Animal

Horse

First of all I must tell you that horse is my favorite animal.Here are some facts about horses

• There are about 75 million horses in the world.
• Horses' hooves grow approximately 0.25 in a month, and take nearly a year to grow from the coronet band to the ground.
• Cross-country jumps are marked with a red flag on the right side and a white flag on the left side; the horse has to jump through these two flags or it is considered out of bounds and you are disqualified.This is a game that is made for horses
• A healthy adult horse should have a pulse of between 36 and 40 beats per minute while at rest
• Arabians horses have one less rib, one less lumbar bone, and one or two fewer tail vertebrae than other horses.                                                                                     
• Adult horse respiratory rate is 8-16 breaths per minute
• A horse typically sleeps two and half to three hours a day
• Horses younger than 4 years can concentrate for a maximum of 10-15 minutes
• Horses lie down only about 43.5 minutes a day
• Horses sleep longer in the summer than in the winter
• A horse’s heart weighs nine pounds
• The horse is a herbivorous mammal
• All horses (including zebras) belong to the genus equus
• Horses began to evolve on the American continent over 60 million years ago, they later died out and were reintroduced by Spanish settlers
• A zedonk is the offspring of a zebra and a donkey
• No two horses are identical
• The left side of a horse is called the “near side” and the right side is the “off side”
• A horse has approximately 205 bones
• A horse is described as a ‘foal’ for its first year of life
• Foals have milk teeth, which are replaced by permanent teeth around 3-5 years old
• A horse’s teeth can be used to estimate its age
• Horses generally dislike the smell of pigs
• A female horse is called a ‘filly’
• Horses are traditionally measured in ‘hands’, this was originally the width of a man’s hand and has been set at 4 inches

  These were some interesting fact about horses.

                                                                                       

  
  

  Dodo Birds

  
  

  
  

  The baddest thing about Dodo Birds are that they are extinct.The dodo bird was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius.It stood about a meter tall weighing about 20 kilograms.The dodo lost power to fly because food was abundant and mammalian predators were absent on Mauritius.The dodo was related to pigeon and doves, and its closest relative was the Rodrigues Solitaire, which is also extinct.

  
  

  
  

  The dodo was first mentioned by Dutch sailors in 1598. By 1681, all dodos had been killed by hungry sailors or their domesticated animals. This was not realized at the time, since the dodo barely left any traces after its extinction, and was later believed to have simply been a mythological creature until the 19th century, when research was conducted on some of the few surviving remains of specimens that had been taken to Europe in the 17th century.About 15 illustrations were made while interaction with the dodo was possible (1598-1640), and they are the primary evidence for its external appearance, along with various written accounts of encounters with dodos on Mauritius, and with a captive bird in London. According to most renditions, the dodo had grayish or brownish plumage, with lighter primary feathers, and a tuft of curly light feathers high on its rear end. The head was grey and naked, with a green, black and yellow beak, and the legs were stout and yellowish, with black claws.
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  Leopard
  
  
  

   Leopards can run 56 mph

  (90 kilometer per hour). Leopards have very  

  sharp teeth. Leopards are very

  good hunters and they have a broad diet.They can eat anything from dung beetles to 900 kg giant elands.The leopards are the smallest of the big four cats, the three being tiger,lion,and jaguar.

  
  
  Leopards are endangered in Asia and parts of Africa.Leopards can live up to 20 years.Leopards are 1.5 to 2.6 feet tall at the shoulder. They are three to six feet long, with a tail that is two to 3.5 feet long. Males weigh between 82 and 200 pounds.
  
  
  
  I like leopards because they are very good hunters. I want them to live and not even be endangered, but because of these people that need bag made out of leopard skin only, make these poor animals endangered and then extinct. I would like to tell the readers who are reading this blog, please stop killing animals for your own need.