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Tuesday, 28 August 2012

The Amazing African Rain forest Mountain Gorillas

The giant apes the mountain gorilla

Gorillas are some of the most dangerous animals ever if you ever see them in the heart of Africa and in their natural habitat at the vicinity of the Ruwenzori mountains. These powerful gorillas live to their names as many of the famous gorillas ever known have always been able to fascinate many tourist who have been able to see the gorillas in their natural habitat and many gorillas have also been on the forefront in pleasing the onlookers in many of the world zoos.

Gorillas are the largest of all primates—the group of animals that includes monkeys, lemurs, orangutans, chimpanzees, and humans. Sharing the same natural habitat with the gorillas there are no animals as peaceful as gorillas. In the wilderness the gorillas are always family-oriented and a lot of time is pent in the family of different sizes of gorillas day in day out.

With many of the human features almost resembling to gorillas, people tend to compare gorillas with humans, but there are several differences which make people from gorilla. As you can see, the gorillas are still in the wilderness still eating their leaves , fruits and nuts and once in a while some flesh or meat from the jungle while you are out there reading about gorillas. Although gorillas are able to stand straight all the time gorillas will always like to walk using their hands as well as their legs. As powerful and as built as they are, the gorilla arms are much longer than their legs just as the dangerous grizzly bears out there in the wilderness. since gorillas are also good tree climbers while on the ground, gorillas use the backs of their fingers like extra feet when they walk. This is called the knuckle walk.

Troop leader

A group of gorillas living together is called a “troop.” There can be 5 to 30 gorillas in one troop, led by a strong, experienced male known as a "silverback." His job is a big one. He is responsible for the safety and well being of the members of his troop. The silverback makes all the decisions, such as where the troop will travel for food each day, when they will stop to eat or rest, and where they will spend the night.

Gorillas are generally peaceful creatures, but sometimes a younger male from another troop will challenge the silverback. To scare unwanted gorillas away, he will beat his chest with cupped hands to make a loud noise, scream, bare his teeth, then charge forward. Sometimes he will break off branches and shake them at the intruder.

Breakfast in bed

Can you imagine waking up each morning surrounded by food? Almost everything a gorilla eats is plant material, so life in the forest is like living in a huge restaurant! Gorilla food includes leaves, stems, fruits, seeds, and roots. And gorillas love to eat—it’s their favorite activity! An adult male will eat up to 40 pounds (18 kilograms) of food each day. Gorillas’ large stomachs can hold the bulky food they eat. Strong jaws help them chew tough stems. At the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, the gorillas get a variety of seasonal fruits and vegetables, plus banana and ficus leaves.

A gorilla troop doesn’t stay in the same place for more than a day. After all, they don’t want to deplete their food source! Each morning the silverback will lead his troop to a new area where food is plentiful. After a morning of munching, each adult gorilla gathers leaves, twigs, and branches to make a day nest for resting while the youngsters play. After their nap, the gorillas will eat again until bedtime, when they make yet another nest, either on the ground or in a tree, for a good night’s sleep. Gorillas never use the same nest twice.

Baby business

A female gorilla is ready to have babies of her own when she is about eight years old. But first, she must leave the safety of her own troop and find another troop or a lone silverback to live with. A newborn grows quickly. At five to six months old it learns to walk, and by 18 months of age it can follow mom on foot for short distances. Still, the safest place for the youngster is its mother's back as she travels thru the dense vegetation of their forest home.

Young gorillas learn by imitating what the others in the troop are doing, and by play fighting with other youngsters. Even the stern silverbacks are gentle with the little ones as they practice new skills. A young gorilla stays close to its mom, sharing her nest, until it is four to six years old. Gorillas have been known to nurse for up to three years.

Gorillas in crisis

Gorillas have no natural enemies or predators, yet these peaceful creatures are very endangered because of humans. People hunt gorillas for food called bushmeat. Logging companies destroy gorilla habitat. Africa may seem far away, but there is something you can do to help! When you buy wood or furniture, ask if the wood has been certified. This means the wood was taken in a way approved by forestry experts. Buying certified wood will encourage logging companies in Africa to follow wildlife laws that will help protect gorillas and other African animals.

Facts about Gorillas

• A baby gorilla can cling to the long hairs on its mom for a ride, leaving the mother’s hands free for walking.

