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In this post there will be scary, nasty, cute, kind, beautiful, incomprehensible animals.
Plus a short commentary about each. They all really exist
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SNAP TOOTH- a mammal from the order of insectivores, divided into two main species: the Cuban slittooth and the Haitian. The animal is relatively large compared to other types of insectivores: its length is 32 centimeters, its tail is on average 25 cm, the weight of the animal is about 1 kilogram, and its body is dense.


MANED WOLF. Lives in South America. The long legs of the wolf are the result of evolution in matters of adaptation to the habitat; they help the animal to overcome obstacles in the form of tall grass growing on the plains.


AFRICAN CIVET- the only representative of the genus of the same name. These animals live in Africa open spaces with high grass from Senegal to Somalia, southern Namibia and in the eastern regions South Africa. The size of the animal can visually increase quite significantly when the civet raises its fur when excited. And her fur is thick and long, especially on the back closer to the tail. The paws, muzzle and tail end are completely black, most of the body is spotted-striped.


MUSKRAT. The animal is quite famous due to its sonorous name. It's just a good photo.


PROCHIDNA. This miracle of nature usually weighs up to 10 kg, although larger specimens have also been observed. By the way, the length of the echidna’s body reaches 77 cm, and this is not counting their cute five to seven centimeter tail. Any description of this animal is based on comparison with the echidna: the legs of the echidna are higher, the claws are more powerful. Another feature of the echidna’s appearance is the spurs on the hind legs of males and the five-fingered hind limbs and three-fingered forelimbs.


CAPIBARA. Semi-aquatic mammal, the largest of modern rodents. It is the only representative of the capybara family (Hydrochoeridae). There is a dwarf variety, Hydrochoerus isthmius, which is sometimes considered as a separate species (lesser capybara).


SEA CUCUMBER. HOLOTHURIA. Sea egg pods, sea ​​cucumbers(Holothuroidea), a class of invertebrate animals such as echinoderms. Species eaten as food are common name"trepang".


PANGOLIN. This post simply could not do without him.


HELL VAMPIRE. Mollusk. Despite its obvious similarity with octopus and squid, scientists have identified this mollusk as a separate order Vampyromorphida (lat.), because it is characterized by retractable sensitive whip-shaped filaments.


AARDVARK. In Africa, these mammals are called aardvark, which translated into Russian means “earthen pig”. In fact, the aardvark is very similar in appearance to a pig, only with an elongated snout. The structure of the ears of this amazing animal is very similar to that of a hare. There is also a muscular tail, which is very similar to the tail of an animal such as a kangaroo.

JAPANESE GIANT SALAMANDER. Today it is the largest amphibian, which can reach 160 cm in length, weigh up to 180 kg and can live up to 150 years, although the officially registered maximum age is giant salamander is 55 years old.


BEARDED PIG. IN different sources The bearded pig is divided into two or three subspecies. These are the curly bearded pig (Sus barbatus oi), which lives on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Sumatra, the Bornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus barbatus) and the Palawan bearded pig, which live, as the name suggests, on the islands of Borneo and Palawan, as well as on Java , Kalimantan and the small islands of the Indonesian archipelago in South-East Asia.




SUMATRAN RHINO. They belong to the odd-toed ungulates of the rhinoceros family. This type Rhinoceroses are the smallest of the entire family. The body length of an adult Sumatran rhinoceros can reach 200–280 cm, and the height at the withers can vary from 100 to 150 cm. Such rhinoceroses can weigh up to 1000 kg.


SULAWESI BEAR COUSCUS. An arboreal marsupial living in the upper tier of the plains tropical forests. The fur of the bear cuscus consists of a soft undercoat and coarse guard hairs. Coloration ranges from gray to brown, with a lighter belly and limbs, and varies depending on the geographic subspecies and age of the animal. The prehensile, non-haired tail is approximately half the length of the animal and serves as a fifth limb, making it easier to move through the dense tropical forest. The bear cuscus is the most primitive of all cuscus, retaining primitive tooth growth and structural features of the skull.


