Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
World Wildlife Fund’s Poster
How many endangered animals can you spot in the World Wildlife Fund’s poster warning about deforestation?
Now you see them, now you don't - a striking portrayal of animals hidden in a rain forest which could all be wiped out as a result of deforestation are revealed in a poignant poster.
The poster from wildlife campaigners WWF shows everything from a lion to an elephant which have all been skilfully concealed in a jungle vista.
The animals are camouflaged as if they are part of the tropical and lush undergrowth, but in fact what appears to be a tree trunk or vine is actually a lot more.
Hidden depths: At first glance this looks like a picturesque image of a leafy rainforest.
The poster - part of campaign to highlight the damage of deforestation - was aimed at getting the public to take a moment to consider how many animals could be lost if deforestation continues at it's current rate.
Forests still cover around 30 percent of the world's land surface but they are being felled at a rate of nearly 30 square miles a year - roughly an area the size of Panama.
During the past 40 years, close to 20 percent of the Amazon rain forest has been cut down more than in all the previous 450 years since European colonisation began
This poster was plastered along busy stretches of the Paris Metro underground and featured in Lonely Planet magazine.
Marine Garcia, from design agency Marcel, said four artists worked meticulously on the poster to try and conceal the animals from the public
just enough to make them work to see them.
She said: 'The point of this poster was to let people know that deforestation does not only kill trees, it is also killing wildlife too.
'The animals are hidden because soon we might really not be able to see them again.'
The Worlds Smallest Horse - Koda
A dwarf horse Koda
This is not just a dwarf horse. This is a dwarf among dwarf horses. Koda is so small that people often mistake him for a toy with batteries. Veterinarians are surprised that in his 13 months of this horse is still alive and well, despite a bunch of congenital health problems. He endured several operations on his feet. Soon to be carried out dental surgery - his teeth are too big for such a jaw. A mane of hair, which grows in the wrong direction, we decided to take just the charm of a baby. Doctors say that Koda is very courageous, he takes medication for the little man, understands. He has every chance to live a long and happy life. And while he walks with the seals, which live at the veterinary clinic - always a pleasure to walk with someone who is like you to grow.
Top 5 Most Amazing Snakes
1. Naja ashei
With their deadly venom and famous “hooded” threat display, cobras are easily the world’s most iconic, most dramatized reptiles, and none are as fearsome as the various “spitting” cobras, who can spray venom several feet from their fangs with muscular contraction, often aiming deliberately for the eyes of attackers and capable of causing blindness. Naja ashei, a species from Kenya, is the largest and most venomous spitting cobra in the world, reaching lengths of up to nine feet from head to tail.
2. Eunectes murinus
No list of snakes is complete without the green anaconda, the heaviest alive today and one of the world’s longest predators. While their typical recorded length is up to sixteen feet, reports of anacondas over thirty feet in length have circulated for centuries. Like all constrictors, they wrap their bodies around prey to restrict breathing and kill by asphyxiation, swallowing the prey whole when it finally stops struggling.
3. Scolecophidians
“Blindsnakes” or “threadsnakes” are another group of burrowers, nonvenomous but quite a bit weirder than our last serpent. With eyes covered over by thin scales,tubular worm-like bodies and mouths tucked underneath their heads, these animals are completely adapted to a fossorial (burrowing) lifestyle, and feed primarily on soft subterranean insects such as termites and ant larvae. Some species even possess tiny, movable finger-like sensory growths on their snouts,much like a star-nosed mole.
4. Atractaspis
The “stilleto” snake has also been called a “mole viper” and “burrowing asp.” Though highly venomous, it spends most of its time tunneling through soil with little or no room to open its jaws and strike. Instead, it possesses switchblade-like “pop out” fangs, which it hooks into subterranean prey by jerking its head backwards, hooking into their flesh.
5. Pareas iwasakii
This tiny but rather large-headed Japanese has one of the most oddly specific diets in the animal kingdom; its asymmetrical jaws are adapted for preying entirely upon snails…so long as their shells spiral clockwise. A once rare mutation is known to produce snails with counter-clockwise shells, and since these provide a greater challenge to the snakes, the “mirrored” snails may be growing steadily more common.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