• Gorillas are very hairy, except for their faces, palms, and soles of their feet.

• The adult males, or silverbacks, are almost twice the size of the adult females.

• No two gorilla noses are alike! Researchers in the wild take close-up photos of each gorilla’s face to help identify individuals.

• The San Diego Zoo's first two gorillas arrived in 1931. They are immortalized as two bronze busts on the Zoo's front plaza.

Monday, 27 August 2012

Endangered African Chimps With Little Babies

Endangered African Chimps: Too Cute to Lose

Learn about endangered African chimps with little babies on our Africans Animals blog.

Discover the struggles they face due to habitat loss, poaching, and disease. Join us in raising awareness and taking action to protect these amazing animals. Share our informative and engaging posts with your friends and family, and consider making a donation to support conservation efforts. Together, we can make a difference and ensure a bright future for African chimps and other endangered species.

From the Wilds of Africa: A Look at Endangered Chimps and Their Adorable Offspring

Have you ever heard of the endangered African chimp population? These majestic creatures are facing a critical threat to their survival due to habitat loss, poaching, and disease. And what makes this situation even more heartbreaking is that these chimps often have little babies clinging to them as they struggle to survive in the wild.

But there is hope! By raising awareness about the plight of these incredible animals, we can help protect their homes and ensure that they have a future for generations to come. That's why we created the Africans Animals blog, where you can learn about the struggles facing African chimps and other endangered species on the continent.

Babies on Board: The Struggle for Survival of Endangered African Chimps

Our blog features engaging and informative articles about the lives of African animals, from the smallest insect to the largest elephant. We use a fun and witty tone to keep you entertained while still providing valuable information about these fascinating creatures. And if you're looking for something to share with your friends and family, our posts are easily shareable on social media!

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Chimpanzees in Peril: Join the Effort to Protect These Amazing Creatures and Their Little Ones

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Chimpanzees are very familiar to us humans, perhaps because so much of their behavior reminds us of ourselves. They are considered great apes, just like gorillas, orangutans, and bonobos. Their distinctive mode of travel—walking on the soles of their feet and the knuckles of their hands—have earned them the title of knuckle-walkers.

Amazing apes

Chimps are very intelligent and can be trained by humans to perform a variety of tasks. For example, did you know that human beings were not the first to enter outer space? A chimp named Ham orbited Earth in 1961 and was taught simple commands to help test space travel for human astronauts. Ham became the first "American" in space! Because they are so smart, chimps have been involved in many scientific studies, and unfortunately some people keep them as pets. Taking them from the wild has caused a decline in their populations. People also hunt chimps for food (bushmeat) or to protect their crops from being eaten by hungry chimps. These conditions, plus loss of habitat, have resulted in the chimpanzee being an endangered animal.

Take a good look

There is no hair on a chimpanzee’s face, hands, or feet, but the rest of its body is covered with either long black or brown hair. Unlike other primates such as monkeys and baboons, chimps don’t have tails. But they do have large ears that stick out a bit, which helps them hear other chimps in a dense forest. Newborn chimps have pink skin under their dark hair that later turns black as they age. Like humans, chimps have opposable thumbs to help them grasp branches or grab a bite to eat, as well as fingernails and toenails.

The chimpanzee grand family

Home for a chimpanzee is a community of other chimps made up of family groups. Within these family groups there are usually about 6 to 10 individuals. An entire chimp community can sometimes have as many as 100 members, made up of many different family groups. One experienced adult male chimp can be the leader of the community, although in other communities leadership is shared among several males. Chimps use body language, facial expressions, hand-clapping, grooming, and kissing to communicate within their community. Usually a male chimp stays in the community into which he was born, but females transfer to other communities when they become adults.

Chimpanzee and rearing their young

Female chimps in the wild usually give birth for the first time when they are between 12 and 15 years old. The newborn is extremely helpless, and the youngster must stay with its mother until age seven before it can survive on its own. Soon after birth, the baby learns to cling to its mother’s underside. Later it will transfer to her back, and uses this "piggyback" style of riding for the next seven months or so. Young chimps get milk from their mothers until they are about three years old. They can begin walking on their own at about age four, but continue to stay with their mothers for a few more years, learning all the skills they need to survive. A mother chimp develops a close bond with her young that may last a lifetime.

Everything tastes good!