GALAGO. Its large fluffy tail is clearly comparable to that of a squirrel. And his charming face and graceful movements, flexibility and insinuation, clearly reflect his cat-like traits. The amazing jumping ability, mobility, strength and incredible dexterity of this animal clearly show its nature as a funny cat and an elusive squirrel. Of course, there would be a place to use your talents, because a cramped cage is very poorly suited for this. But, if you give this animal a little freedom and sometimes allow him to walk around the apartment, then all his quirks and talents will come true. Many even compare it to a kangaroo.


WOMBAT. Without a photograph of a wombat, it is generally impossible to talk about strange and rare animals.


AMAZONIAN DOLPHIN. Is the largest river dolphin. Inia geoffrensis, as scientists call it, reaches 2.5 meters in length and weighs 2 quintals. Light gray juveniles become lighter with age. The Amazon dolphin has a full body, with a thin tail and narrow muzzle. A round forehead, a slightly curved beak and small eyes are the characteristics of this species of dolphin. Occurs Amazonian dolphin in rivers and lakes Latin America.


MOONFISH or MOLA-MOLA. This fish can be more than three meters long and weigh about one and a half tons. The largest specimen of the sunfish was caught in New Hampshire, USA. Its length was five and a half meters, there is no data on weight. The shape of the fish’s body resembles a disk; it was this feature that gave rise to the Latin name. The moon fish has thick skin. It is elastic, and its surface is covered with small bony projections. The larvae of fish of this species and young individuals swim in the usual way. Adults large fish swim on their side, quietly moving their fins. They seem to lie on the surface of the water, where they are very easy to notice and catch. However, many experts believe that only sick fish swim this way. As an argument, they cite the fact that the stomach of fish caught on the surface is usually empty.


TASMANIAN DEVIL. Being the largest of modern predatory marsupials, this animal is black in color with white spots on the chest and rump, with a huge mouth and sharp teeth has a dense physique and a stern disposition, for which, in fact, he was called the devil. Emitting ominous screams at night, massive and clumsy Tasmanian devil looks like little bear: the front legs are slightly longer than the hind legs, the head is large, the muzzle is blunt.


LORI. Feature lori – big size eyes, which may be bordered by dark circles, with a white dividing stripe between the eyes. The face of a loris can be compared to a clown mask. This most likely explains the animal's name: Loeris means "clown".


GAVIAL. Of course, one of the representatives of the crocodile order. With age, the gharial's muzzle becomes even narrower and longer. Due to the fact that the gharial feeds on fish, its teeth are long and sharp, located at a slight angle for ease of eating.


OKAPI. FOREST GIRAFFE. Traveling around Central Africa, journalist and African explorer Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) repeatedly encountered local aborigines. Having once met an expedition equipped with horses, the natives of the Congo said to the famous traveler what they have in the jungle wild animals, very similar to his horses. The Englishman, who had seen a lot, was somewhat puzzled by this fact. After some negotiations in 1900, the British were finally able to purchase parts of the skin of the mysterious animal from the local population and send them to the Royal Zoological Society in London, where the unknown animal was given the name “Johnston's Horse” (Equus johnstoni), that is, it was assigned to the equine family . But imagine their surprise when a year later they managed to get a whole skin and two skulls of an unknown animal, and discovered that It looked more like dwarf giraffe times ice age. Only in 1909 was it possible to catch a living specimen of Okapi.

WALABI. TREE KANGAROO. The genus of Tree kangaroos - wallabies (Dendrolagus) includes 6 species. Of these, D. Inustus or the bear wallaby, D. Matschiei or Matchisha's wallaby, which has a subspecies D. Goodfellowi (Goodfellow's wallaby), D. Dorianus - the Doria wallaby, live in New Guinea. In Australian Queensland, there are D. Lumholtzi - Lumholtz's wallaby (bungari), D. Bennettianus - Bennett's wallaby, or tharibina. Their original habitat was New Guinea, but now wallabies are found in Australia. Tree kangaroos live in tropical forests mountainous regions, at altitudes from 450 to 3000m. above sea level. The body size of the animal is 52-81 cm, the tail is from 42 to 93 cm long. Wallabies weigh, depending on the species, from 7.7 to 10 kg for males and from 6.7 to 8.9 kg. females.


