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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