little bit of <i>monkey</i> in that face, don't you think?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I love Longhorns! Did you know that there are English longhorns as well as Texas ones like the above? Below is an English longhorn:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Poncho Via, a Texas Longhorn in Alabama, currently has horns 10 feet, 7 inches...and they'll just keep getting longer! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Black rhino and the White rhino, the ones we are most familiar with, live in Africa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">White rhinos have square lips for eating grass, and Black rhinos have hooked lips for grabbing branches, bushes, and fruits. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can you guess which one is being fed at the top of the post? :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But the island rhinos live in Java and Sumatra...islands in Indonesia!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And there's the Indian rhino, who lives in...India :)</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AP_i7xGxZzhrIdkTdbOs7y3QVDjI_3zQFG37NpWun8jlSpo3bYxXFq7IL-kwhoibbo6ffhGiuBuhwPowFWh6szX1rM5TjvTM1Wg6ShoLLTkJUDT_bTl4pnOiH43gtE3KiqJO6ELvR_o/s1600/Screen+Shot+2020-03-26+at+11.48.33+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AP_i7xGxZzhrIdkTdbOs7y3QVDjI_3zQFG37NpWun8jlSpo3bYxXFq7IL-kwhoibbo6ffhGiuBuhwPowFWh6szX1rM5TjvTM1Wg6ShoLLTkJUDT_bTl4pnOiH43gtE3KiqJO6ELvR_o/s640/Screen+Shot+2020-03-26+at+11.48.33+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...I've made an image, below, that shows you how big each type of rhino is compared to a six-foot tall man!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You weren't expecting that, were you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because lobsters are.....red?</span><br />
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I Spy Animalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16093998721489685921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838895649213845425.post-88110932056850340512020-02-29T04:00:00.002-08:002022-09-26T12:29:10.998-07:00Lions Who Are Man-Eaters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This lion killed six people in two months. It was shot in 1991 in Zambia.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />When spring came, almost all the cows and horses on the ranch had died during the winter. </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the hills, many wild horses had died, too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But the rancher saw that every single wild horse left alive…</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre-wrap;">was a curly horse!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The rancher and his sons decided to catch some </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre-wrap;">and use them as <i>ranch</i> horses, b</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre-wrap;">ecause they could survive Nevada's harsh winters!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And that’s exactly what happened. No matter how cold the winters got, the curly ranch horses did just fine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">My sisters and I had a horse named Nugget, who happened to be a curly horse. My mom always told us he was part buffalo, ha ha. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here's my mom with Nugget, one of the best horses we ever owned! :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">As the big finish, here's a baby curly horse....so cute and fuzzy!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: large;">Maybe I should get another one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">So how do they eat birds? When they see a bird swimming on </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">the water or even flying </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>over the water,</i> they open those<i> </i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">huge mouths </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; white-space: pre;">and gulp them right down! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hard to believe there's a bat actually perfectly colored for Halloween? Yep, there is.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Above is the Painted bat from Thailand. Amazing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">the following creatures look designed for Halloween!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nudibranchs! I love these guys! Check out my previous post on the amazing varieties and colors of these little 'sea slugs'; <a href="http://www.ispyanimals.com/2011/09/eye-candy-brought-to-you-by-god.html" target="_blank">Eye Candy Brought to You By God</a></span><br />
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I Spy Animalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16093998721489685921noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1838895649213845425.post-90707295024700073232016-04-01T04:13:00.002-07:002020-03-31T13:06:18.857-07:00The Plight of the Snow Giraffe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The critically endangered Snow Giraffe can only be found in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">one spot on earth; at the snowy center of Mount Kilimanjaro, an </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">extinct volcano</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> in Africa. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But their numbers are deteriorating so quickly that finding one to photograph is rare.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These giraffes live at snow level because they feed on ice lichens, found growing under the snow on the Eastern Kilimanjaro Ridge. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">During deep snowfalls, however, they must dig for long hours to find enough lichens to live on.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Though living at high altitude protects them from poachers, who can get $500,000 for a Snow giraffe hide and even more for their horns, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">their feeding grounds are fast disappearing due to the rapid ice melt in Kilimanjaro's crater. Without snow, the ice lichens die.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As ice lichens becomes more scarce, Snow giraffes have resorted to eating the birds that keep their hides free of ticks and parasites; </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Red-billed </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Oxpeckers.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> And while this new food source has staved off the complete extinction of the Snow giraffe, their teeth and digestive system have not yet adapted well to eating meat. This causes the population to continue to decline.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Look closely at the right side of the crater in the photo below; you're looking at one of the last remaining herds of Snow giraffes in existence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What can </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">you</i><span style="font-size: large;"> do? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal;">First, never buy ice lichen at the grocery store, and certainly stop drinking the green 'organic' smoothies that contain this nutritious plant.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: normal;">Second, donate to the Save the Snow Giraffe Fund <u>now</u> to help save them from extinction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And third, have a happy April Fool's Day! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Up next - The Sad Plight of the Red-billed Oxpecker </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">:)</span></div>
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