Elephants

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Elephants

There are three living species of elephants, the African Bush Elephant, African Forest Elephant, and the Asian Elephant. All breeds are thought to inherit the same genetic genius. In many cultures elephants are seen as a symbol of wisdom and are known for their incredible memories. They create mental maps and are said to remember exact locations of watering and feeding holes they haven’t visited for years. An elephant’s brain is the largest of any land animal. Elephants have incredible hearing and they use both their ears and trunk to listen. They communicate by bellows, roars, trumpet-like calls, and can even transmit sound over long distances using the ground. These animals are one of few species that have displayed mirror self recognition and can identify themselves as independent. This is considered a base test for empathy, altruism, and higher social interactions in a species. Elephants have been noted performing a wide variety of behaviors. Including actions associated with grief, making music, compassion, play, and advanced use of tools. Elephants have an incredible sense for artistic achievement. They can paint portraits that express themselves. Check out this amazing video of an elephant painting a three-dimensional picture of another elephant.

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African Grey Parrot

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African Grey Parrot

The African Grey is a species of parrot that is found in the West and Central African rainforest. Parrots have long been able to show that they can mimic human speech, but the African Grey can associate words with their meaning and form small sentences. These birds communicate with each other through song, calls, and body language. African Grey’s can easily be trained to have conversations and perform activities. They are accomplished mimics, recreating voices and household noises perfectly. One specific example is Alex the bird. Alex can identify more then fifty objects, seven colors, five shapes, and a numerical value up to six. He understands the difference between big and small, over and under, and has even showed comprehension of emotion by telling his handlers “gonna go away” when becoming bored with testing. Then there is the story of the African Grey Parrot in Nagarey, Japan who was lost by his owners, wounded, and sent to a veterinary hospital. While in the hospital the bird began to talk with the vet proclaiming “I am Mr. Yosuke Nakamura.” He also gave his full home address right down to the last number. Sure enough he was right and returned to home, but not before entertaining the hospital with song and dance.

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The Border Collie

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The Border Collie

The Border Collie is widely considered the smartest dog breed in the world. They usually spend their time sheep herding and handling many forms of livestock, but also make a great pet. With physical exercise and various forms of mental stimulation these dogs are the quickest to learn. The breed originated on the Scottish, Welsh, and English border and the dogs made an instant impact on the farming industry. It has been determined that in certain areas of the Australian Outback a trained collie will do five times the amount of work that a human could manage. The Border Collie dominates dog sports above all other breeds. They excel at high jump, utility courses, fly-ball, and can even take first place in dog dancing competitions. They have an amazing sense of smell and are widely regarded as great tracking dogs. They can be trained as drug dogs or in search and rescue as well. This dog will clearly recognize you as an individual personality, they will learn your routine, anticipate what will happen next, and find ways to get what they want.

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Ravens & Crows

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Ravens & Crows

I have bundled these two together because they are both members of the corvidae family of birds. This family is widely considered the most intelligent of all birds. Crows top the avian IQ scale, which is a scientific test to determine bird intelligence. They can count, distinguish complex shapes, and perform observational learning tasks. Crows are extremely social creatures and will engage in mid-air jousting to establish pecking order. Wild hooded crows in Israel have learned to use bread crumbs as fish bait, thinking in advance and anticipating the catch. The New Caledonian Crow has been intensely studied because of its ability to use tools in its every day search for food. This includes creating knives which are cut from leaves and stalks of grass. They also use advanced plucking, smoothing, and bending of twigs and grass stems to produce a variety of food substances. Ravens are similar to crows, but larger in size. Both species are black in color and the main difference is in their vocalizations. Ravens perform many of the same behaviors as crows, but they have been recognized for their ability to drop nuts, clams, muscles, and shells on to the highway, wait for a car to run them over, and then gather the prize.

