Africanized Killer Bees

             


                As the name suggests these bees have been Africanized and are DEADLY! In the 1950s a Brazillian scientist got the permission from the government to bring over African honeybee's. He had heard that the African's gained a lot of honey from their bees so he crossbreeds a European honey bee with the African bee to see how much honey he could get. Then one day one of his workers thought it would be a good idea to take out the queen excluders from the hives. The queen excluders are the slot in the hive that allows the worker bees to go into the queen bee's chamber but keeps the queen bee inside the hive. So by taking out the queen excluders, 36 queen bees escaped. Even though they had already crossbreed with European honey bees they continued to breed and so that made the bees much more adaptable to a colder climate. Since they are able to adapt to colder climates they decided to move further north. Many of the bees stayed in Arizona a nice hot temperature that they were used to (since they came from Africa and Brazil) but it was the others who kept moving north and kept adapting to the climate changes. The Killer bees are responsible for over 1000 deaths! They attack in swarms then cover one specific

                                                       
                             Manatee
             Hi everyone I am going to tell you a little bit about the Manatee. I am going to start by telling you a little bit about Manatees. Manatee's look like seals and whales mixed together, funny right. Guess what some people think that since they are so smooth and chubby looking so they call them the teddy bear of the sea.  Manatee's love relaxation 1st of all because they are slow and cannot do much, 2nd of all they do not have many things to do but relaxation. You can usually spot Manatee's during early spring in Florida's coastal rivers. The Manatee's diet is basically sea grass and some other small plants that are easy to suck up. There are 2 other animals in the Manatee's animal family the Du-gong and the Sea-cow. They both look alike to the Manatee.

Proof That God Has a Humor

     

                                                      The Platypus

     Hello, everyone, I'm back with one of the weirdest animals in the world.  It has the feet of the frog, the bill of the duck, the venom of the snake, and it lays eggs like a bird but it is a mammal it's a monotreme. It's the PLATYPUS! Other monotremes are 4 species of echidnas also known as spiny anteater all found in Australia and Papa new guinea. The platypus has very thick fur which like the otter prevents it from getting soaked. The Platypus lives mainly in Austrailia and Papa new guinea. In the spring when the waterfalls cause a current the Platypus thrive. The scientific name for the platypus "Ornithorhynchus anatinus" originated from Greek and ornithorhynchus means "bird snout" and anatinus means "duck-like" in Latin.

The platypus are very intelligent and smart animals the females have to prepare for the up
coming mating and nesting. The females do not give any help to making the nest. The mating season is here now and when the male try's to find a girl the male fights many times with other males. This fighting can be lethal because the male platypus has a spur on his hind leg and can spur his opponent with it and inject venom. When they are done fighting the male bites the female's tail. After the male bites the females tail they start to dance in the water these dances can go to sometimes 20 minutes! They go in figure eights and it is very beautiful to seehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nD_jlutNeM&t=84s.

Animal Safari (fact, fiction)

                                                 Safari Trip
              Once upon a time in a little town there was a family of a Mother, and two twins. The Mothers name was Katie, and the two girls names were Sarah, and Margret. One beautiful Saturday morning Katie awoke the two girls and said wake up sleepyheads it is breakfast time. Hooray said Margret pancakes for breakfast, OOOaaah yawned Sarah good morning Mom, good morning Mom good morning Margret. After the family was ready to make breakfast they all got their aprons on and started making pancakes and it was fun. Once they were seated around the table Katie said grace and then they started eating, girls said Katie I want to talk to you about something very important.
           
                  Girls I have something good to tell you, and something bad to tell you which one do you want to hear first? The good one, the good one alright the good thing is that all of us were invited on a Kenyan Safari would you like to go? Yes Mother, Oh yes Mother we would love to said the twins. The bad news is that your friends Mattie, and Mallea got sick and that is why you are going tomorrow now time to go and pack while I do dishes, yes Mother.

                 The next day they were all waiting at the bus stop at 9:00 am then there it was the bus Yay. Once they arrived at the Safari grounds they all stared Wow they all said it was beautiful there were all sorts of animals. They heard the Safari guide say all aboard, they all got in the jeep and once it was all full they set off. Kenya is usually warm but if it rains it rains hard very very hard. Luckily though today was a beautiful day they saw Elephants, Tortoises, Giraffes, Zebras, Lions, and more, then it was lunchtime. The jeep crew all got out and they started eating lunch, the family sat down and opened their lunch boxes they all started eating. The whole crew heard a monkey overhead and they all laughed he laughed back at them, this conversation went on for a long time then finally it grabbed Margret's sandwich and hurried away with it. Hey cried Margret, Katie, and Sarah all at once give that sandwich back.
                  The monkey accidentally dropped the sandwich and it landed in a pile of dirt, then the Safari guide looked over at the patch of dirt. She said that the pile of dirt was called sod it made the lands of Kenya very rich in soil, the lady apologized to the family and then gave Margret another sandwich. Then they all finished their lunch without any more disruptions. They all had a good sleep that night and returned home in the morning no more monkey troubles. Yay!