Chimpanzees eat a wide variety of food. Observers have recorded about 80 different items wild chimps eat, including seeds, fruit, leaves, bark, honey, flowers, and insects. This makes up most of their diet. However, chimpanzees also hunt other animals, like monkeys or small antelope, for meat. Feeding is usually an individual activity, but sometimes chimps look for food together. Chimpanzees are famous for using tools to get food. They often strip a branch of leaves and then dip it in an ant or termite hill to get the insects inside. When water is scarce, chimps chew leaves so they are soft and sponge-like—this allows them to then soak up rainwater inside of tree holes.

African beautiful Amazing apes

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Jellyfish: The Mesmerizing and Magnificent Mollusks of the Ocean

Jellyfish: The Wobbly Wonders of the Ocean

Discover the fascinating world of jellyfish, marine animals that live in the ocean. Even if you haven't seen one up close, you can learn about these creatures through photographs and videos. Not all jellyfish are easily visible, as some are small or transparent, but they are still amazing to observe. Explore the world of jellyfish today! endangered animals of Africa animals hunting beautiful amazing animal pictures

Explore the Beauty and Danger of Jellyfish"

I bet in the whole world there are many people who have no idea what a jellyfish looks like or have not had the chance to come close to seeing one with their naked eyes. How about the people who live on the beaches or different coastal areas which are always filled with different jellyfish or marine life which is washed away during low and high tide? With different ocean currents prevailing which could carry some of the most dangerous sea animals in many of the great oceans and people find themselves victims of these dangerous jellyfish with little knowledge on what to do when one is stung by a jellyfish.

Box jellyfish

For many years in many of the worlds oceans Jellyfish have been living and drifting along these ocean currents for ages. You find that jellyfish are found n plenty in many cold and warm ocean water as well as some of the deep water, and along our beautiful coastlines where they come into contact with swimmers divers and fishermen as well. All jellyfish just like any animal which has predators are well equipped with dangerous small stinging cells in their tentacles which is used to stun or paralyze their prey while in the water or when someone steps on them and if you happen to be in their menu most jellyfish would sting their prey to immobilize them before they eat them.

Australian-Box-Jellyfish

As far as the kinds and types of jellyfish found in many natural habitat, there are in fact many types of jellyfish in the ocean. With no fins or flippers to move in the ocean like other sea creatures or fish, jelly move along the oceans by propelling and pulsating themselves with the ocean currents.

Get Ready to Be Stung by Fascination with Jellyfish

Its funny to note that jellyfish have a body which is shaped like a bell. Its this inside part of the body which has the opening for the jellyfish and the most important part of the jellyfish body is the mouth. The inside part of the jellyfish has the all the necessary parts and the control of the movement is carried out here as well.

With a lot of plankton available to eat jellyfish food is just found in plenty depending on the ocean currents as well. While eating these jellyfish always throw or discard waste from this opening. As they continue squirting water from their mouths, these continuous movements and action creates thrust and moves them forward and use their tentacles which hang out at the bottom to sting their prey and to steer their direction as well.

For those who have not been stung by jellyfish, you get that Jellyfish stings can be very excruciating. While there are many cases whereby these jellyfish stings have been very dangerous and have caused fatalities for people who could not get immediate medical help from jellyfish stings or venom.

Lion's Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world

People who get bitten by jellyfish are just victims of circumstances. While there are many people who are always inquisitive while walking on the beaches and along the coastal areas, you find that the ones who are not careful on where they are walking or stepping are the the ones who get attacked by these jellyfish stings or tentacles when they stem on the jellyfish accidentally. Is a true fact that jellyfish don't purposely attack humans. People just have to take care of themselves while they are in the jellyfish habitat during their natural breeding grounds and during the different movements of the ocean currents which can bring unwanted stinging jellyfish to the coast as well.

As a matter of fact the famous Australian box-like sea wasp is the most toxic jellyfish to humans.

Jellyfish: The Ocean's Dazzling Dancers

Fast Facts

Jellyfish are classified in the phylum Coelenterata, which means they have a very simple body with a large center mouth where food comes in and waste goes out.

There are over 1500 species of jellyfish

Jellyfish are invertebrates and don't have a backbone.

All jellyfish sting, but the stings of small specimens and those with short tentacles often are not painful to humans.

