• The rhinoceros family is about 60 million years old. Back then, many types of rhinoceros lived all over the world - in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as in North America. Now there are only five species left in the world: the black, the white, the Indian, the Sumatran, and the Javan. All of these rhinoceroses are in danger of extinction, where they live. No on is allowed to kill rhinoceroses for any reason.
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Shark Facts - Nurse Shark |
Common name: Nurse Shark
Scientific Name: Ginglymostoma cirratum
Color: Yellowish gray
Average Size: Male - 7 feet, 11 inches; Female - 8 feet, 1 inch
Where They Live: Seabed, shallow inshore waters
Danger Level: Only attack humans if threatened
• Nurse sharks are slow and clumsy creatures. They do not move around as much as some sharks and are often found just lying on the seabed. Sometimes as many as thirty nurse sharks may be seen sleeping on top of each other. Nurse sharks are nocturnal. This means that they sleep during the day and are active only at night.
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• Lions are Africa's most powerful predators. Heroic size, strength, and speed enable them to conquer even such mighty animals as the rhino and the Cape buffalo, to overtake sprinters as fast as the antelopes. Their only deadly enemy is man. Lions live on grassy plains in groups called "prides," which may number from five to fifteen, or as many as forty. Prides often occupy one tract of land and will drive off any strange lions that intrude. Within the pride, members are loyal and affectionate, nuzzling and licking each other when they meet. Cubs are born in litters of two or three, and by two years of age only the females are still with the pride. A grown lion may measure 9 feet from nose to tail and weigh about 400 pounds. Females run a foot shorter and 100 pounds lighter. The mane is a male characteristic, but it varies with the individual: some have a great mantle, others a neck ruff, and some no mane at all.
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General Exotic Animal Facts |
• A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute.
• All hamsters are descended from a single female (and her mates) found in a Syrian tomb in 1930.
• The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.
• Armadillos can walk under water.
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General Reptile & Amphibian Facts |
• There are about 250 species of turtles, 25 species of crocodilians, 5,500 species of snakes, 3,000 species of lizards, 130 species of amphibians, and 2 species of rhynchocephalians.
• Reptiles are cold-blooded. However, scientists use different terms. They use "ectothermic" for "cold-blooded" and "endothermic" for "warm-blooded."
• Most reptiles are carnivores, and eat whole prey or insects. Some reptiles (adult green iguanas, for example), are herbivores and eat green plants.
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