   
   

                         The End

                                                  Manatee
             Hi everyone I am going to tell you a little bit about Manatee's and Sassafras trees. I am going to start by telling you a little bit about Manatee's. Manatee's look like seals and whales mixed together, funny right. Guess what some people think that since they are so smooth and chubby looking so they call them the teddy bear of the sea.  Manatee's love relaxation 1st of all because they are slow and cannot do much, 2nd of all they do not have many things to do but relaxation. You can usually spot Manatee's during early spring in Florida's coastal rivers. The Manatee's diet is basically sea grass and some other small plants that are easy to suck up. There are 2 other animals in the Manatee's animal family the Du-gong and the Sea-cow. They both look alike to the Manatee.

                      Sassafras Tree
            The Sassafras tree belongs to the Laurel family. They can usually be found at around 20-60 feet high, but you can rarely find any 100 foot ones. In the summer the female trees produce fruit that is blue purple or red, the fruits are not edible but the roots, stem, and the leaves are edible. In the fall the Sassafras trees leaves all change in color they can turn red, orange, blue, or purple! Native Americans used the Sassafras tree's to cure fever, diarrhea, common cold, toothache, mental disorders, arthritis, sore eyes, kidney failure, insect bites, nosebleed, cuts, and sprained ankles!!!

Snapping Monster

           



           Hello everyone and I am back with THE MONSTER the ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE!!!! You will be amazed at how gentle this ferocious monster can be its gentleness is a sign of God's wonderful creation.


                 An alligator snapping turtle is an amazing animal that has been created it is known to be the largest freshwater turtle in North America its weight wavers from 175 lbs - 220 lbs. This monsters shell length is 66 centimeters for a male and a female is the same. The alligator snapping turtle has many differences from the regular snapping turtle the alligator snapping turtle has a much bigger mouth span and he is much calmer.

             The alligator snapper has an appearance that you would not expect from a turtle you think that turtles are these beautiful things that you can hold without them biting you. That is wrong almost all turtles bite and hunt and eat and kill they are all like that you they cannot get away from having to hunt. All turtles have different ways of hunting the alligator snapping turtle hunts by lying at the bottom of a river, stream, or a pond and they have a little thing that looks like a worm, it also looks like that weird pink string at the back of your throat that is too far up. The fish think that it is a worm and then they come and SNAP!!! he caught dinner!

               The normal snapping turtle hunts just like any other animal he looks around for food and as beautiful as it is it is just as dangerous as the alligator snapping turtle so do not think that turtles are safe and cuddly just please do not cuddle them.

        I hope that everyone that reads this will acknowledge God's beautiful creations.

alligator snapping turtle

alligator snapping turtle eggs

The Awe You'll Find in Your Last Few Breaths

                  The Great Anaconda
                 
                   
                  This wonder of a world is a non-venomous constrictor which means that it squeezes it's prey to death. They are in the water more than any other boa-constrictor. Smaller Camans are a good catch for the Anaconda since their shape is so triangular. When Anacondas are captured they go straight into self-defense mode: looping the rest of their body around their head. A large female fully grown adult Anaconda can grow up to 20 ft long, weigh over 235 lbs, with a width of 12 inches! Just like many other animals, the male Anaconda is quite a bit smaller and thinner than the female Anaconda. Although most animals have a size difference according to gender the Anaconda has the biggest gender difference. The wet season starts in May and lasts through the month of November. The dry season starts in late November and goes through April when the cycle starts again. Before the dry season, the animals feast so they won't completely starve in the dry season. Anaconda's only usually eaten 3-4 times per year. Female Anaconda's need to store up fat for their pregnancy since they do not eat for about 7 months. An Anaconda's digestive system is so strong that they can digest a turtles' shell! They have more than 100 backward facing teeth that help it shove the prey into its mouth.                                                                                                                                                                     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GYR_vCVKVo&t=2180s 
                                                       (If you want to watch the video for yourself visit this link!!)
                                                                                         

                                The King of The River

                           Mother Crocodiles usually lay up to 40 eggs in one clutch. They stay in their eggs for 55 to 110 days. Though the mother never strays too far away from the nest. But once they hatch they have mere seconds before creatures with come and snatch them from the nest. The babies are buried by when they make there way out their high pitch little screams alert the mother that her babies are hatched. Once she gets there, there are usually quite a few dead or taken babies. Then she picks up the remaining babies and scoops them up into her mouth. The nest is usually built near or next to a sheltered watering hole. There are usually large fish, lizards, and other predators that eat more of the hatchlings. The mother at this point hasn't eaten for about 3 weeks so her fat reserves would have basically run out by now. So sad as it is she has to eat some more of the babies.


