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Nye Barry Timber Wolf Nye Barry Timber Wolves
1,218 wordsThe grey wolf is one of approximately 35 species belonging to the family Canidae, which includes the coyote, jackal, fox, and the dog. This family is believed to have originated in North America 38 to 54 million years ago during the Eocene Epoch. Two species- and a varying number of subspecies- of wolves are recognized: the grey, or timber, wolf, once widely distributed in North America, Europe, and Asia; and the red wolf, which now occurs only in Texas and the south-eastern United States. An ad...
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Game Of Baseball Modern Day
1,554 wordsAs anyone on the face of the civilized world knows by now, the New York Yankees have just completed one of the most dominating seasons in the history of professional sports. In the process, as many phenomenons before them, sports or otherwise, they have captivated not only a city and a nation but much of the planet as well. I have seen Pakistani and Korean tourists visiting New York for the first time buying and proudly wearing Yankee caps and T-shirts. These people, obviously, know little or no...
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932 wordsTigers are the largest members of the cat family. They live in Asia and belong to the same genus as the lion, leopard, and jaguar. Two major subspecies of the tiger are the Siberian tiger and the Bengal tiger. The tiger is thought to have originated in northern Asia during the Pleistocene Epoch. Scientific classification: Tigers belong to the family Felidae. The scientific classifications of each tiger are listed in the "Types of Tigers" section of this report. Appearance The Siberian tiger meas...
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Siberian Tiger Siberian Tigers Animal
469 wordsThe fur of the Siberian tiger is long, thick and yellow with dark black stripes running through it. The coat of this animal is reddish colored in the summer months. The underside of the Siberian tiger is bright white, and the tail area is white and black. What its eating habits are: Like all members of the cat family, tigers are carnivores. The Siberian tiger hunts a wide range of prey, including small mammals, deer, water buffalo, wild pigs, and birds. Tigers ambush their prey, often camouflagi...
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Cheetah Conservation Fund Miles Per Hour Cheetahs
1,000 wordsIm Cheetah The Cheetah Im going to talk to you about the Cheetah, Where it lives, how it hunts, how the grass helps the cheetah, mating, and what you can do to help the endangered species. The Cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus) is the fastest land mammal on earth, capable of speeds of 60 - 70 miles per hour. Cheetahs live 12 years (17 in captivity) and mature at 20 - 23 months of age. They are highly territorial. A typical adult cheetah weighs between 80 and 140 pounds and eats about 6 pounds of meat pe...
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402 wordsFor my vertebrate animal I chose the Cheetah. The Cheetah or Acinonyx Jubatus is an endangered species. They were once found throughout Africa and Asia, but are now only scattered throughout Eastern Africa and a small region of Southwestern Africa. Cheetahs are threatened by increasing loss of habitat, decline in prey, and increased poaching for fur trade. The Cheetah has a tawny coarse coat with round black spots or? tear stripes? from the corner of the eyes down to the sides of the nose. They ...
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394 wordsThe Cheetah or Acinonyx Jubatus is an endangered species. They were once found throughout Africa and Asia, but are now only scattered throughout Eastern Africa and a small region of Southwestern Africa. Cheetahs are threatened by increasing loss of habitat, decline in prey, and increased poaching for fur trade. The Cheetah has a tawny coarse coat with round black spots or tear stripes from the corner of the eyes down to the sides of the nose. They are slender and long legged, and their claws are...
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Endangered Species Southern Africa
540 wordsThe cheetah or (Acinonyx justus) is a large cat mainly found on the grassy plains of eastern and southern Africa. Today the cheetah is an endangered species. This is the only species of cheetah still alive. They were almost wiped out about 10, 000 years ago. Because of their low numbers they were forced to breed with close relatives like brothers and sisters. Biologists estimate that fewer than 15, 000 cheetahs remain in the wild today. Many organizations are breeding them in captivity to try to...
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Square Mile Square Kilometer
1,377 wordsLions Lions are big animals with no fear of anything. They are harsh predators and will do anything to kill a prey for food. Some key facts about lions are that adult males grow approximately 9 feet from nose to tail. The females are a lot smaller than the males. Males usually weigh up to 350 - 550 pounds. The female lions weigh up to 250 - 300 pounds which is much smaller than the male lions growth. It takes most lions 3 to 4 years to sexually mature. The lions mating patter is non- seasonal wh...
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Grizzly Bears Grizzly Bear Long
611 wordsExtra Credit Paper 3 / 5 / 99 Grizzly Bears The grizzly bear or great bear is the largest predator in the contiguous 48 states. When you enter the bears territory, you are in his home and he is king. This is their domain. The North American grizzly bear is a large, powerful brown bear characterized by gray-streaked, or grizzled, fur. Grizzlies range from 6 to 8 feet long, stand approximately 3 1 / 2 to 4 feet at the humped shoulder, and weigh up to 800 pounds. The grizzly bear is characterized a...
