Okay, you’re driving along in England, admiring the green green green, and then…red…sheep? Yep, there are some stunning sheep out there in the pastures of England. And the green and red together look so Christmas-y. But where did these sheep come from? In the case of the red sheep above and below, their owner used a sheep dye to paint them red “for a bit of fun”. These sheep graze beside a busy highway, causing people to stop and stare. I sure would! But farmers elsewhere color their sheep to make them easy to identify, or to discourage theft. Check out…
Author: I Spy Animals
“White” zebras actually encompass leucistic, blonde, and albino colorations Actual true albino zebras are extremely rare…but there’s a photo of one below. Let’s take a look:
They do exist in nature. And so do black and leucistic elephants. Here are photos of some! (See if you can identify the African and Asian elephants.) Below is a video of an albino baby elephant. You will see its light color and pink eyes toward the end of the video, so feel free to fast forward. Pretty cute!
In 1925, J. L. Clark discovered something unusual in a Detroit house. It was a mouse…that could sing. He captured the mouse and listened to it singing in its cage. It sounded like… …a bird! He gave the mouse to scientists at the University of Michigan, who confirmed that the mouse could, indeed, sing. An article was written about it in 1932, and then mostly forgotten. But in 2004, a scientist studying mice in the wild recorded what sounded like a plaintive wooing song…and discovered it came from a Deer mouse! It has since been determined that male mice sometimes…
There are many different sizes and colors of wolves around the world. Their colors range from white to gold, brown to red. They are even bi-colored and tri-colored wolves. But did you know that ALL of them belong to only one species of wolf?
…you can be hard to love. And maybe a bit scary. And certainly rare. Nicknames for this strange-looking guy? Horsehair Wolf Skunk Wolf Matted Wolf Great Fox and my personal favorite, Red-Fox-on-Stilts Funny thing is, he’s not a wolf OR a fox. So what is he? He’s called a Maned wolf and he’s a type of wild dog…and.. there’s no other wild dog like him on earth! He’s the tallest at 42″ high…a bit taller than a countertop. And he has the longest legs of all dogs…take a look, below: He does look like he’s on stilts! He has a strange roar-bark, but is…
Alligators! They could come up the plumbing and into your bathtub! Right? Well, 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? It’s too cold for them! 🙂 With that said, let’s check out how the alligator is different from the crocodile; take a look at the alligators in the photos below. General: The alligator is found in the southern part of North America and in the eastern part of China. The caiman is smaller in size and lives in South America. Let’s look at…
We are taking a closer look at penguins, starting from the smallest to the biggest. So today, we will look at Little Penguins. Funny thing about them…they’re blue! There are two types: The Fairy penguin (smallest penguin in the world): 1st IK*: Gray-blue feathers on back, white underside. 2nd IK: Flippers have white on trailing edges 3rd IK: Pink on top of feet The White Flippered penguin: 1st IK: Gray-blue feathers on back, white underside. 2nd IK: Flippers have white on leading and trailing edges 3rd IK: Pink on top of feet Little penguins are particularly susceptible to oil in their native waters. When rescued from…
Here it is…but what is it? Raccoon? Fox? They’re called toddycats in English, and musang in Malay. They live in trees, plains, rain forests, and river… and, if you live in Africa or Asia, they just might slip through your backyard at night. They’re even kept as pets. CIVETS! They look like a cross between a weasel and a cat. Or a fox and a mongoose. Or maybe a dog and a lemur? Perhaps a…well, I could go on and on. Hose’s Palm civit (not pictured) is the rarest and least known carnivore in the world, while the Otter civit, below, is just plain rare!…
One of the world’s smallest dolphins! There are only about 25 in captivity, so I was lucky to see two at Sea World in San Diego. I watched them for about 45 minutes, and they both swam around their tank upside-down the whole time. Why?
One of the world’s smallest dolphins! There are only about 25 in captivity, so I was lucky to see two at Sea World in San Diego. I watched them for about 45 minutes, and they both swam around their tank upside-down the whole time. Why? There’s no good reason, but this dolphin loves to spin and leap out of the water; they are very active…so maybe swimming upside-down is just fun! So who is this guy? Well, he’s known as the Panda dolphin, the Skunk dolphin, and the Piebald dolphin, but this little guy’s real name is: Commerson’s dolphin. There…
This is supposed to be a coyote pack. But it’s not. It’s a pack of coyote-dogs. In Bouquet Canyon, where I grew up, we owned five acres in the National Forest (it wasn’t forested, though; it was like desert – juniper and sagebrush). We were basically in the middle of nowhere. And we had dozens of cats. Well, I should say a succession of dozens of cats. These cats were safe from harm around our house and our dogs but like most cats they were too… curious. So in the night they wandered up into the canyon hills behind…