                             
                               1,million wildebeast cross /Kenya and Tanania in search of better grass they do this twice a year and they eat over 4000 metric tons of grass per day however they have to cross the maro river that is crocodile infested. Just coincidentally crocodiles favorite food is wildebeast. once the wildebeast get to the river bank the younger ones can't resist a long drink since they haven't had a drink for over 4 days on the hot African plain. But the older ones know better than to head straight in. The younger wildebeast proceed into the deeper water and in doing so get closer to the crocodiles crouching at the bottom of the river. Once a wildebeast in in the 4 meter circle around the crocodile it rockets upward hitting it                         

                    

             For more information about the research please take a look at these links.

                                                Hope they help :)

                                 CAUTION: Graphic imigary

Sources: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/crocodile-ancestors-found-in-sahara-1.797090   

               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGd798QJ7LU

               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTtObmn8VN8

The Awe You See in Your Last Few Breaths

My Horse Has a Frog In Its Foot!!!??

      Alright everyone today this post will not be about just an answer or just a question it is about both. Well, all you really need to do now is read.

A horse's full hoof  (foot).

      Okay so on June 15th, 2016 I went horseback riding and I asked my horse riding teacher Hannah why do they call the inside of the horse's hoof (foot) the frog, my teacher is very smart and knows a lot about horses but even she did not know why! So Hannah asked me to research that for both of us. Again here I am doing a blog post from a farm.



        My guess to why the inside of the horse's foot is called the frog is because when you look at the frog the legs point out like the inside of the horse's foot. Now let's see if I got the answer right. The real answer is that the frog of the horse's foot is triangular such as a frogs body. A horses hoof is very delicate it is so delicate because if a rock gets stuck in the horse's hoof or small pebbles get stuck under the horseshoe this will cause the horse to fall, to trip, to be in A LOT of pain, etc.

        Now I will introduce people and things. Alright so the first horse that I rode was named Fairy Tale she was a beautiful well behaved horse I rode her for about 2 weeks and then she was sold, then after her, I had Stewart little who was huge. He was quite the naughty boy sometimes, and then after him, I rode MARSHMALLOW and I still ride him today. He is a wonderful horse. It is like he and I were meant for each other. I have been riding with Hannah for about 1 year now and I really like her. I have been riding Marshmallow for about 3 months and I just learned how to canter with him 4 weeks ago.

       I love horses so much and wish I could ride every single day!


       

I'm Going to Teach you a Lesson About Live Es-cargo

snail slime

  

snail eggs

 


       Hello everyone I'm back. This time with the snail! Some of you might say YUCK! But no these are actually very easy and not disgusting creatures.


 Something very exciting is happening I am getting pet snails so I needed to learn how to take care of these wonderful creatures.
          
       Mom's friend came across her 2 snail sort of climbing each other. She did not know if they were mating or playing. It appears that they were mating and she said that I can have the snail eggs! I am telling you a lot about what I learned about snails but I have only just started.

         Snails are not gross they are cool. There slime is how God created them just like us we move around on feet and legs they get around on slime. Even though they are slow unlike snakes God loves them.  The only thing other than that is just that you have to clean up the slime.
        
  A jar is a good starting home but use a large one, then add a little bit of dirt to the bottom. Drill holes in the top so that the snails can breath don't make them to large or else they with escape. Don't make it to small or they will not be able to breathe. Now you will be ready to put toys and your snails in.

      Snails eat cabbage leaves, radish, sometimes grass, clover is a favorite food turnip leaves, basil, and kitchen waste much more than that probably. The snail is a very unique creature and I think every creature has it's own thing that is cool. You bathe the snail by setting it in a shallow dish of warm water, then you pour more water over it and scrub it with a soft toothbrush.
 
Tip: Cuttle bone is good to put in the snail's container because it strengthen their shells. You can buy one from a pet store.