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Portia Labiata Jumping Spider

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Portia Labiata Jumping Spider

This species is a member of the Portia genus of spiders and is definitely the smallest creature on the list. Also known as the White-Mustached Portia, they inhabit wastelands and secondary forests in Africa, Asia, and Australia. These spiders have demonstrated learning abilities in laboratory tests and have been labeled the smartest bugs in the world. They perform astoundingly well on numerous problem solving tasks. One of their principle skills is luring other spiders from their webs for food. To do this they will pluck out rhythms at the corner of a web to mimic a trapped bug or insect intruder. If the Portia has encountered this type of spider before, then it will remember what rhythm pattern to use in order to achieve success. The Portia labiata has great eye sight and has been seen using incredible instinctive behavior. The spider uses a planned trial-and-error approach to hunting and shows a strong cognitive base. As the prey comes and goes, the spider will sit and wait for hours until it has a perfect moment to strike. Subsequently, plotting ahead and understanding that the meal will eventually return. These spiders have also shown signs of selective attention by identifying specific objects and prey over others.

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kucing hutan

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Kucing dampak atau kucing hutan atau kucing kepala datar (Prionailurus planiceps) ini masih satu genus dengan kucing congkok (Prionailurus bengalensis) dan kucing bakau (Prionailurus viverrinus). Kucing dampak atau kucing hutan kepala datar ini hidup daerah lahan basah dan seperti kucing bakau, termasuk kucing yang tidak takut air bahkan jago berenang.

Kucing hutan ini sering disebut dengan beberapa nama yang berbeda mulai dari kucing hutan, kucing dampak, hingga kucing kepala datar. Dalam bahasa Inggris dikenal sebagai Flat-headed Cat. Nama ini mengacu pada bentuk kepalanya yang pipih.

Nama ilmiah hewan ini adalah Prionailurus planiceps. Sebelumnya kucing ini dimasukkan sebagai anggota genus Felis, namun sekarang bersama kucing bakau dan lucing congkok dikelompokkan sebagai anggota genus Prionailurus.

Kucing dampak atau kucing kepala datar

Diskripsi Ciri dan Perilaku. Kucing dampak atau kucing kepala datar dewasa berukuran panjang 40 – 50 cm dengan ekor yang pendek berkisar antara 13 – 15 cm dan berat tubuh sekitar 1,5 – 2,5 kg. Badannya ditutupi bulu tebal berwarna abu-abu kecoklatan di bagian atas punggung, coklat kemerahan di bagian kepala dan putih berbintik-bintik pada bagian dada dan perut.

Kucing dampak merupakan binatang nokturnal (aktif di malam hari) dan soliter. Makanan utamanya adalah udang, ikan, katak, dan kadangkala hewan pengerat seperti tikus. Untuk memburu mangsanya, kucing ini tidak segan-segan masuk dan berenang di dalam air. Kucing kepala datar ini memang jago dalam berenang.

Suara hewan ini seperti suara kucing pada umumnya. Masa kehamilannya sekitar 56 hari sedangkan usianya mampu mencapai 14 tahun.

Distribusi dan Habitat. Kucing dampak tersebar di Semenanjung Malaya (Malaysia dan Thailand), Sumatera, dan Kalimantan (Indonesia, Malaysia, dan Brunei). Habitatnya merupakan daerah dataran rendah di hutan hujan tropis terutama di sekitar sumber air tawar (rawa-rawa dan sungai) atau daerah sekitar pantai.

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fakta tentang harimau

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Berikut ini adalah fakta-fakta tentang harimau (Panthera tigris) yang patut kita ketahui. Fakta ini penting kita ketahui apalagi berdasarkan fakta tiga subspesies harimau pernah tinggal bahkan menjadi binatang endemik di Indonesia.

Dan inilah beberapa fakta tentang sang raja hutan, harimau (Panthera tigris) yang patut kita ketahui.