WOLVERINE. Moves quickly and deftly. The animal has an elongated muzzle, a large head, with rounded ears. The jaws are powerful, the teeth are sharp. Wolverine is a “big-footed” animal; its feet are disproportionate to the body, but their size allows them to move freely through deep snow cover. Each paw has huge and curved claws. Wolverine is an excellent tree climber and has keen eyesight. The voice is like a fox.


FOSSA. The island of Madagascar has preserved animals that are not found not only in Africa itself, but also in the rest of the world. One of the rarest animals is the Fossa - the only representative of the genus Cryptoprocta and the largest carnivorous mammal, living on the island of Madagascar. Appearance The Fossa is a bit unusual: it is a cross between a civet and a small puma. Sometimes the fossa is also called the Madagascar lion, since the ancestors of this animal were much larger and reached the size of a lion. Fossa has a squat, massive and slightly elongated body, the length of which can reach up to 80 cm (on average it is 65-70 cm). The fossa's paws are long, but quite thick, with the hind paws being higher than the front paws. The tail is often equal to the length of the body and reaches up to 65 cm.


MANUL approves of this post and is here only because he has to be. Everyone already knows him.


PHENEC. STEPPE FOX. He assents to the manula and is present here insofar as. After all, everyone saw him.


NAKED MORAVARY gives the Pallas's cat and fennec cat pluses in their karma and invites them to organize a club of the most fearful animals in the RuNet.


PALM THIEF. Representative of decapod crustaceans. The habitat of which is West Side Pacific Ocean and tropical islands Indian Ocean. This animal from the family of land crayfish is quite large for its species. The body of an adult reaches a size of up to 32 cm and a weight of up to 3-4 kg. For a long time it was mistakenly believed that with its claws it could even split coconuts, which he then eats. To date, scientists have proven that crayfish can only feed on already split coconuts. They, being its main source of nutrition, gave the name palm thief. Although he is not averse to eating other types of food - the fruits of Pandanus plants, organic substances from the ground and even their own kind.

How to determine the presence of a vole mouse in a summer cottage, effective methods rodent control? These questions interest many gardeners. But which of them show the best results, how to prevent a new rodent invasion? Everything you need to know about voles can be found in the following material.

Features and description of the rodent

The vole mouse differs from its relatives in its small size. An adult can reach no more than 13 centimeters in length, with the tail taking up the majority (up to 70%). The mouse has a pointed muzzle and small brown eyes. The animal's ears are tilted slightly forward, but pressed to the head. A seemingly cute rodent causes irreparable damage agriculture, despite its small size.

The mouse's fur is very coarse and tough. In most cases, the color of the rodent is beige, gray or brown. The abdomen of the mouse is colored White color, there is a clear black line on the back. The exact color of a rodent depends on its age, young individuals are dark in color, slightly older mice are lighter in color, older rodents are almost beige and have gray hairs.

Mice live in natural shelters or in self-dug holes. What is noteworthy is that small animals are able to dig a hole up to four meters in length. One exit necessarily leads to a reservoir; the burrow also includes a nesting area and several storage areas for food supplies. The latter are usually located at a depth of more than one meter. Favorite places pest habitats are swamps.

Vole mice differ from their relatives in some features that make it easy to recognize a rodent:

• voles are the only representatives of the rodent class that have a black stripe on their back;
• in size, field mice are slightly larger than their relatives;
• voles are very similar to daurian hamsters, the only distinctive feature– presence of a long tail;
• unlike other species, the vole has a long period of puberty - about 100 days;
• mice love to settle in feeding areas, destroying the harvest;
• Voles also have one feature that is not characteristic of other species - they are able to settle near swamps.

Interesting to know! Rodents are active in the evening and at night. In autumn and winter they are awake even during the day. It is noteworthy that mice do not hibernate for winter period of the year.

