Coati

The raccoon is an omnivorous mammal and is the largest of the Carnivora family with a length of 16 to 28 in. and a weight of 8 to 20 pounds. The coat of the raccoon is looks like salt and pepper and mostly consists of a dense and insulating fur that protects it from very cold weather is called underfur. The most eye catching feature of the raccoon is its mask, this mask makes the animal look like a bandit. The diet of the raccoon mainly consists of invertebrates, plants, and vertebrates; Along with the occasional trashcan. When there is limited fresh vegetation in a raccoons area it will most likely eat human food, but most of the raccoons diet consist of what is called sweet food; This sweet food is mostly birds, eggs, fish and shellfish, frogs, fruit, insects, snakes, nuts, and seeds. The raccoon is a very intelligent animal and when it comes to food the raccoon has developed an unusual habit, raccoons will clean their food in water before they eat it, but when there isn’t water close by the raccoon will still clean its food by rubbing it on a clean surface to remove debris. A large number of raccoons are stuck by cars every year, the strange thing is that they are usually feeding on road-kill, this means most drivers won't even notice they’re there. Raccoons originally lived in deciduous and mixed forest, but because raccoons can easily adapt with their surroundings they can be found in mountainous regions, marshes, and even in homes as pets or not as pets. Over all…

I am a raccoon, as you see me right now. Roaming around the garbage bins, breaking open the richly filled garbage bags, sniffing around for the stinking remains that will become my luxurious rations to share with my little ones. Sometimes I am lucky. I can find a wet watermelon shell with some melon seeds stuck on to it. I bring them to my little ones, prancing surreptitiously to avoid unnecessary attention, and bit the juicy peels into smaller sizes, chewing into manageable softness and feed…

Well if people like the lizard skins I could start selling frog skins, thought Tadi jokingly. He knew no one would buy a frog skin, so he started looking for other animals. While going into the jungle Tadi saw the beautiful sunset. It made him so peaceful so he sat on the causeway and watched for a while, while the morning dew was making him sticky. When the sun came up he decided now he would go hunting. He found a racoon, 5 racoon kits, an average sized Coati mundi, 13 iguanas and a very…

fourth-heaviest modern reptile and is the only living species in the genus Dermochelys and family Dermochelyidae. This turtle earns his common name because it lacks the typical bony plates on its carapace, instead, is flexible and covered in a thin layer of leathery skin, is dark in colour with white and pink spots. Females have a characteristic 'pink spot' on the top of their heads. They are found in all tropical and subtropical oceans, and its range extends well into the Arctic Circle. Recent…

populations for millennia. Commercial poachers collect hundreds of wildflowers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park every year, in particular American ginseng, orchids and trilliums. Founder Damien Mander is an advocate of the use of military equipment and tactics, including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, for military-style anti-poaching operations to protect endangered wildlife and prevent poachers from killing animals. The commercial poaching of white and black rhinoceros escalated in South…

floor, and the jaguar will not pounce on its prey until it nears it. The jaguar is a mammal and belongs to the family Felidae, a group that has thirty-seven species of wild and domestic cats. Although close to the modern jaguar, the prehistoric one was larger, heavier, and had longer legs. It developed into many subspecies, which most of them have likely died off and are extinct by now. According to scientists there are, right now, five to eight modern subspecies, which is barely different from…

and it ends in the month of March. The winter season takes place from the month of May until the month of September. It seems as though the seasons in Brazil are opposite as the seasons we have in the United States. Although the seasons are switched, the temperature in Brazil usually stays in the mid 70’s during the winter season. During the summer season, the temperature usually stays in the 90’s or higher. With these temperatures comes the special vegetation and wildlife that can survive in…

with the former, though the latter will be soon coming. The simple fact, that will come as no surprise to anyone, is that I have always loved animals. My family has always had animals, two dogs, a cat and a couple of surprisingly long lived fish. My mom at one point had wanted to work at the San Diego wildlife park, but lacked the stomach to do so. Trips to the Woodland Park Zoo and the Seattle Aquarium were commonplace. My bedtime stories were the tails of Mr. Leopard and his animal friends,…