Food Lion

Cheetahs are large carnivore cats, meaning their food is meat, members of the Felida family and closely related to bobcats, lynxes and pumas. They are identified by their unique black spots on gold or yellow coats and are known for their amazing speed. The cheetah can reach speeds of 45 mph in 2.5 seconds but they can only sustain top speed up to 64 mph briefly. Cheetahs are 3.5 to 4.5 feet long from heat to rump, their tails add an additional 25 – 31 inches and normally weigh around 77 – 143…

People get to catch a glimpse of the exotic animals that he or she can only see on TV documentaries, or maybe dreamt of when their parents read them stories like The Jungle Book as a child. People’s eyes fill with excitement when they get to go see the lions, tigers, and bears. However, the animals are less than enthused. While I think that zoos are amazing for educational purposes, I believe that the animals truly suffer. There are multiple benefits from studying animals in captivity,…

large sized animals such as deer, wild boar, and antelope. It also eats smaller animals like birds and rabbits and farm animals like pigs and goats. Black panthers adapt well to the changes in the environment. They have no problems getting their food because they are expert hunters. Chapter 4: Geography and Habitat Black leopards can be found in dimly-lit tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia. They can also be seen in some rocky areas and mountain ranges of Africa. Black…

Tiana Cortada Ms. Peters Adv. English Period 3 October 12, 2015 Is Trophy Hunting Worth the Hype? Walter Palmer paid around 55,000 dollars this year to hunt a famous lion in Zimbabwe (Mosbergen 1). The money that Palmer spent is equivalent to an average person’s yearly income. There has been much controversy about Cecil the lion’s death recently. Both hunters and animal conservationists both have strong opinions about the case. To hunters, hunting is a hobby, an activity done for fun. They…

That's the reality for exotic pets in our present day. There is somewhere over a million exotic animals in the U.S. only a few thousands are in zoos. When I say exotic I mean animals from other countries, mostly wild. Such animals would be tigers, lions and other big cats. Or other animals from other countries like a platypus from Australia, or a lemur from Madagascar. Or animals from other environments like taking a polar bear and putting it down in Kansas. There is very flexible laws in…

trees, mainly acacia, and have adapted to have very long legs and necks in order to reach the tops of the trees to feed. Their long tongues also help them to reach their food source. Giraffes can be up to 6 metres tall with their legs and necks reaching up to 1.8 metres. They are herbivores. The main predator of the giraffe is the lion, however, young and wounded giraffes can also be prey for hyenas and leopards. Giraffes breed at any time throughout the year with an average gestation period of…

them from their neck and strangle them to death. Unfortunately, they don’t keep their lunch for long. Even though they hunt in the middle of the day to avid predators, their food still gets stolen. Groups of vultures and other big cats manage to find a way to swipe their nourishment, even when it’s well hidden. In addition, lions and hyenas capture and eat cheetah cubs, while adults are killed by terrifying leopards. Cheetahs have always suffered from predators since the beginning of their…

and killing of animals for food. Excluding Homo sapiens, the animal kingdom has species considered to be top predators in the aquatic, terrestrial, and aerial territory. For instance, the massive great white shark is probably the first animal to be thought of as the top predator of the ocean. However, in 1997, many witnessed an amazing event off the coast of California that changed the perception regarding the position of great white sharks as atop of the aquatic food chain. The…

giraffes are the world’s tallest land mammals. Giraffes weigh between 1,750 and 2,800 pounds. They inhabit the forests and open plains of the African savannah. Giraffes are herbivores and they have only three natural predators which are: humans, lions and crocodiles. They can live to be as old as twenty-five years old, the oldest giraffe on record was forty years of age when she was euthanized due to health issues. Today there are around 80,000 giraffes living and they are far from being…

How many African wild dogs exist in the world? As reported in Animal Planet, there are about 3,000 to 5,500 African wild dog’s left in the wild. Their scientific name is “Lycaon pictus”. Size wise, the African wild dog is roughly the same size as a 6ft tall man. To identify the African wild dog look for fur that is mottled with brown, yellow, black, and white patches. They have large ears that look like Mickey mouse ears. Their eyes have large dark circles around them and the average African…