Giraffes will fight if they have to, but will usually just try to outrun a predator. They often get a good head start on predators because they have great eyesight and get a good view of the territory with their great height. As a matter of fact, other animals know how good giraffes are at seeing predators, so they hang around with giraffes and, if they see the giraffes start to get nervous or take off running, they take off too. What do they eat? Giraffes are herbivores, meaning they eat plants rather than meat.
Their tail measures over half the length of the body. The average weight of a female cheetah is 90 to 110 pounds, whereas a male cheetah weighs anywhere from 110 to 140 pounds. The cheetah’s height from the shoulders is about 73 to 90cm high. The male cheetahs are usually always bigger than the females. Cheetahs thrive for areas with vast expanses of land, warm weather, and abundant prey.
Distribution North and South America and other Northern continents. Extant Extinct Name of Organism 2. Giant ground sloths Description a large, hornless rhinoceros. It was one of the largest land mammals. Adults were about 26 feet (8 m) long, 18 feet (5.5 m) tall, and weighed about 17 - 18 tons (16 tonnes).
The red panda has a white snout and ears, with white streaks on their face. The body of the panda ranges from twenty to twenty-five inches. The red panda's ringed tail, can be between eleven and nineteen inches. An average weight for a red panda is six to twelve pounds. An extradinary trait about the red panda is that, like the panda, this animal has one extra "thumb" which is used to grip things.
They stand about four feet tall and weigh seventy five to one hundred and forty pounds. The reason the Cheetah is so beloved, is its speed. Cheetah’s are the world’s fastest land animal and have the ability to go form zero to sixty miles an hour in three seconds. The also have the ability to change direction very quickly. They use both of these skills when it comes to catching their prey.
Emperor Penguin, the warriors of nature are considered the most beautiful of all penguins, and are the largest of all penguins. The males and females are hard to distinguish as they are very similar in physical size. Adult Emperor Penguins can weigh from 50 to 100 pounds and be up to 48 inches tall. The back parts of the Emperor Penguins are black with a white front, they also feature bright splashes of yellow and orange on their breast region and their ears. Like all penguin species, emperor penguins have streamlined bodies to minimize drag while swimming, and wings that are more like stiff, flat flippers.
A black stripe is seen from its nose to midway of its back. Its belly, throat, and chest are cream in colour. As a nocturnal, its large eyes help to see at night, and its ears swivel to help locate prey in the dark. Besides, it has five digits on each foot and each having a claw, except for the opposable toe on the hindfeet. Also on the hindfeet, the second and third digits are partially syndactylous
The cephalothorax is the scorpions head made up of the eyes, mouth, pedipalps (claws) and four legs. The scorpions exoskeleton is very thick providing it with good protection from its predators. Scorpions also have two eyes located on top of their head. And usually two to five eyes along the corners of the head. The front half of the the abdomen is known as the mesosoma.
Jaguars can run very fast. It can cover short distances very quickly. The jaguar is the only big cat that does not roar. It grunts and snarls. They love to play with their kids.
However the Snow Leopard does compete with hunters who illegally hunt them for the selling’s of their organs. Over Population The Snow Leopard is expected to soon become extinct, and yes there are other species such as some of their small prey seeming to be overpopulating the area. The bunnies are said to be mass producing over in their habitat but only because of how quick bunnies and hare are at reproduction. On the other hand the larger prey are said to never be a problem of over population at this point because the snow leopard feed off them daily and because they don’t have a high