Site Update: November 28th 2009
This will become the new home of Crazy Creatures.
If you previously followed us on http://crazycreatures.wordpress.com then welcome to the new site. It is still very much a work in progress and we hope to be officially up and running and fully functioning soon.
Many Thanks.
The Crazy Creatures Team
1. The Polar Bear is the largest land carnivore on the planet. Although the Kodiak brown bear is sometimes just as big, the Polar Bear on average reaches larger sizes. The largest Polar Bear we know of weighed over 1000 kilograms.
2. Polar Bears are the top of the Arctic food chain and don’t have any natural predators. Its main threat is from the melting icecaps due to global warming and human poaching.
3. The Polar Bear is an excellent swimmer. The blubber that covers the bear is about 10cm thick and helps them float as well as keeping them warm. Its paws are very large, up to 30 cm in diameter, and very strong, enabling them to swim large distances. Distances of more than 100 km are not unusual. It can also dive about 6 meters and hold its breath for 2 minutes. A bear swims faster (10kph) than it walks (9kph).
This creature is named after the 22 tentacles located around the nose, they are really sensitive. The star-nosed mole can smell and locate food just as fast underwater as it can underground. Underwater it blows bubbles from its nostrils and then breathes them back in again. It is officially the fastest eating mammal alive.
Watch how this crazy bouncing pebble toad manages to escape from dangerous predators. Amazing!
Sun Bear
Age Range: Sun Bears are thought to live up to 25 years in captivity and between 15 and 20 years in the wild.
Height: Between about 60 – 70 cm tall, measured to shoulder height.
Length: 120 – 150 cm nose to tail.
Weight: Adult males weigh 30 – 65 kilograms. Adult females weigh 20 – 40 kg.
Family: Ursidae.
17 Nov 09
I am almost done with getting the site up and running and actually have a few things for you to look at now. Obviously, this is a continuous work in progress but it is shaping up nicely. I have some nice features in the pipeline including: games, quizzes, fact sheets and adding a proper sign up form so you can receive a newsletter. Right now everything is pretty minimal but I am gathering information and continuously writing articles that will appear here soon.
Dolphins are highly curious, intelligent and playful creatures and here you can see an example of that. They blow the bubbles using air-sacs located just beneath the blow hole which they can control very effectively.
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