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Elephants can't jump.
Due to the enormous weight, the bones and ligaments of the joints would not withstand overloads during repulsion and landing.
a stubborn hyena manages to steal an antelope from a leopard who has not dragged his lunch high enough up a tree
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The peacock spider Maratus volans belongs to the racehorse spiders and lives in Australia. This is one of the spiders whose brightly colored males "dance" in front of the females.
These are small spiders, their body length is only 5 mm. Males have a brightly colored abdomen (orange, blue and red markings) and unusual mating behavior; females are nondescript, grayish-brown.
To attract females, males vibrate the abdomen, unfold the lateral plates of the abdomen, lift the legs and abdomen up and move ("dance") from left to right. If the female has no interest, she can catch and eat the boyfriend.
The raised and vibrating third pair of male legs is characterized by a longer length and coloration, as well as the presence of a bunch of white hairs on the top. At rest and in the absence of a female, males fold their bright fan (wrap it around the abdomen)
Gray wolves eat blueberries!
Wolves actually crave berries and other fruits, during their growth period, berries can make up 80% of the wolf pack's diet
The red-crested Tauraco erythrolophus inhabits forests and savannas in Angola, Congo and Zaire in Africa.
The body length of this turaco is about 40 cm . Its distinctive feature is the red crest on the head and the outer toes, which move back and forth. There are no differences in size and color between male and female.
This bird, as a rule, lives in the crowns of trees and rarely descends to the ground. The red-crested turaco flies well and crawls through trees. Its diet consists of fruits, berries, seeds, snails and insects.
I have found for you a wonderful video with beautiful dances of Japanese (Ussuri) cranes Grus japonensis.
The favorite habitats of the Japanese crane are swampy floodplains of rivers and small lakes with an abundance of strawberries and reeds.
Choosing a partner becomes the most important event in the life of these birds, it is done once and for all. At the same time, cranes throw their heads far back, dance and snap their beaks, making beautiful melodious sounds.
The female always modestly folds her wings, and the male, on the contrary, opens his, making either smooth or rapid movements.
In the ancient Japanese tradition, the crane was considered a bird of happiness. They believed that if a bird approached a person, great luck and a peaceful, peaceful life awaited him. The crane is a symbol of health and longevity.
The world population of Japanese cranes is estimated at no more than 2 thousand individuals...
The Agami heron lives from south Central America to Peru and Brazil.
It is sometimes called the chestnut heron, and in Brazil it is sometimes called Soco beija-flor, which means "hummingbird heron" because of its unique coloring.
It has short legs for a heron and a thin beak that is much longer than the head. Thin pale blue feathers adorn the crown, the sides of the front of the neck and the lower part of the back. The legs, beak and bare spot on the face are dull yellow. During the breeding season, the spot on the face may change color to reddish.
Despite its stunning plumage, this reclusive species prefers shade and overhanging vegetation, which means it is rarely seen.
Agama herons track their prey (fish, frogs, small reptiles and snails) in shallow water in muddy water in forested areas. Often they stand motionless on perches or right in the water, or move very slowly. They rarely wander in open water
See how the cunning heron does not eat bread, but makes long-term investments in order to increase profits - in short, uses it to catch fish!
It looks like it's Butorides striatus, but in this case it doesn't matter - there are similar videos with white herons, we just chose the most beautiful of all: with kids and black swans!
At the age of 4-6 years, bald eagles reach sexual maturity. They create couples for life. The mating games of these birds of prey consist in carefree flight.
Performing in the air together may be an opportunity for a future couple to assess each other's condition. A healthy eagle can move at a speed of 65 km per hour in horizontal flight and at a speed of 160 km per hour in a vertical throw to the ground. For several minutes, the eagles fly, hovering in the clouds. This is where the courtship ends.
The Tasmanian devil (marsupial devil or marsupial devil) Sarcophilus harrisii lives, of course, on the island of Tasmania near Australia.
It is the largest of modern marsupial predators, a dense and squat animal the size of a small dog, resembling a miniature bear. Body length 50-80 cm, tail 23-30 cm. The tail is short and thick; fat reserves are deposited in it, and the tail of a sick or starving animal becomes thin.
Very voracious (its daily food allowance is 15% of body weight), the marsupial devil feeds on small and medium-sized mammals and birds, as well as insects, snakes, amphibians, edible roots and tubers of plants. He often wanders along the shores of reservoirs, finding and eating frogs and crayfish, and on the coast - small inhabitants of the sea, washed ashore.
Being alarmed, Tasmanian devils, like skunks, emit a strong unpleasant smell. Despite their ferocity, even adult marsupial devils can be tamed, and they can be kept as pets.
The puffin Fratercula arctica is a seabird from the puffin family that lives in the Atlantic Ocean. On the ground, the dead end moves, holding the trunk vertically and comically rearranging its short legs, and when it comes in for landing, it desperately flaps its small wings, trying to stay in the air and stretching its paws like a landing gear. Puffins live in colonies, they are very curious and tame birds that can make unexpected pirouettes in flight.
The beak of the puffin is triangular, when viewed from above - narrow. The half of the beak at the tip is orange-red, and the one at the head is slate-gray. The exact proportions of the beak vary depending on the age of the bird.
