Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Blue whale



The biggest animal in the world! It is the length of three school busses and has a heart the size of a small car. They don't travel in big groups. They eat 2 to 4 tons of krill a day. Babies gain 250 pounds a day. There are less than 15,000 blue whale living so they are considered an endangered species

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Komodo Dragon


http://home.freiepresse.de/uwdel/indwaran.JPG
The komodo dragon is the smartest and biggest reptile on the planet. The grow to three meters long weighing 80 to 140kg. They can run up to 20 km per hour. They eat deer, boars and water buffalo. A poison saliva consisting of 50 different strains of bacteria kills bigger animals. Young komodo dragons are commonly eaten by bigger predators (including other komodo dragons). They live mostly in trees until they get to big when they live on the ground. They can swim. A Swiss guy was killed by a komodo dragon and all they found were his glasses and his camera.

Friday, May 16, 2008

Liger


http://www.liger.org/
A liger is the product of mating a male lion and a female tiger. It is more like a lion than it is like a tiger. It looks like a huge lion with faded stripes. It likes to swim and so do tigers but lions hate swimming. If the parents are swiched so there is a female lion and a male tiger, the result is a tigon which is more like a tiger.

Friday, May 9, 2008

Wild Pigs



Feral hogs and wild boars make up wild pigs. Feral hogs are domestic pigs that escaped captivity and wild boars are originally from Eurasia. The two interbreed so much that it is hard to tell which is which and that's why they are collectively called wild pigs.pumba!!!!!!!!Wild boars are bigger than feral hogs but the size of an individual depends on the amount of interbreeding. The pigs' color also vary. They eat a large variety of foods depending on their environment and the time of year.

http://www.icwdm.org/handbook/mammals/mam_d65.pdf

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Alaskan Blackfish



The Alaskan Blackfish has the ability to go without oxygen for day and without food for a year. They can survive below 20 degrees celsius for 45 minutes because of an antifreeze in their blood. They live in densly vegetated areas and slowly paddle their way along the bottom of whatever body of water they are in. Once a blackfish sees its prey it will quickly dart at it. It usually eats crustaceans but also eats worms and insects. The fish is dark brown or black with dark speckles.

Friday, May 2, 2008



Knex guns are a popular challenge for people who like knex. There are simple guns, there are model guns that look like actual guns and there are complicated guns that do things knex shouldn't do. The one above shoots 30 feet at 10 shots per second (the site i got the picture from says). It can also have an unlimited amount of amo. If that's true, this thing is crazy.