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Cuddling reduces social anxiety and releases Oxytocin, which inspires positive thinking. It helps you have an optimistic outlook on the world. Which means when you get a cuddle right as you arrive you're going to feel happier and more social going in. You'll feel like you can charm everyone. And with oxytocin coursing through your system, you will!
Canada Goose Gosling. The eggs typically take about a month to incubate. The process is faster the farther north the geese nest since the summers are shorter. The baby geese peck at their shells with the 'egg tooth' found at the end of their bill. It takes 1 to 2 days for them to free themselves from the egg. The newly hatched babies (called 'goslings') are able to swim immediately. The male and female goose both accompany the babies during their swims. Goslings can dive and swim for 30-40 feet underwater and they eat almost continuously to attain growth for the first migration flight. IMG_5790
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
All the cuddling and impressive exhibitions didn't help the male much because after half an hour of trying the female turned her back on him. She is to the right in the picture.
Rengat (on the left) and Brytne - are there more Sumatran cubs in Toronto Zoo's future?
Kali, daughter of Rengat and Brytne, underwent an operation Thursday, February 26, to remove parts of a rubber toy which she had been eating and which had become caught somewhere in her innards. Zoo officials say her progress is good and they expect a full recovery. There has been no official report released on the condition of the toy.
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My sidekick, shopping buddy and partner in crime... There is no one else like her in all of SL and I am proud to count her as not only a friend but family too. She has always been there for me when I needed someone to vent to, a shoulder to cry on and so much more...
I miss you
Zebra cuddles Tanzania_w_0920
Zebra Facts
1. Zebras come in three different species. They are the Grevy’s zebra, the mountain zebra, and the plains zebra. Of the three species, the Grevy’s zebra and the mountain zebras are on the list of endangered species.
2. The only place to find zebras living in the wild is on the continent of Africa.
3. Zebras can reproduce year round and the gestation period lasts between 12 and 13 months. The size of a litter for zebras is one foal, or baby zebra.
4. A zebra’s lifespan ranges between 30 and 35 years. In captivity, they often live as long as 40 years.
5. Zebras can range in size between 4 to 5 feet tall and between 7 and 9 feet in length. The Grevy’s zebra is the biggest as they can weigh from 770 to 990 pounds.
6. Zebras are part of the horse family and can run as fast as 35 mph. Baby zebras can begin running about one hour after they are born.
7. Zebras sleep while in a standing position.
8. Zebras have both day and night vision.
9. The position of a zebra’s ears shows what kind of mood that they are in.
10. A group of zebras is called a harem. A male zebra is called a stallion while the name for a female zebra is a mare. The baby zebras are foals.
11. Zebras are social animals. They prefer to be in groups when they are grazing or when they are sleeping so they can have a warning in case a predator approaches them. Many times, one zebra stays awake to watch for predators while the others sleep.
12. Zebras lose their habitats due to a variety of threats, including being hunted for their own skin and competition over food, water, and other resources. The expansion of farmland in certain areas is also a threat to their habitat.
13. There are currently about 750,000 plains zebras in existence. There are also about 2,500 Grevy’s zebras, which has dropped from a population of about 15,000. There are also fewer than 2,500 mountain zebras in the wild.
14. The most common predators for zebras are lions, wild dogs, hyenas, leopards and cheetahs.
15. When a predator chases a zebra, the zebra will run in a zig-zag pattern to make it more difficult for the predator to catch them.
16. The skin underneath the coat of a zebra is black. That means that a zebra is black with white stripes instead of having both white and black stripes.
17. Each zebra has a striped pattern that is unique to that individual zebra. They are like the fingerprints on humans, no two of them are alike.
18. The main purpose for the black and white stripes on a zebra’s body is for camouflage. Studies have also shown that the stripes are good for deterring blood-sucking insects, such as horseflies, from attacking them.
19. One African folk tale explains that the zebra got its black stripes after fighting with a baboon. The zebra kicked the baboon so hard that the zebra fell over into a fire. The fire left scorch marks over the zebra’s body, hence the black stripes.
20. In the Native American culture, the zebra symbolizes balance and sureness of path.