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Have you ever heard of Venus, also known as the two faced cat? She is a tortoiseshell she-cat, and is one of a kind. According to Leslie Lyons, a professor at the University of California in Davis, Venus is “extremely, extremely rare.”
Now, what exactly makes Venus so special? Tortoiseshell cats are already very rare to get in the first place, and they are almost always female. To produce a tortoiseshell, females are best mated to a solid-colored black, red, or cream male, but even then there still might not be any kittens with the desired coloring. But, Venus is a tortoiseshell, and she still has a very unique patterning. For example, her face is split into two sides: her right (our left) is black with a yellow-green eye, and her right is tabby colored with a blue eye. She sure is one unusual cat! Many reports about Venus refer to the cat as a "chimera." In mythology, a chimera is a mishmash monster made up of parts of different animals. A feline chimera is a cat whose cells contain two types of DNA, caused when two embryos fuse together. However, Lyons says that "chimeras are really not all that rare.” In fact, most male tortoiseshell cats are chimeras. The distinctively mottled orange and black coat is a sign that the cat has an extra X chromosome. But female cats, said Lyons, already have two X chromosomes so they can sport that coat without the extra X. That means Venus is not necessarily a chimera. Another mystery Venus contains is her one blue eye. Cats usually are born with blue eyes, but the color changes to a yellowish green as they grow up. Blue-eyed adult cats are typically either Siamese or a cat with a lot of white hair. The only white fur Venus has is a small patch on her chest. That, according to Lyons, is “simply not enough.” As you can probably see, Venus is a very special feline. She may pass on to another life with some unsolved mysteries and secrets, but we can all agree that Venus is one cool cat. Liger cub Tigon Cub
Ligers Have you ever heard of a liger? They are what is called a cross-breed and are the offspring of a male lion and a female tigress. They are very rare and usually cannot produce cubs of their own. Ligers enjoy swimming, which is a characteristic of tigers, and are very sociable like lions. In Russia, one of their zoos just welcomed the arrival of a new baby liger, who they named Tzar. Tzar is the offspring of Princess the tigress and Cesar the lion. Tigons Tigons are a hybrid of a female lioness and a male tiger. Like ligers, they are usually unable to reproduce with cubs of their own. Tigon cubs share characteristics of both parents, similar to a liger. Tigons can have both spots from the mother and stripes from their father. Lion cubs tend to have spots at a young age and traces of them can be found in adult lions as well. Both of these special cats are truly wonders of the animal world. A True Story A few days ago I saw a red hawk. I was at a park by my house, when suddenly I saw a flash of gold. Thinking that it might be a dog, I hurried over to the fence. As I neared, a red hawk flew out of the grasses with some creature in its beak. The flash of gold turned out to just be some dried grasses I saw as I was on the swings. On the way back to my house, I found a feather, proving that the red hawk was definitely there.
I have a pet fish named Black Sapphire. I got him from Caesar’s Tropical Fish in Santa Rosa, CA. Black Sapphire is a blue male betta with large tail. He is about 4 inches from nose to tail. When I first got him, Black Sapphire got sick with tail rot, but he recovered and now he is even bigger than when we got him. Black Sapphire is really my fish, but when I am gone then someone else has to feed him. Black Sapphire is my third fish. I’ve also had a feeder fish and another betta, but Black Sapphire is my favorite so far.
Red foxes live around the world in many diverse habitats including forests, grasslands, mountains, and deserts. They also adapt well to human environments such as farms, suburban areas, and even large communities. The red fox's resourcefulness has earned it a legendary reputation for intelligence and cunning.
Red foxes are solitary hunters who feed on rodents, rabbits, birds, and other small game—but their diet can be as flexible as their home habitat. Foxes will eat fruit and vegetables, fish, frogs, and even worms. If living among humans, foxes will sometimes dine on garbage and pet food. Like a cat's, the fox's thick tail aids its balance, but it has other uses as well. A fox uses its tail as a warm cover in cold weather and as a signal flag to communicate with other foxes. Scientists use a system called “biological classification” to put living things into groups. There are seven ranks, or levels in this system. The levels start with a large number of creatures and then get smaller. The levels are:
Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Genus: Species: The Animal Kingdom is divided into two main groups-those with backbone and those without-and the lists narrow down from there. Here is the biological classification for a common domesticated cat: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Felis Species: Felis catus Part OneOnce upon a time there was a tiger named Adela and a lion named Rudasi. They lived in different continents on different sides of the world, and they had never met each other before until they were captured and taken to live in captivity. There, they met and became close friends, but then they figured out that they had only been brought there to fight each other for human’s entertainment. They tried different methods in trying to prevent the fight, but they failed and soon the day came. The two cats were brought into the arena where they would fight each other. Just as they were about to start, the fire alarm sounded. “Just in time,” Rudasi thought as she was led back to her cage. But she knew that the fight had not been canceled, but postponed. Both Rudasi and Adela knew that the time would come again, and this time the fire alarm wouldn’t be there to save them.
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Dolphins mostly eat fish, but they also eat other animals, too. To catch their dinner, dolphins usually circle schools of fish, pushing them upward and out of the water, where they then feast on the fish. Pods A group of dolphins is called a pod. A pod is usually made up of many dolphins, usually females and their young with a few males. Defenses In the ocean there are many dangers, so dolphins need to have defenses against sharks and other predators. To fight off a shark, a pod of dolphins will circle underneath it, rubbing their snouts against the soft underbelly of the shark. This can injure the shark and even kill it, making the dolphins more powerful than the shark. Lynx and bobcats are both North American wildcats that have black tufts on the tops of their ears and stubby tails. Some people think that they are the same creature, but they are not. Here is the difference between a lynx and a bobcat.
Lynx are medium-sized felines that are around 19-22 in. high and 2.5-3.5 ft. long. This cat lives mostly in Canada, but there are some lynx in some of the northern U.S. A lynx’s favorite food is snowshoe hares. Bobcats are also medium-sized cats, but they are a little smaller. These animals stand 21 in. high and are about 30-50 in. long. Bobcats live throughout most parts of the U.S. and some of northern Mexico and southern Canada too. A bobcat’s diet consists of small rodents, birds, young deer, reptiles and carrion. Bobcats and lynx look the same, but there is one difference: their tails. Lynx have an entirely black tail tip, while the tip of a bobcat’s tail is black, and the rest is white. That is the difference between a bobcat and a lynx. Now if you see one or the other, you’ll know which one it is! |