Reptile Kingdom
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We saw two king snakes and one gopher snake on a recent hike. It's the first time I've seen any snakes here on the Harmony Headlands trail!
The reptile.
It is only the hardest of the hardy that can survive in the Australian outback.
This is one of those outback survivors.
Australia.
Der Kronenkranich (genauer der Schwarzhals-Kronenkranich, englisch Black Crowned Crane) fällt durch seine strohfarbene „Federkrone“ und den samtartigen Federwulst auf dem Kopf auf. Vom Südafrika-Kronenkranich (Grauhals-Kronenkranich, englisch Grey Crowned Crane) unterscheidet er sich durch das dunkelgraue Halsgefieder und die sehr kleinen Kehllappen.
Lebensraum und Verbreitung.
Der Kronenkranich kommt in Westafrika und in der Sahelzone vor. Die IUCN stuft die Art seit 2000 als „gering gefährdet“ ein, da die Bestände – vor allem wegen Verlust des Lebensraumes – zurückgehen. Zu finden ist der Kronenkranich in Sumpfgebieten, im Marschland sowie in Baumsavannen und im Kulturland.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronenkranich
The black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) is a bird in the crane family Gruidae.
It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although in nests in somewhat wetter habitats. There are two subspecies: B. p. pavonina in the west and the more numerous B. p. ceciliae in east Africa.
This species and the closely related grey crowned crane, B. regulorum, which prefers wetter habitats for foraging, are the only cranes that can nest in trees. This habit, amongst other things, is a reason why the relatively small Balearica cranes are believed to closely resemble the ancestral members of the Gruidae. It is about 1 m (3.3 ft) long, has a 1.87 m (6.2 ft) wingspan and weighs about 3.6 kg (8 lbs).
Like all cranes, the black crowned crane eats insects, reptiles, and small mammals. It is endangered, especially in the west, by habitat loss and degradation.
Taken at the World Bird Park, Walsrode , Lower Saxony. Germany.
Ce que les gens veulent dire par "les oiseaux sont des reptiles" est que les oiseaux sont plus proches des reptiles que d'un autre groupe. Ce qui est vrai dans un sens, mais quel genre de reptiles ? Ils seraient plus proches du crocodile. Selon certains sites de biologie...
Usually what people mean when they say "birds are reptiles" is that birds are more closely related to reptiles than anything else, and this is true in a way, but there are many types of reptiles. Birds are most closely related to crocodiles. According to ertain biology sites...