While one’s man meat is another man’s poison deep in the ocean these dangerous Jellyfish are on top of the food chain for some of the most endangered animals in the world. The sea turtles have a very good appetite for jellyfish. With so many things unknown to humans about he wonders of jellyfish and their general existence, there is still a lot of information about jellyfish which we are yet to research on in order to fully analyze the potentials of jellyfish medical research and for the cure of may diseases and avenues of finding the myth of being immortal as is with the case of the immortal jellyfish.

some jellyfish even give a light

How would you feel when you encounter a lion deep in the ocean while swimming? Well don’t be amazes when you encounter a jellyfish by the name the lion's mane jellyfish. This specific jellyfish is mostly found in the North Atlantic. This is one of the biggest jellyfish in the world. You will be amazed to know that the bell or the larger body of the jellyfish can grow to about six feet (two meters) in diameter. The Lions’ mane jellyfish tentacles can grow as long as long as 100 feet (33 meters).

The body of a jellyfish is bell-shaped with a mouth on

the underside. Tentacles of varying lengths extend below

Not all big jellyfish are poisonous but as far as the famous poisonous Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish is concerned, this particular dangerous jellyfish can be easily seen or found floating on the surface of many of the tropical ocean water. While people think that snakes are the most poisonous animals in the world, one is equally right to say that the poisonous Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish sting is as lethal and its venom is almost the same as the dangerous bite from any deadly cobra species.

One would wonder as to how these beautiful creatures feed with no backbone or a complex stomach just as any other living creature in the oceans. The Jellyfish when it comes to eating and feeding you get that the jellyfish will digest its food very quickly not because there is no food in the ocean but just because they need to be able to move in these treacherous conditions in the water. Its funny to know that all jellyfish would not have been able to float in the water if they had to carry a large undigested food under their belly around for a long duration.

That jellyfish mystery being solved one wonders what do jellyfish eat. You will be amazes to know that anything which is found in the ocean is just good food for the jellyfish to eat as is any living creature in the ocean. Jellyfish do eat different types of fish and a variety of shrimp while crabs and tiny plants are just of a complete diet to keep them stay healthy for as long as they are alive. Just as land animals some of the jellyfish species will also feed on other types or species of jellyfish as well

Jellyfish contract their fluid bodies to move

Sea turtles relish the taste of jellyfish. Some jellyfish are clear and can look like a plastic bag in the water. Others are in vibrant colors such as pink, yellow, blue, and purple, and often are luminescent.

These dangerous deadly beautiful jellyfish are part of the Asian cousin. The Chinese with their advance knowledge in ancient medicine, when it comes to food, despite its poison whether dead or alive, the jellyfish still finds a lace in many of the Chinese restaurants and homes as part of their delicacy. Whether its part of the daily diet consisting steamed jellyfish boiled jellyfish barbequed jellyfish or just fried or cried and grounded jellyfish, the utility value of the jellyfish is only cherished by the one who tables the jellyfish away from its natural environment to the new modern kitchen and living conditions of man.

Velella velella Jellyfish

With many beautiful creatures in many of the word’s oceans, there is little or still a lot we need to learn when it comes to Jellyfish.

Velella velella Jellyfish

There are different types of jellyfish and the colors of jellyfish which comes with them. With the vast range of jellyfish available in these waters, there is nothing spectacular like a jellyfish when it comes to a Velella velella. Unlike other jellyfish the Velella velella are always seen floating free in a colony of individuals as the ocean currents take them whenever they meander to. This kind of jellyfish is mostly seen in areas of the Northern Gulf regions.

Velella velella Jellyfish

These jellyfish have a spectacular amazing color of deep blue with their famous disc and triangular shape which acts as a sail and helps the jellyfish move over the sea surface like tiny sailboats. The Velella velella jellyfish may be seen in abundance. For fishermen, divers and those using the ocean these jellyfish are always good to see with their amazing true colors when they are thrown ashore and along many of the beaches.

Discover the Enchanting World of Jellyfish

Chiropsalmus quadrumanus Jellyfish

With many of the most dangerous jellyfish having made a mark in terms of their venom, the Chiropsalmus quadrumanus Jellyfish is just one of the most dangerous jellyfish in the world. Why would such a colorful jellyfish be so dangerous? As they say the more the colorful the more the danger or more the beauty the more the venom a jellyfish has.