Over time, the beak deepens, the upper edge bends and a fracture develops at its base. The beak is of great importance for attracting a partner during the breeding season, when a characteristic bright orange color appears on it.
The breeding area of this species includes the coasts and especially the islands of the North Atlantic
The wandering fiddle mantis Gongylus gongylodes, found in India and Sri Lanka, is a type of praying mantis characterized by extremely thin limbs and extensive appendages imitating leaves.
It is not considered a particularly aggressive species. From time to time, the mantis swings its body back and forth, imitating the swinging of a stick in the wind.
The violin mantis specializes in catching flying insects. He can grab a fly right in the air!
This type of praying mantis specializes in eating flying insects. As a rule, he will not chase crickets or other creeping insects.
This is one of the few mantis species that can be safely kept in groups for life. They prefer to eat flying prey and therefore leave each other alone
The Magellan penguin Spheniscus magellanicus belongs to the spectacled penguins and is named after Fernand Magellan, who discovered its habitat. Its main distribution area is South America from Argentina (Patagonia) to Chile, the Falkland Islands and around Cape Horn. He weighs 4-6 kg with a height of up to 70 cm .
One of the most important bird nesting sites in the world is the Falkland Islands. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Magellanic penguins were on the verge of extinction, but thanks to the introduced legislative restrictions, it became possible to preserve the habitat of these birds and somewhat restore their numbers.
These penguins arrive on the islands in September to hatch chicks. They live in burrows dug at a depth of a meter and a half. Interestingly, when entering a burrow or for negotiations with birds swimming near the shore, the Magellan penguin emits a loud and sharp cry, for which he received the unpleasant nickname "donkey" from the locals.
The Brazilian (giant) otter Pteronura brasiliensis is not at all the cute tame animal from Europe that you are used to. The Brazilian otter is not afraid of anyone and nothing and terrorizes everything around.
It is a freshwater animal with a body length of 130-150 cm, plus a tail up to 70 cm, that is, only about two meters. There is a characteristic white or light brown spot on the neck of this otter species.
Unlike its distant relative, the European otter, the giant otter is active during the daytime and is not very fearful. Along the shores of South American rivers, it can be found in groups of five to eight individuals, occasionally even up to twenty. The family settles in a large burrow, the length of which can reach 10 meters or more. Each family controls its own plot.
In the water they hunt for fish, snakes (including anacondas) and water birds, on land they do not disdain rodents and bird eggs. Hunting is organized in groups (the participants of one such hunting group drive fish towards each other)
The desert rain frog Breviceps macrops lives in Namibia and South Africa. Its natural habitat is a narrow strip of sandy shores between the sea and sand dunes.
The desert frog is plump and has bulging eyes, a short muzzle, short limbs and webbed fingers. On the belly side, she has a transparent patch of skin through which internal organs are visible.
Its length is from 4 to 6 cm, its color is yellowish-brown, and sand often sticks to its skin.
Unlike most other frog species, it develops directly from the egg into an adult, bypassing the tadpole stage. She has a strong body with small legs, which is why she can't jump or jump, but instead walks on sand.
Unusually for a frog, it doesn't need water to survive! It is nocturnal, spending the day in a hole dug to a depth of 10 to 20 cm, where the sand is wet. In the morning, it burrows into the sand and its presence can be judged by a small pile of loose sand knocked out as a result of burrowing
Raccoons are immune to most infectious diseases, although they may well be carriers of them.
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The horn of a rhinoceros is made entirely of keratin, and unlike the horns of livestock, there is no horn rod inside it.
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Honduran white bats cling to the leaf in small colonies of 1-15 individuals, such a house reliably protects them from rain and predators.
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Meeting with a curious mountain goat on the Bridger Ridge, which is located at an altitude of 3000 meters.
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The gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus, native to America, is sometimes called a "tree fox" or "cat fox" for a good reason: hooked claws allow it to easily climb trees, escaping from predators, finding food and playing.
The gray fox has a dense build, with shorter paws compared to the red fox, so it is smaller, but its long fluffy tail looks more luxurious than that of its rival.
However, its undercoat does not save from the cold as well as that of the red fox, so the gray fox cannot live in a particularly cold climate.
Gray foxes are monogamous and live with a partner for the rest of their lives. From 4 to 10 foxes can be born to the mother, who have been leaving their parents for 11 months. Perhaps it is because of this ability to fecundity that this species was not on the verge of death.
The annual extermination of the gray fox, for example, in Wisconsin, because of its soft fur, reduced the population of the species to half
The water buffalo is a relative of the feisty African, but unlike that, it is much more good-natured.
His other names are Asian (Indian) buffalo and Arnie. The latter is not in honor of the famous bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger, just the Latin name of this horned miracle is Bubalus arnee.
Adults reach a length of more than 3 m, a height at the withers of up to 2 m, and a weight of up to 1000 kg. The horns reach up to 2 m, they are directed to the sides and back and have a semi-lunar shape and a flattened section.
Wild Asian buffaloes live in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, as well as in Ceylon.
The lifestyle of the Indian buffalo is closely related to reservoirs, preferably with stagnant or slow-flowing water. In the morning and in the evening, buffaloes graze in the cool hours, and aquatic vegetation sometimes makes up to 70% of feed, and during the hot part of the day they lie submerged up to their heads in liquid mud