Reasons for appearance

Why do voles appear in summer cottages? Rodents need food, constant availability of water and heat. All these qualities are possessed by warehouses and basements that are available in the country. Rodents are also able to feast on human supplies located in secluded corners of the kitchen. Paths for pests to pass include: ventilation ducts, open windows and doors, cracks in the floor and walls.

It is very easy to spot a pest in your summer cottage. The main signs of animal activity are the presence of minks and feces throughout the house, in secluded places. Pests also leave their marks everywhere. This is due to the fact that rodents’ teeth grow throughout their lives and need to be sharpened. What does a vole eat? It is common for mice to gnaw the bark of trees and the lower parts of bushes in the winter.

Harm to humans

When a rodent enters the cellar, it completely destroys all winter supplies. In spring, pests feed on young shoots and bark, causing significant damage to the crop that has not yet emerged. Considering the damage caused by mice, immediately begin exterminating rodents, otherwise loss of food and plantings in the garden cannot be avoided.

How to get rid of a mouse-vole

Humanity has come up with many methods to combat voles, all of them can be divided into several main categories:

• , which are time-tested;
• physical methods that involve the use of mechanical devices: traps, traps, mousetraps. This category includes the natural enemy of mice - the cat;
• chemicals: various aerosols, poisons, poisonous baits. show excellent results, but are often dangerous for humans or animals living on the territory of the dacha.

When selecting the desired method against voles, take into account the characteristics of the room in which there are pests and the presence of animals.

Folk remedies and recipes

Folk recipes against voles:

Many people prefer to use proven mechanical methods, but keep in mind that you will have to regularly remove the carcasses of dead individuals. If the number of rodents is very large, then the bait may not work (the mouse may eat the bait and dodge the mousetrap). Many people prefer to have a cat, but “fluffies” live in the country with their owners only until winter. Not every cat is able to instill fear in mice; most pets themselves are afraid of rodents or simply do not want to hunt them.

Homemade traps show excellent results:

Chemicals

Effective drugs:

• wax tablets "Storm". Place the product in boxes, holes, and drainage pipes. The tablets have a repellent effect; if a pest tastes the product, it will die within two weeks;
• universal “Granules”. They are made from natural wheat grains. The product has a cumulative effect (an infected mouse carries the poison on its paws and fur, affecting its relatives);
• glue "Musquidan". Effectively copes with voles not only in the summer cottage, but also indoors. It is recommended to apply it to cardboard and place the bait in the middle. If the mouse gets on the glue, it becomes tightly glued and quickly dies.

You can get rid of voles by populating your summer cottage natural enemies: owls (one individual eats up to two thousand mice per year), martens, and foxes feed exclusively on mice and voles. Weasels are capable of penetrating rodent burrows and destroying their offspring.

The field mouse is a dangerous rodent that can destroy a lot of crops. If a pest is detected, immediately begin to fight it, use useful recommendations specialists.

The high incidence of hemorrhagic or, as it is popularly called, “mouse” fever was the reason for an unscheduled meeting of the sanitary and anti-epidemic commission (SPEC) of the administration of the Karakulinsky district municipality.

As explained chief physician Karakulinskaya RB E.V. Babikov, the epidemic situation regarding the incidence of HFRS in the republic remains tense.

In her report, Elena Viktorovna cited the following figures: over 11 months of 2017, 2022 cases of the disease were registered in the Urals, which is 3.5 times higher than in 2016. The incidence rate in the Urals region exceeds the Russian average by 28 times. Largest quantity cases are observed in Izhevsk and adjacent areas. Ours is no exception. The territory of the region is an active natural center. Over the 11 months of 2017, 3 cases of HFRS were registered. These are all adults. Cases of the disease in 2017, as in 2016, are mainly associated with agricultural work on private and public farms, with active recreation V natural conditions(fishing, picking berries and mushrooms), the presence of rodents at the place of residence.

According to the results of laboratory studies conducted in the republic, the infection of bank voles with the HFRS virus increased in 2017 to 20.3% (in 2016 - 3.4%).