The Chiropsalmus quadrumanus Jellyfish and the box jellyfish are almost similar in terms of the attack and the number of injuries and death tall. The Chiropsalmus quadrumanus Jellyfish is mostly found the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean region. Just like the Box jellyfish, the Chiropsalmus quadrumanus Jellyfish very transparent and square in shape. As far as their group is concerned, the Chiropsalmus quadrumanus Jellyfish belongs to the e cubozoans group of jellyfish.

These beautiful dangerous Chiropsalmus quadrumanus Jellyfish can easily be distinguished from other jellyfish by the flattened base. You find that the Chiropsalmus quadrumanus Jellyfish have a flattened base where their tentacles are suspended. For many unsuspecting swimmers, many people have always been victims of jellyfish attacks or jellyfish stings. With little information about the kind of jellyfish which has stung you, many swimmers suffer painful stings which lead to a chain or rushes which is always a discomfort if no medial help is sought on time.

Phyllorhiza punctata Jellyfish

The Phyllorhiza punctata Jellyfish is a native of Australian. The Phyllorhiza punctata Jellyfish which is a rare of its kind is a spotted jellyfish in nature. As far as the history of the Phyllorhiza punctata Jellyfish is concerned, this kind of jellyfish drifted to Mississippi during the summer of 2000. These Phyllorhiza punctata Jellyfish were in huge numbers. Its amazing to note that when these jellyfish as small as a tennis ball arrived into these waters of Mississippi, with good environmental conditions and adopting to the different natural habitat, these jellyfish grew up to the size of a washtub.

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jellyfish are not very efficient swimmers

You will be amazed that the weight of these jellyfish reached almost over 25 pounds. With any change in ecology in any given natural habitat comes with its advantages and disadvantages. In the course of events, the Phyllorhiza punctata Jellyfish kept on feeding on what they could and both marine plants and animals became victims. There was a hue and cry that the Phyllorhiza punctata Jellyfish were feeding on the larvae of important fish and shellfish in local waters. With little knowledge and information about this kind of jellyfish, not much was to be done but to let nature take its course as the jellyfish try to adopt and wait for the next strong currents to drift away with once again.

Stomolophus meleagris jellyfish

There is no jellyfish which is a troublesome other than the Stomolophus meleagris jellyfish. With a size of almost like a soccer-ball, the Stomolophus meleagris jellyfish or the cannonball jellyfish is always a familiar sight by many fishermen, divers, swimmers and those working or just having fun around the ocean. While many different kinds of jellyfish are found in different types of weather and seasons, this kind of jellyfish is found mostly in the winter and the spring. The Stomolophus meleagris jellyfish have a somehow thick bell. As they move or pulsate in with the great ocean currents, the Stomolophus meleagris jellyfish move rhythmically and rapidly through the water is search of food and being aware of their general environment in case of any uncharted territories which could be dangerous for them as well.

While most of these Stomolophus meleagris jellyfish found themselves along the barrier islands the Stomolophus meleagris jellyfish are seen as a nascence as they tend to bring havoc to shrimp trawlers by clogging them which makes it difficult for fishermen to haul in. With the depletion of many of the world’s resources, man from ancient of days has always looked for new avenues to quench his hunger by looking deeper for many of those who have water within their geographical boundaries.

With an increase in the world population and as a source of protein and with a place in the human diet, the Stomolophus meleagris jellyfish are cooked and eaten in many of the Asian regions. This kind of jellyfish is always dried and salted in order to preserve it for a long time. As far as the menu is concerned, the dried jellyfish is cut into strips and cooked as a delicacy and others take it because jellyfish have a medicinal value according to the Chinese culture and are sometimes used in salad as well.

Aurelia aurita Jellyfish

There are many kinds of jellyfish. There are different colors of jellyfish as well as unique names of jellyfish as well. While some jellyfish resemble animated things, some have no relationship with the names they are called with. As harmless and peaceful as they look, the Aurelia aurita Jellyfish or the moon jellyfish is almost one foot in diameter or somewhere like a dinner size plate.

The Moon jellyfish normally have a flattened disc. Apart from their unique nature like the shape of the moon, the moon jellyfish are thick at the center and have short tentacles unlike their cousins the lions mane jellyfish which have tentacles as long as ten feet. The Moon jellyfish have pink horseshoe-shaped gonads arranged around the center of the disc. When the moon jellyfish grow up they mature as individuals and are always seen along the beaches or near the coast during the summer season.