OLM (PROTEUS ANGUINAS)

It belongs to the ancient kin of salamanders comprising just six varieties, commonly referred to as the olm, mud puppies and water dogs .it is a blind amphibian common to the yawning water of caves. The family diverged from their nearby relations 190 million years ago in the early Jurassic period in the era of the dinosaurs. This predates the 1^st vestige bird by 40 million years. A tiny subpopulation of “black olms” may be a part varieties requiring extra safety.

HOW IT LOOKS?

The olm is a lengthened and slim mythical being with tiny, slim limbs with 3 toes near the front limbs and 2 toes on the hind limbs. The chest is cylindrical and homogeneously broad. The tail is moderately little, tangentially compressed, and bordered by a slim fin. It have defectively urban eyes, which are enclosed with skin in one of the type (P. anguinus anguinus), and have three pink outer gills on each side of the head. It is soft and blind, although their skin-covered eyes are still light perceptive. It has developed a prevailing sensory system of smell, taste, and hearing. Since the pelt is transparent, it is possible to see the olm’s interior organs, making it easy to identify the sex of adults.

TERRITORY

It is present in clean water assets found in dark subversive caves of the Dinaric Alps along the Adriatic Sea, from north-eastern Italy to Bosnia and Herzegovina and possibly Serbia and Montenegro. It may be found in cave opening (especially during high rainfall and flood) and discarded excavate mechanism. Many of the caves within the olm’s range are linked to rivers that run over the earth for the first 50 to 100km and then vanish into the earth.

CATEGORY

It is scheduled in Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of endangered Species because its area of residence is less than 2,000 km sq.

GROCERIES

It is a Europe’s only cave modified vertebrate. They are totally marine variety that can stay alive lacking foodstuff for up to 10 years and live to an age of 58 or more.

Andean Condor

It is the largest flying land bird in the Western hemisphere, with a wingspan of between nine and ten feet. Andean Condor hovered dangerously close to extinction. The species is still endangered by hunting, poisoning, and loss of habitat.

It has a body length of 43 - 51 inches and an 11-foot wingspan. The female weighs seventeen and half to 24 pounds while the larger male weighs 24 - 33 pounds.

Considered as large black vulture with ruff white feathers nearby the base of the neck and, especially in the male, large white patches can be seen on the wings. Their head and neck are nearly featherless, and in dull red color, which may change their color in response to the bird's emotional state. In male, there is a wattle on the neck and a large, dark red comb or caruncle on the crown of the head.

They use to have mainly carrion from large and medium-sized mammals where they cover great distances while soaring in search of food.

Condors usually mature very slowly; they use to live for up to 50 years

Reproduce very rarely, making wild populations very vulnerable. The loss of a few individuals of breeding age could destroy the long-term reproductive potential of a population of Andean Condors. They normally use to lay a single egg that will be incubated for about 59 days. Young birds learn to fly within 6 months of age. Young birds become physically matured at the age of 6 or more.

Emperor Tamarin

Scientific Name:Saguinus imperator
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Family: Cebidea

Distribution Of Emperor tamarin: River drainages in Peru such as the Acre, Purus, and Jurua have populations of emperor tamarins. They are found in the southwest Amazon Basin.

Habitat: They are found in different types of light, dry-bottom to terrestrial dense Amazon forests. They normally reside in trees below 80-95 feet.

Features: Emperor tamarins are between 9-10.5 inches in length with a tail length of nearly 15 inches. It is a light animal weighing just about 10-14 ounces at the age of maturity. There most unique feature is their long, white, drooping mustache. They usually have seen with black or dark grey coat with yellow coats on their back and a brownish-red chest and tail. They have claws on all of their fingers and toes with the exception of the great toe, which has a nail.

Feeding habit: They normally use to have plant matter. They even eat fruit, tree sap, insects, and small vertebrates At times on different types of insects such as locusts, beetles, butterflies, spiders, and ants. Even small vertebrates which include lizards and tree frogs.