The forecast for 2018 is unfavorable: the natural focus of HFRS is in an active state, the high number of rodents and their infection with the HFRS virus will remain high. There may be an increase in the incidence of the population and the emergence of group diseases of “mouse fever” in facilities inhabited by rodents.

What to do? Medical workers state: specific measures to prevent HFRS in the form of vaccines or prophylactic medicines No. The main preventive measures are rodent control (deratization), preventing rodents from entering the premises, sanitary improvement of the territory (including the elimination of landfills household waste), maintaining personal hygiene, using products personal protection respiratory organs (masks, respirators) when working or staying in rodent habitats. These parameters are reflected in the SPEC decision on this issue. Recommendations were sent to heads of settlements, heads of industries, enterprises, organizations and institutions of the region. The deadline is June 1, 2018.

Control over the implementation of the SPEC decision was reserved by SPEC Deputy Chairman S.A. Sharychev, deputy head of the administration of the Karakulinsky district municipality for the development of the agro-industrial complex.

V. Gibadullina, member of the district SPEC.

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (“mouse fever”) is a viral infectious disease.

The sources of the disease are mouse-like rodents. Infected rodents shed the virus external environment with saliva, urine, excrement. Human infection occurs primarily through airborne dust when inhaling dust infected by rodents. The infection is not transmitted from person to person. Incubation period usually 2-3 weeks from contact with rodents or traces of their activity. The virus infects all organs and tissues of the body, but to a greater extent kidneys suffer. The disease begins acutely with an increase in body temperature to 39-40ºС. After 3-4 days of illness, the temperature decreases, but lower back pain, thirst, and decreased urine output appear. At the first signs of illness, you should immediately seek help medical care. Failure to see a doctor in a timely manner can lead to dangerous complications such as infectious-toxic shock and acute renal failure. Every year, deaths from HFRS are registered in the UR.

A small rodent can reach 9-10 cm in length, and more than half is occupied by the tail.

The body does not exceed 60 mm. The weight of this pest ranges from 20 to 45 g.

The whole body is covered short fur, painted in different colors.

On the back and head it is brownish-red, on the sides it smoothly turns into dark gray and steel. The color of the abdomen is light; silvery and whitish hairs are mixed here.

The ears and paws are smoky in color, as are the sparse hairs on the underside of the tail. The top side is much darker. By winter, the fur on the body lightens, acquiring a more intense rusty color.

The head is round, the nose is elongated and movable, the ears are small and round. The body is dense, oval in shape.

The genus is very small, it includes only 12-14 varieties. The most common in the area post-Soviet republics are 2 of them - red and bank voles.

We may also have the red-gray vole, and in other places the Californian, Shikotan, Tien Shan and Gapper's voles live.

Video

A short video of a bank vole taken in the Moscow Botanical Garden:

Large “squads” of rodents often cause damage to shelterbelts, gardens, groves and forests.

It is possible and simply necessary to fight against forest voles!

The amazing fertility and resistance of these rodents to unfavorable conditions can lead to a real disaster in any private sector.

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Fans Mozilla Firefox, today we will talk about an animal that is directly related to this browser. Its emblem depicts an animal that looks like a fox. But is it? Firefox translates to "fire fox", that's right. But few people know that the Chinese name for the small (red) panda - “hon ho” - has the same meaning. And it is this animal, and not a fox, that is part of the logo of this browser.

Relationship between small and big panda very remote. Many millions of years ago, approximately in the early Tertiary period, their common ancestor lived on Earth, who lived in the territory of modern Eurasia.

There are 2 subspecies of this animal: the western red panda ( Ailurus fulgens fulgens), living in Nepal and Bhutan, and the red panda Staiana ( Ailurus fulgens styani), living in the area southern China and northern Myanmar. The main difference between them is their size and coloring - the red panda Staiana is larger and darker than its western relative.

