A few nice names for animals images I found:
Wolfspider
Image by I'м Thiago ● Brasil
[ Campo Limpo Paulista / SP - Brasil ]
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Scientific name: Lycosa Tarantula
Other Names: Garden and Gram Spiders
Name in Portuguese: Tarântula
Origin of the Name: The name can be had originated in the city of Tarento, in Italy, where Lycosa torentula was abundant or according to Hecker de Torrantola, what it crawls in the soil.
Filo: Arthropoda
Classroom: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Lycosidae
Length: up to 2,5 cm. The males abanam the pedipalpos during namoro.
Geographic distribution: They are spread by the whole world, even though in high mountains and the Arctic.
Description: The family characterizes itself for the disposal of the eight eyes in three lines, first the next one to the edge of quelíceras with four, second with two and third with two. They are sly, hunting, agile spiders and capture its canine tooth in the pull and kill it with its peçonha.
Color: brown-yellowish in the body and legs
Where they are found: They are found with great easiness in the fields, á side of swimming pools, in the lawns of the gardens, under the shrubs and you surround alive or to the side of the dividing walls. They like to expose it the sun of the afternoon and, sultry temperature and cloudy days become them active. It is sufficiently frequent in small farms or farms, exactly in the immediacy of the man.
Accidents: The majority of the accidents is sufficiently benign, and alone in rare cases destruction of the skin around the bite is verified. The action of the poison can or not be necrosante, depending on the depth of the bite and fabric reached.
Duke near Croc. Bridge on Saturday May 14, 2011
Image by Arno Meintjes Wildlife
PICT8298 Highest position: 242 on Thursday, May 19, 2011
Origin of Name: Duke is named for the ranger Thomas Duke who was based at Lower Sabie between 1903 and 1923. A windmill which this bull frequents shares the same name.
Range: This large and docile animal roams in the South of the Kruger National Park between Lower Sabie and Crocodile Bridge Rest Camps, these area’s dominating his home range, he has however been known to roam as far north as Tshokwane and the Metsi Metsi Trails camp.
Special Features: Small square notch in the left ear towards the bottom of the ear lobe, with a small hole slightly above this to the outer edge of the ear lobe. Until recently Duke had fairly straight substantial and long ivory. He has recently broken both his tusks about 20cm from lip line.
General: Duke was until recently the largest of the tuskers in KNP, and possibly the biggest in the world. Duke is probably the most photographed of the big tuskers, as he seemed to thrive on human attention and is regularly seen along the tourist roads and hides in his home range. He is well known for his relaxed disposition and is a favorite amongst staff and guests most of whom all have a personal interaction experience to tell of this well known bull.
Duke sadly broke his left tusk in an attempt to uproot a Leadwood tree, luckily this was reported by forum member Jonathan Heger (also a participant in the ‘duke quest’ which raised funds by forum members for the purchase of 2 cyber trackers for the rangers of the Kruger National Park) who had seen Duke at around 4pm fairly close to Crocodile Bridge and when returning to camp just after 5pm noted that he no longer had 2 tusks, this small time line allowed the ranger at Crocodile Bridge (Neels van Wyk) to react immediately to retrieve the ivory which is now safely stored in the ivory stores in Skukuza.
Recent reports reveled that Duke has broken his last remaining tusk. On the 1st of September 2008, he was spotted by the Mpanamana Concessions early morning game drive. Crocodile Bridge Section Ranger Neels van Wyk went to investigate and confirm that it was in fact Duke, sadly it was Duke who now has broken both his magnificent tusks in attempts to uproot trees. Luckily through quick action from Neels and his team they were able to follow Duke’s spoor in an attempt to retrace his steps to hopefully find the missing piece. Luckily after a short distance they were able to retrieve the broken piece of ivory.
Tusk Data LeftRight
Length (cm) 175cm 156cm
Mass (kg)37.05kg 32kg
Circumference at Lip (cm)49cm?
Purrl and Putter
Image by funny strange or funny ha ha
Seems like all our pet names start with the letter P...except for Yoda of course.
