The White Tiger

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 wild dog has four toes instead of the average, which is five. There are only 3,000 to 5,500 African wild dogs…

continue to, receive based solely on tourism. If the number of elephants throughout the continent continue to decrease at the present rate, tourism numbers will decrease as well and the country, as a whole, will be greatly negatively affected. Supporting Argument #3: As of 2013, 1.1 billion human beings lived on the continent of Africa (World Population Review, 2015). That is a relatively large number, in comparison to the other continents, with Asia being the exception. While not all of Africa…

One of the most interesting and intriguing organisms that exists in the Los Angeles area is the owl. Southern California is home to several different species of owls. The three main species are the western screech owl, the great horned owl, and the North American barn owl. They dwell in various types of landscapes, including mountain and valley areas, the desert, as well as city areas populated mainly by humans. The owl that I want to concentrate on is the great horned owl. The owl is…

Their population had dropped to about 20-30 so in 1995 8 Panthers from Texas were introduced to the Everglades in a successful attempt to save the species. The everglades provides plenty of the wildlife that make up the panthers diet. Feral hog, white-tailed deer, raccoon, and armadillo are their main source of food. Occasionally they consume rabbits, rats, and birds, and even alligators. I admire these animals which is why I chose it to write about, however I am glad I didn’t…

1) The two type of grid systems that are shown are: Latitude and Longitude and Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM). Pertaining to Latitude and Longitude, Whitcomb hill is roughly located at: 43° 51’ N. Lat and 72° 20’ W Long. Regarding the UTM system, Whitcomb hill is in Zone 18, 4859 W, 7130950 N. 2) The US state that this map represents is Vermont. 3) The grid system that is not represented on Map 1 is the US Public Land Survey. It doesn’t appear to be represented because around the edges of…

circus in Hunan province, shows trainers tyiong down a Siberian tiger with a rope tied on a metal table, enabling the guests to use the animal as a photo prop. Visitors, adults and children of all sizes, are seen taking turns to take selfies beside it or to sit on the obviously stressed animal. According to Mashable, the victim of such cruelty is believed to be a Siberian tiger, which now has only 540 creatures left in existence.…

Richard Parker, a massive bengal tiger lost at sea for nearly a year with only a teenage boy to keep him company. Or is it the other way around; Pi, a teenage boy with only a tiger to share the boat with? As interesting as it is unlikely, but just who are Pi and Richard Parker? Pi, formally Piscine, grew up at his father’s zoo, the same one where Richard Parker came upon. As the story states, the tiger was initially named Thirsty because he was caught while drinking, yet there had been a…

One of the first appearances of lion statues in China dates back to the early Han Dynasty. Asiatic lions were very common in historical art and can even be seen in modern day China. The concept of the lion statue was fist introduced to Han China as the protecter of daharma, and was seen mostly in religious art. Often times, the lions were constructed as imperial tributes, and set up to protect the wealthy and the land they managed. Seen as regal beasts, strong and courageous, they were made to…

fingernails.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…

Iberian lynx The Iberian lynx is the most endangered feline species in the world. They usually have a litter size of about 3. Rarely do more than 2 kittens live. They can typically live for 13 year. They live in the Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands and Scrub of Portugal and Spain primarily. Their current population size is about 100-200 right now. I think that the Iberian lynx population is in trouble because of habitat loss and lack of food, illegal hunting and people driving recklessly and…