• Nama latin dari harimau adalah Panthera tigris. Kata “Panthera“
  diyakini berasal dari kata “oriental” yang berarti putih kuning. Sedangkan kata “tigris” berasal dari kata Yunani yang berarti panah yang merujuk pada kecepatan lari spesies ini saat bergerak meskipun berada di tengah hutan.
• Harimau merupakan anggota famili felidae (kucing) sehingga masih berkerabat singa, chetah, kucing hutan, hingga kucing rumah.
• Harimau (Panthera tigris) terdiri atas 9 subspesies yang mendiami daerah Asia mulai dari daratan Turki, Rusia, hingga Indonesia.
• Dari 9 subspesies harimau (Panthera tigris) tiga spesies di antaranya telah punah. Ketika spesies harimau yang punah itu adalah harimau kaspia (Panthera tigris virgata) di Kaspia (tahun 1950), harimau bali (Panthera tigris balica) di Bali Indonesia (tahun 1937), dan harimau jawa (Panthera tigris sondaica) di pulau Jawa Indonesia (tahun 1972).
• 6 subspesies harimau yang masih tersisa adalah:
  • Harimau Amur atau Siberia (Panthera tigris altaica) tersebar di China bagian utara, Korea, dan Rusia bagian timur.
  • Harimau Bengal atau India (Panthera tigris tigris) tersebar di Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar dan Nepal.
  • Harimau Indochina (Panthera tigris corbetti) tersebar di Thailand, Kamboja, Cina, Laos, Myanmar dan Vietnam.
  • Harimau Sumatera (Panthera tigris sumatrae) endemik pulau Sumatera, Indoesia.
  • Harimau China Selatan (Panthera tigris amoyensis) tersebar di china bagian selatan.
  • Harimau Malaya (Panthera tigris jacksoni) tersebar di Thailand selatan dan Semenanjung Malaysia.
• Subspesies harimau yang terkecil adalah harimau sumatera dengan panjang tubuh 2,5 meter dan berat 140 kg. Sedangkan subspesies harimau terbesar adalah Harimau amur atau siberia (Panthera tigris altaica) dengan panjang tubuh mencapai 3,3 meter dan berat 300 kg.
• Total populasi harimau di seluruh dunia diperkirakan hanya sekitar 3.200 ekor. Subspesies dengan populasi terbesar adalah Harimau bengal atau india (Panthera tigris tigris) dengan jumlah populasi sekitar 1.800 ekor yang hidup di alam liar. Sedangkan subspesies dengan populasi tersedikit adalah Harimau china selatan (Panthera tigris amoyensis) dengan jumlah populasi hanya beberapa ekor saja.

  

  Harimau (Panthera tigris)
• Motif belang pada harimau sangat unik. Layaknya sidik jari pada manusia, tidak harimau yang mempunyai motif yang sama persis. Bahkan ketika bulunya dicukur habis, motif belang akan tetap ada di kulitnya.
• Harimau dewasa mampu memakan 40 kg daging sekaligus. Setelah makan besar harimau bisa tidak makan lagi selama 1 atau 2 minggu.
• Harimau (Panthera tigris) menyukai air dan merupakan perenang yang handal.
• Air liur harimau berfungsi sebagai antiseptik yang membantu mengobati lukanya
• Di Malaysia harimau dipanggil “Pak Belang” atau “Datuk Harimau”, di Vietnam dijuluki “chua son lam” (terkuat dari penghuni gunung lainnya). Di India dan Bangladesh dipanggil “Royal Bengal Tiger”.
• Dalam mitologi India harimau merupakan tunggangan Dewa Durga, saudara manusia, dan perwujudan ibu pertiwi. Sedang dalam kebudayaan china dianggap tunggangan Dewa Cai Shen.
• Keenam subspesies harimau terdaftar dalam CITES Appendix I yang artinya dilarang diperdagangkan secara komersial. Harima China Selatan dan Harimau Sumatera dalam daftar IUCN Red List dikategorikan Critically Endangered (Sangat Terancam Punah / Kritis) sedang 4 subspesies lainnya dikategorikan Endangered (Terancam Punah).
• Beberapa negara menggunakan harimau sebgai simbol atau hewan nasional. Negara-negara itu adalah Malaysia, Banglades (Harimau bengal), India (Harimau bengal), Nepal (Harimau bengal), Korea Utara (Harimau siberia), Korea Selatan, China (bersama naga, dan panda; simbol tidak resmi).

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