Behavior: They are very active in nature especially during the day and are constantly moving. They move from branch to branch with great leaps and jerky movements. Often the emperor tamarin is found living among other groups of emperor tamarins.

Breeding: Several members in their group will be sexually mature. Usually the two oldest males and the oldest female are the members responsible for reproduction. The gestation period is of the last 140-145 days; usually of two or sometimes 3 young ones. Emperor tamarins are sexually mature at the age of 16 to 20 months.

Komondor Dog

Basic characteristic traits of KOMONDOR

The head of the Komondor is large and the muzzles are relatively short and dark. It is basically a muscular flock guardian, with a colossal bone structure.


They have almond-shaped eyes which are dark brown in color and size is of medium. Their Ears are elongated with triangle shape with a rounded tip; they have hanging tail which is long enough. The teeth are in a scissors or level bite.


Females are 27 inches (69cm) at the withers. Male are a minimum of 28 inches at the withers, but many are over 30 inches tall, The external coat merges with the internal coat to form extensive cords that hang flanking the dog.
Weight of these Dogs are to the extent of 125 pounds (59kg.) In Females 10% less.


The puppy coat is soft and fluffy It will take up to 5 years for a puppy to get its full growth.

Life span of the dog is from 10 -12 years.

River Terrapin

It is the largest of Asian river turtles; it is also the most endangered species of all. This can grow up to 60 cms in length. Some places it is called Mangrove Terrapin as mangroves.

The river terrapin found in the rapid currents of Indian forests and the island of Sumatra. Small population can be found near the sandy roasts of eastern India and some of the nearby islands.

Peculiar features of this turtle include an upturned snout and four toes against five for other turtles.

They are basically Herbivores’ in nature.

Their incubation period is of 60 – 90 days.

Shell length is from 50 cm to 60 cm.

Their weight measures from 15 – 35 kgs.

The female river terrapin lays its egg in the month of January and February on sandy banks such as the banks of India's Batagur river, as with the sea turtles the river terrapin has specific places to lay it's egg and gather in many groups of hundred's.

Recent government measures in India place a limit on the number if the river terrapin eggs that can be gathered. A small fraction of these eggs is collected to be artificially incubated and reared in protective environments.

Bali Mynah

The Bali Mynah, also recognized as the Bali Starling, has been near extinction in the wild.

Scientific name: Leucopsar rothschildi
Family: Sturnidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves

CHARACTERISTICS

Weight:

• Its weight is from 85-100 grams.
• Male Bali Mynah is 22.9 cm (9 inches) long and
• Female is 21.8 cm (8.6 inches) long.

Color:

• The Bali Mynah is of all white except for its black wingtips and blue skin patches around the eyes.
  
• It has strong bill of bluish-gray in color and has a dull yellow horn on the tip.
  
• Their legs are of bluish-gray.

Body:

• It has brawny compact body with a round tail, and rigid feathers on forehead.
• This is a perching bird and their feet are well suited to hold on erectly.
• They have Fine grip which spontaneously tighten if they begin to fall backwards. The females are smaller and they are not as beautiful as like males.

BEHAVIOR

• This bird is very friendly.
• If they are not propagating they usually flock together in groups of 30-60 birds. Once after they started to breed males will become aggressive.
• Bali Mynahs are allo-preen and clean each other's feathers.

DIET

• Usually use to eat insects and fruits. They might also may be fed low-iron bird food.

REPRODUCTION

• Breeding occurs during the rainy season from November to April.
• They lay eggs between 2-4 blue-green eggs in tree cavities.
• Nests consist of small twigs and grass.
• Incubation period is for 13-16 days by both or just the female. While they are young, both parents use to feed them.
• After 15-25 days the young start to fledge but they are still fed by their parents for a few more weeks after they start fledging.
• The young shed their juvenile feathers and get their adult plumage just months after they leave the nest.