This cute little guy is a Nudibranch (nu-dih-brank), one of the most colorful creatures in the world. These amazing sea slugs are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms. So far, more than 3000 species of these little moving rainbows have been discovered…but there are probably more out there! Take a look at some of them below. They look like fancy candies or ice cream yummies, don’t they? And though they look scrumptious, I’ll resist the idea of popping one in my mouth! But I am astounded by the fact that…
Author: I Spy Animals
You see them by country roads; in dairies, and grazing in the fields. They all look the same. They’re just cows…. But I bet you haven’t seen some of the strangest cattle in the world. Let’s take a look:
What are we talking about? Giraffes, of course. You see one, you’ve seen ’em all. But that’s not true. Amazing as the above giraffe is, he’s not the only type out there. There are more. Eight more!
So we’ve all heard about the wolf in sheep’s clothing. But what about the wolf in jackal’s clothing? Yes, it happened.Last year, some people thought that there was something funny going on in the jackal world…and found that the Egyptian jackal is not a jackal at all.How was that discovered? Using DNA coding, a way to find similarities and differences between species.Here’s an example of what the DNA code looks like for a heron: When scientists checked the DNA of the Egyptian jackal, the DNA code didn’t look like it was supposed to. It looked like…well…like the DNA of…
Alligators! Dumped as babies into the plumbing of the Big Apple, they’ve grown to monstrous size. And they might come back up the pipes and into your bathtub… right? Well, just in case the picture above has you concerned, there’s no hard evidence that there are gators in the sewers of New York. Why not? New York is too cold for an alligator to survive there in the wild. 🙂 Of course, who knows about sewers in warm cities. Ha ha Crocodilians are cool and toothy looking, but the three main…
There are birds out there. Birds you may have never seen or heard of. Big birds. And they’re angry. The most dangerous birds on earth… Attitude: Bad Weaponry: Formidable…want to see?
While a team of Saber-tooth tigers would be a fun ride, I don’t happen to own any Saber-tooths at the moment. I DO have a sheltie, though. So my style is probably more like this: Okay, I had to post this gorgeous photo of REAL dog sledding. Dogs can sled 90 miles in one day! Dogs pulling people around is as old as time, but you have to check out these other animals that pull, or even carry, people! Riding a buffalo!Who knew you could do that? Did you know you can ride the Texas Longhorn? Now, wait! People can actually…
This wonderful golden eye belongs to an elephant, an amazing animal who is as smart as a dog or dolphin! There are three kinds of elephants living in the world. When we are done looking at all three, you should be able to tell the difference between: African bush elephants African forest elephants Asian elephants We will also look at some extinct elephants that might be familiar to you: Mammoths Mastodons Stegodons But to get you started, I have pictures of the three types that exist today…what differences can you see in them?
You’re watching Animal Planet and the camera zooms in on five lions lazing in the sun. You think, hey, a pride of lions. In the distance, you notice wildebeest, hundreds of them … a whole herd. You glance at the aquarium next to your TV and notice that, as usual, your six neon tetras are moving together in a school. Then your pack of four Yorkies jumps up on the couch with you, searching for the cheese puffs they know you’ve dropped. Pride, herd, school, pack; these are words that describe bunches of the same animal. Easy. But what would…
They’re black and knowing. Denizens of graveyards and Edgar Allen Poe’s imagination. These birds were feared as omen-bringers and symbols of death. A group of them is known as a conspiracy; or even a murder… But they’re intelligent. So intelligent that maybe we humans should keep a closer eye on them. Why? #6 – They Remember Your Face… and They Hold a Grudge Seven crows were captured by skin-masked researchers, then tagged and released back onto the college campus where they were found. Thereafter, whenever the crows saw the researchers walking around campus in those masks, they would “scold”…
Remember Lazarus? Jesus raised him up alive after he had been dead in the grave three days. But in the scientific world, some animals have been raised from the dead after eons of time have gone by. I’m talking about the Lazarus Taxon…or Lazarus Effect: species thought to be extinct, then found to still be in existence today. In 1938, the curator from a South African museum, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, was checking out the catch of a local angler. Here’s what she found: “I picked away at the layers of slime to reveal the most beautiful fish I had ever seen,” she…
They aren’t fish, so their name has been changed… …to Sea Jellies Which I like better than their old name… Jellyfish. A sea jelly is made of the top part, called the umbrella, and the bottom part, called the bell. Many live upside down, looking like plants on the ocean floor. But there is so much amazing beauty in a sea jelly, that you need to see more right now… Oooh, I love that snowflake jelly. And the little spaceship one… (well, they all kind of look like spaceships) They do have real names…look at the photos above and see if you can pick…