           Thank you so much for reading this post I hope you learned something and I wouldn't be surprised if one day you had some snails of you own. See you next time for the hyena documentary.


go to that website.

snail

Why are Jalapeno Peppers so Spicy?

   

       This paragraph or two will answer your question  about why jalapeno peppers are spicy.

          They are spicy because of the capsaicin trapped inside the pepper. Capsaicin itself does not taste or smell like anything but they do produce spiciness. Another fascinating thing about these peppers is that casaicin is only found in the jalapeno pepper itself.

       Capaisin is made by the glands which are stored in the placenta of the  pepper the placenta is right under the stem. Alot of people take the placenta and the seeds out since they are so spicy. The placenta is the hottest part of the pepper because it holds the Capsaivin in it.

        Well this was not necessarily about animals but at-least you learned something about God's wonderful design on food. I hope that this little post answered your question about why jalapeno peppers are spicy. Thanks for joining me and see you next time.


http://jalapenomadness.com/about_the_jalapeno-hot_capsaicin.html#.ViVL5vlVhBc

The Piranha

   

  Hello everyone today I learned about the monsterquest team who taught us about the piranha who are a man eating fish! There is a picture of one to the right and that is the red belly Piranha but there are also many other species of them and they also come in different sizes.

            The Piranha can skin the bottom of a boat with their huge and sharp fish teeth they can also eat a goose within minutes if they work together!

      You are probably wondering where the piranha lives. Well keep reading and you will find out.        

The Piranha live in Texas southern Brazil and other tropical areas. The piranhas' usual home is in the warmer climates of south America. The Piranha's teeth look like the lower picture on the right!

      The monsterquest team set out chicken as bate for the Piranha. They waited a while and then came back. No sign of piranha on the chicken, but when check the nets they set out there are a lot of Piranha. They think that they need fresher bate. So they got some fresh chicken. When they came back there were a lot of rips but not from the piranha but by other fish. After that one of the team members went fishing to see some Piranha.You can watch the documentary here on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGIJ247JyuU

      The piranha eat big dead things or small live things. Piranhas have flesh eating teeth that can devour within minutes. Piranhas can travel in schools like the blue jacks but they also can travel on their own like the anglerfish.

        The fishermen were trying to find out if the piranha can live in the same lake all year round. The answer is yes. Of course they can if it is warm enough but if the winter is less than 55 degrees fahrenheit or 13 degrees celsius they will die. If the Piranha lives in lower than 57 degrees fahrenheit they will turn over on their side because it is so cold that they just cannot stand upright. When the Piranha lives in winter there is not much hunting or scavenging because it seems that where they live over the winter there is a lot of food available. 

   

   When you go into the water where they live you should always be careful because you never know if they are together in a school which is very bad because one is bad enough so be careful.

       Goodbye everyone  I hope that you will join me next time on my animal adventure which will be about tasmanian devil.                           

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Crocs and Alligators

        Hi again everyone it is Rainy and today I will be talking a little bit about the differences about alligators and crocodiles and just about the great animal.

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          Did you know that you can tell the difference of an alligator and  a crocodile is that a  alligator has a wider snout but a crocodile has a skinnier  v shaped  snout. Another difference is that a crocodile kind of shows a grin with their teeth. Crocodiles also tend to live in saltier body's of water and an alligator lives in more fresh water.
               Crocodile             Alligator

              I think that alligators and crocodiles are a great sign of God's creation. They are very dangerous but they are still an animal and they are still God's creation so i do not think that people should not like alligators and crocodiles even though they are scary and you might get hurt. I myself don't want to take the risk and go diving with dangerous animals but I like them when they are tamed and wild dangerous or not I just think that since I know of dangerous animals now It's a little scary going swimming in a river lake swamp or creek. If God likes things then I do not see why we don't like some of the animals he loves to.


                    Good bye everyone keep reading and you will probably find me stuck up in an animal adventure like usual.

On the Farm

        

Hello everyone today I will be talking about chickens, goats, and goldfish. A few days ago I went to our friends  house and she lives on a farm and so we got to see some of her animals.

 . At her house she had goldfish I learned that goldfish are very delicate creatures and so that day she decided it would be good to transfer the goldfish into her rain barrel. While she did it she just let the bucket sit there so that the goldfish would get used to the water temperature change. If you do dump them in they will get sick and them might die!


       At her house we got to see her two goats the baby's name was buddy and the mother's name was sunshine. I learned that the goats have their horns as a gift from God and they are used to fight and so if they did not have their horns their life would be harder.      

