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Spot-billed Pelican: The Flying Beauty

Posted by admin on December 14th, 2011

Spot-billed Pelican: Comparatively small pelican, however a large bird and is mostly white, with a grey crest, hindneck and with beautiful brownish tail. It catches fish in its big bill pouch, while swimming at the surface. Spot-billed Pelican are colonial breeder, often breeds along with other water-birds with nests on low trees near wetlands. These species were earlier used by fishermen in the parts of Bengal as decoys for a particular fish. They are also known as Grey Pelican (Pelecanus Philippensis). Distribution: Pelicans Read more [...]

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Tags: Bird Facts, Spot-billed Pelican, Spot-billed Pelican Diet, Spot-billed Pelican Distribution, Spot-billed Pelican Habitat

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Khao Kheow Open Zoo – Fasten Your Seat Belts

Posted by admin on December 2nd, 2011

Glory of jungle is felt through the air, which grips wilderness and smoothens soul with heart-pounding experience. Khao Kheow open zoo takes you close to the purest form of nature, with its scintillating treasures that holds your attention. At Khao Kheow Open Zoo your life time is not only spend on sightseeing but also to visualize inner beauty of jungle. As you walk around various places of our zoo, you would experience, the peace in the presence of nature. It gives you feeling about the magnificent Read more [...]

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Tags: After Dark Night Safari, BioDiversity, Jungle Trekking, Khao Kheow Open Zoo, Trekking In Thailand

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Wild Boar

Posted by admin on November 8th, 2011

Wild Boar Facts Adult males are usually solitary outside of the breeding season, but females and their offspring live in groups called sounders. Wild boar are situationally crepuscular or nocturnal, foraging in early morning and late afternoon or at night, but resting for periods during both night and day. If surprised or cornered, a boar can and will defend itself and its young with intense vigor. The male lowers its head, charges, and then slashes upward with his tusks. The female, whose tusks Read more [...]

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White Tigers (Bengal Tiger)

Posted by admin on November 1st, 2011

White Tigers are very rarely found in the wild. In about 100 years only 12 white tigers have been seen in the wild in India. They are almost extinct and most of the ones living are in captivity, mostly in zoos. This specific tiger is neither an albino nor a separate subspecies of the tiger. They are beautifully white colored and have black stripes. It has blue eyes and a pink nose. It also has white colored fur. The striking white coat is caused by a double recessive allele in the genetic code, and Read more [...]

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Great Cormorant

Posted by admin on October 24th, 2011

Great Cormorant This is a very common and widespread bird species. The Great Cormorant can dive to considerable depths, but often feeds in shallow water. It frequently brings prey to the surface. It breeds mainly on coasts, nesting on cliffs or in trees. 3-4 eggs are laid in a nest of seaweed or twigs. Diet: Its diet consists of a wide variety of fish. Distribution: It is found across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Atlantic coast of North America. Habitat: Its habitat is areas along the sea, in Read more [...]

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Great Hornbill

Posted by admin on October 17th, 2011

The Great Hornbill The Great Hornbill is the heaviest, but not the longest, Asian hornbill. The most prominent feature of the hornbill is the bright yellow and black casque on top of its massive bill. The Great Hornbill will pair for life. Very few hornbills are held in captivity and few of them breed well. Due to habitat lost and hunting in some areas, the Great Hornbill is evaluated as ‘Near Threatened’. Diet: In the wild, the Great Hornbill’s diet consists mainly of fruit. They obtain the Read more [...]

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Giraffe

Posted by admin on September 28th, 2011

Giraffe Giraffe – An African mammal evenly toed – tallest of all extant land living animal species from Giraffidae family. Giraffa Camelopardalis as the scientific name similar to its archaic English name of camelopard refers to its irregular patches of color on a light background, which bear a token resemblance to a leopard’s spots. Active both day and night, giraffe’s hardly sleeps. Found in open woodland and wooded grassland key features are tall with long. Flexible, maned neck and long, Read more [...]

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Elephant

Posted by admin on September 14th, 2011

Elephant Elephants are large land mammals in two genera of the family Elephantidae, Elephas and Loxodonta. Three species of elephant are living today the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant (also known as the Indian elephant). All other species and genera of Elephantidae are extinct, some since the last ice age although dwarf forms of mammoths may have survived as late as 2,000 BCE. Elephants and other Elephantidae were once classified with other thick-skinned Read more [...]

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Zebra

Posted by admin on August 30th, 2011

Zebra Plains Zebra or Burchell’s Zebra as the common name, the scientific name Equus Burcheli in the Equidae family with the Perissodactula order. Normal size: Length head/body: 7.2 -8.2 feet (2.2-2.5 m); tail Length: 18.5 – 22 in (47-56cm); height at shoulder upto 43-57 in (110-145 cm) weighing 385-710 lb (175-322 kg). Key features are Deep-bodied, short legged zebra; thick, erect mane; black stripes broader than in other species, especially on rump, and do not always extend onto belly Read more [...]

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Tags: Burchell’s Zebra, Information About Zebra, Plains Zebra, Zebra

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River Otter

Posted by admin on August 29th, 2011

River Otter Giant River Otter as the common name the scientific name Pteronura brasiliensis in the Mustelidae family with the Carnivora order the normal size of Otter is Length head/body :34 -55 in (86-140 cm) tail length :13-39 in(33-100 cm); height at shoulder 16 in (40 cm) weighing 57-75 lb. Key features are Large otter with short, glossy fur that looks black when wet ;often white or creamy nose and throat; webbed feet tail tapers and is flattened with a flange along each edge. Common habits: Read more [...]

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LION – The King of Jungle

Posted by admin on August 29th, 2011

LION – The King of Jungle Panthera Leo is the scientific name of this ferocious Carnivora Lion from the Felidae family is popular icon of royalty and magnificence. Distinctive features: Big headed with thick tresses of fur, yellow brown eyes, crushing jaws, slender tailed full of pride hunt in coordinated groups and stalk their chosen prey. Lion – An emblem for humanity for thousands of years appears in cultures across Europe, Asia, and scattered populations in Africa. The white lion is not Read more [...]

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