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Years Of Age National Park
1,036 wordsThis report you are about to read is about the threatened species of grizzly bears. Grizzly bears are omnivores, meaning they eat both plants and meat. However, they come from the order of Carnivora, meaning they have inherited the meat-eaters unspecialized, tube like gut. Read on to help you learn more about grizzlies and start thinking of what you can do to help this near extinction species. By the way, this report was by Cynthia Chan. Grizzly bears are large brown bears with coarse, silver-ti...
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Endangered Species Sexual Maturity
1,685 wordsThe Spectacled Bear, or Tremarctos Ornatus, is an endangered species. This rare bear can only be found in a few elusive spots in the world. Many endangered species all over the world don? t deserve the respect and care that they need. That is why many endangered species often become extinct or remain on the endangered species list for the remainder of their survival on Earth. Today, as more species become endangered, more people become involved in their care. Many things are being done to save e...
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1,316 wordsTigers are descended from civet-like animals called niacin that lived during the age of the dinosaurs about 60 million years ago (Dang, 1994). These small mammals, with long bodies and short flexible limbs, evolved over millions of years into several hundred different species, including cats, bears, dogs and weasels. About 37 cat species exist today (Dang, 1994). Tigers evolved in eastern Asia, but it is not exact. Sabre-tooth tigers are not the ancestors of todays tigers. In fact, sabre-tooth t...
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Royal Bengal Tiger Mangrove Forests Prey
1,879 wordsThe majestic tiger was once found in large numbers all over the subcontinent. It was feared, misunderstood, admired, and even worshiped as the vehicle of goddess Durga. In our own times, when man has all but wiped out this wonderful animal, few of us know what a tiger is like up close At a time when tigers were hunted in the name of sport, the Maharaja of Dholpur ordered a beat. Some two hundred men formed a wide semicircle, beating drums and canisters in order to flush out the tiger hiding in t...
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983 wordsA Season for the Ages Hes 65, and roughly 250 lbs, and for the most part he is about as average as you or me. Almost except for one major thing, he is the record holder of the most prestigious record in all of pro sports. His name is Mark McGwire and the record is his 70 homerun's, shattering the old record held by the Minnesota native named Roger Maris. On the Major League Baseballs final day of the season Mark McGwire hit two mammoth homerun's to give him 70 on the year, an astonishing 1 home ...
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519 wordsGiant Pandas Panda Ecology The giant panda (Ailuropoda melaleuca) was once widespread in southern and eastern China and in neighbouring Myanmar and north Vietnam. Today, however, there are only around 1, 000 left, and all of these are found in one geographic region the bamboo forests of southwestern China. The panda has the digestive system of a carnivore. Long ago, however, it adapted to a vegetarian diet and now feeds almost exclusively on the stems and leaves of bamboo. Hidden in the dense fo...
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Adaptations That The Snow Leopard Adaptations That The Snow Leopards
675 wordsDescriptive and Behavioral Aspects of Snow Leopards The Snow Leopard is an endangered species, and lives among many other species in Asia. These leopards are medium sized cats and usually, males weight more than females. The average male weighs anywhere from 100 - 120 lbs. ; whereas, the average female weighs 75 - 90 lbs. They do not belong to the same genus as larger cats because they lack the ability to roar. Leopards do not have the fibro-elastic tissues in the throat that allow other cats to...
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Beats Per Minute Polar Bears
1,024 wordsPolar Bears can be found in all of the northern regions of the world. This includes Russia, Norway, Greenland, the United States and Canada. They inhabit Arctic Sea ice, water, islands, and continental coastlines. Polar bears prefer sea ice habitat with leads, next to continental coastlines or islands. Air temperatures in the Arctic average - 34 C in winter and 0 C in summer. The coldest area in winter is northeastern Siberia, where the temperature has been recorded as low as - 69 C. The ocean t...
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Polar Bear North Pole
875 wordsSaving Polar Bears Polar Bears Saving the White Beast The Polar Bear males can measure up to nine feet long, and can weigh 770 - 1430 lbs. The fur of the Polar Bear covers their entire body except their nose and pads of their feet. The Polar Bear (Ursus maritime) is the largest living carnivore on the planet earth. (National Parks Service). The polar bear lives in a small place on the top of the globe called the Arctic Circle. At an average the polar bears have about five million square miles of...
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717 wordsCheetahs are fast cats that can reach to speeds up to 70 mph for 700 meters. Cheetahs are strong animals that are part of the cat family (Acinonyx). Their structure consists of light boned, swayback, long, thin legs with small blunt unsheathed paws, and a short neck. Cheetahs have a pretty small head with short broad ears, small teeth and a face that is round that is foreshortened. A cheetah can reach up to five feet and the amazing tale alone can reach over two feet long. This bored out beast s...
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