   

           At her house we also got two see her chickens I learned about the chickens that when they get sunburned there is a pinkish reddish spot on their skin and it is what a chicken's sunburn looks like. Also the chickens instead of having a water bath like we have they have a bath called a dust bath it is very simple they just have to roll around in a little dust pit and they will be clean again.

        At her house we got to play, we got to see her animals, and we even got to have lunch at her house and my sister and I helped.
I can hardly wait for the next time to go to her house.

     

       Hope to see you next time to read about my next exciting animal adventure. Thank you very much for reading my posts.

GPOs

     Hi again everyone it's Rainy,and I have come back with a legend,and a diving expedition.
and attacks with GPO's!

         Today I learned about a gpo which stands for giant pacific octopus.Did you know that there are legends about schila and it was known that it would wait for passing ships and when one came it would attack!The divers said that schila's actions were those like an octopuses and a scientist or diver said that he thinks there is such thing as a great pacific octopus and another scientist said that there could not be so such thing as a 200 arm span octopus!

       The divers in the documentary got into a fight with a octopus two times the first fight was with an underwater camera the octopus was pulling one end while the diver was pulling the other end. Then the second fight was with another octopus pulling out one of the divers breathing thing that attaches to your mouth and the other end to the tank
but anyway he as in the octopus started to pull it out!      

        Now comes the diving expedition!
The divers went at different times of the day so in one day they searched twice one in the morning and one in the night time. The divers said the first time they went in the night they said that it would be their dangerous diving yet. They took the risk and went down anyway they put many underwater camera's underwater and they took a lot of pictures.

         Well that's really all that I learned so keep reading and you'll find me in another exciting adventure with animals.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNZ4cQuhtfM 

       The divers in the documentary got into a fight with a octopus two times the first fight was with an underwater camera the octopus was pulling one end while the diver was pulling the other end. Then the second fight was with another octopus pulling out one of the divers breathing thing that attatches to your mouth and the other end to the tank
but anyway he as in the octopus started to pull it out!      

        Now comes the diving expadition!
The divers went at diferent times of the day so in one day they searched twice one in the morning an one in the night time. The divers said the first time they went in the night they said that it would be thier dangeourest diving yet. They took the risk and went down anyway they put many underwater camera's underwater and they took alot of pictures.

      Bye evryone I will see you next time keep reading at wildanimlplayground.bloggpost.ca.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNZ4cQuhtfM

Bull Sharks and Greenland Sharks: Interesting Facts

 

      Hello everyone it is me again and I am back to share with you some interesting things about the Bull shark and Greenland sharks.
   
    The Greenland shark looked to the divers  to be about 12 feet long! You know that it is a Greenland shark because of its massive body and slow swimming. The Bull shark lives in shallow fresh water. Some people blame the Great White for shark attacks but now that people know about the Bullshark they think that the Bullshark should be blamed for the shark attacks. Now that the people know that the Greenland shark still exists they think that the shark attack on a boy and a man who tried to help him might happen again with another Greenland shark!
     
      The Greenlands live in Greenland, Iceland, and some of the arctic circle, and some of Europe!

       One day some fishermen were fishing out in the river and they caught something but it was hard to pull the net back in. It appears that they had caught half a-dozen bull sharks but one of the sharks got  away. It is very hard for me to understand because the picture shows bull shark that look like fish and then when they show the shark that got away and its fin that sticks out of the water is huge and so either that the half a-dozen sharks were small or the one that got away was big.

        So remember that a greenland is a greenland because it is huge and slow,and a bull shark because it lives in very shallow water and they live in freshwater rivers.

       So keep reading and you will have another exciting adventure with me. Bye

Welcome to Rainy's Wild Animal Playground Blog

     Hello evryone my name is Rainy, and I love animals. As of right now I am an animal loving 7 year old.

      For school I do lots of things such as Bible study, math, french and other things. If  I get my schoolwork done on time my Mom lets me watch animal documentarys which I love.

      I like scary and dangoureous things like crocodiles, and sharks and things like that. I used to watch the crocodile hunter but I think I watched all of the vidoes so many times that I have to admit I got kind of tired of it. Whenever my sisters watch the documentaries with me Whisper always says "this is to scary" so I put on another one and when Whisper does that it is pretty funny.
     
        When I am older I am pretty sure that I want to be an animal ranger so that I can save endangered spiecies of animals like elephants, sharks, camans, crocodiles and many others. My brain is filled with animal stuff or animals. At my home I have a dog, and a cat, we also babysit our friend's dog.

       Keep following me on my blog and hear about the next animal adventure I have.

Rainy