In nature, red pandas are now found only in a few Chinese provinces (Sichuan and Yunnan), Nepal, Bhutan, northern Burma, and northeastern India. Their habitat is coniferous forests(mostly fir), which alternate with deciduous tree species: oak, maple, chestnut and others. They are necessary for the growth of bamboo - the main food red panda. Such forests can be found at an altitude of 2000-4000 meters above sea level. Most of the year they are shrouded in clouds, which creates favorable conditions for the development of mosses and lichens. You’ll find out why we mentioned them a little later.

Small pandas grow to the size of a large cat, but due to their thick and long fur they appear larger than they actually are. The body length including the fluffy tail is about 80-120 centimeters, and average weight equal to 4-6 kilograms. The short legs are equipped with strongly curved claws, which only partially extend forward, and the feet are covered with short fur, which helps when walking on ice or snow. There is an “extra finger” on the front paws, thanks to which the panda can hold bamboo branches while eating. Externally, males are not much different from females.

Dark abdomen and paws

These animals have a very beautiful coloring - dark or light red, but not everywhere, but mostly on the back, sides and tail. The belly and paws are dark brown or even black. The red tail has light rings. The animal's head is decorated with white areas on the muzzle, on the cheeks, along the edges of the ears and around the eyes.

Red tabby tail

It was not by chance that nature prepared this color for this animal. The red color performs a protective function and allows the red panda, while resting or sleeping, to remain unnoticeable among the red lichens that strew the trunks and branches. coniferous trees, in particular fir.

In the habitats of these animals average temperature air fluctuates around 10-25 degrees and precipitation constantly falls - rain or snow. This means that the fur must retain heat well. During particularly cold periods, in order to keep warm, the panda curls up on branches or in a hollow into a tight ball and covers its head with its tail, like a blanket.

They spend most of their time in trees, where they feel like fish in water. They come down to earth for food. They are most active in evening time, and during the day they make themselves comfortable in hollows and sleep. A long tail helps them maintain balance while in the trees. Descending to the ground, they hold it straight without touching the ground.

Each panda, whether male or female, has its own territory, and a considerable one. For males it is about 5 km 2, and for females it is 2 times less. They mark it with special marks: secretions from the anal glands, urine or piles of droppings, thanks to which the animals immediately learn which neighbors live next to them.

Adults live alone, uniting in groups only during the breeding season, which begins in January. Sometimes you can meet a small group of pandas even in the off season - this is an adult female with her grown-up offspring.

The baby is born only 90-145 days after mating, but a “real” pregnancy lasts only about 50 days. This is explained by the fact that the fetus begins to develop only after a sufficiently long period of time after conception.

Before giving birth, the female builds a nest for herself in a hollow or in a rock crevice. Usually, red pandas give birth to 1-2 cubs, sometimes there may be more, but in the end only one will survive. They develop very slowly. Up to 5 months of age they feed on mother's milk. Initially, the fur of the cubs is colored grey colour and only after 3 months they begin to acquire a red color. The cubs can stay next to their mother for a whole year until a new generation appears. By this period, most often, young animals themselves reach sexual maturity, separate from the female and begin an independent life.

Despite the fact that they are predators, the majority of their diet consists of plant foods (almost 95%). These are primarily young and fresh bamboo shoots, mushrooms, berries and fruits. But sometimes they can snack on small rodents and bird eggs.

As a result, dental system They are like herbivores - the structure of their molars allows them to grind plant food. As we can see, this panda’s food is very low in calories, and in order to get the required amount of energy, the animal has to eat about 2 kilograms of food per day. In zoos they are fed fruits, leaves, bamboo buds, grass, rice cooked in milk and sweet milk.

They have few enemies. This Snow Leopard and man. The second one is much more dangerous than the first one. They can quickly climb a tree from a leopard, but you can’t hide from a person anywhere. Now this animal is listed in the International Red Book under the status of “endangered”. The main reasons for the decline in the number of small pandas are deforestation and hunting them for their beautiful fur, which is used to make hats.

Fortunately for us, red pandas reproduce well in captivity, since zoos have all the favorable conditions for development. In nature, their life expectancy is approximately 8-10 years, while in zoos it is about 15 years.