Top 10 Of The World’s Most Dangerous Creatures!

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Nov 242010
 

Following our 10 Most Venomous Animals post last month, we are going to look at which of the world’s animals are most dangerous to human beings! You will be surprised that it’s not always the scariest or most poisonous animal that is our biggest killer! In this Top 10… list we will explore the world’s biggest animal threats towards us humans. It goes without saying that humans kill the most humans, we are our own biggest enemy. However, we also have diseases, wars and man-made objects to slow down human domination a little. Animals are helping us out too! What follows are the top 10 most dangerous human killing animals on earth!

wyoming yellowstone moose

Look out killer moose!

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Is it a meerkat? An owl? No, no, it’s a Drongo!

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Nov 042010
 

Welcome to the wonderful world of mimicry! Where animals take on the appearance, sound, smell, or behaviour of another animal or its surroundings as a form of defence or tactical attacking technique to fool potential prey. Any of you Australians out there who thought I might go on about the origins of  dim-witted clumsy people have to look elsewhere I’m afraid.

There are a few main species of Drongo; the Black Drongo, the Spangled Drongo and the Fork-Tailed Drongo. The Black Drongo is native to Asia, the Spangled Drongo is native to Australia and the Fork-Tailed Drongo is found in Africa. These tweeting twitterers are actually quite aggressive and confident birds, often known to attack or invade larger birds’ territory and nests.

Fork Tailed Drongo

Master of the Mimic: the Fork Tailed Drongo

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Top 10 Most Venomous Animals

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Oct 252010
 

A quick glance at our glossary will tell you that venom is administered differently to poison even though they are both toxins and might actually end up harming you in the same way. Venomous creatures will bite you, sting you, or inject you with its toxins in order to cause you all manner of harm, including paralysis, stopping you breathing, mess up your blood and cell damage. Venomous creatures are predators and therefore have one purpose: to kill.

Duck Billed Platypus

Platypus

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News: New carnivorous mammal species found in Madagascar

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Oct 122010
 

A new species of carnivorous mammal has been discovered in Madagascar.

The mongoose-like creature has been called Durrell’s vontsira (Salanoia durrelli) in honour of conservationist Gerald Durrell.

New Mammal Species

New Carnivorous Mammal Species

Scientists found the creature in the wetlands of Lake Alaotra, the largest lake in Madagascar.

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News: Meet the ‘sabre-toothed sausage’

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May 052010
 

Now this little fella is one heck of a Crazy Creature, check out this fascinating article from the BBC website:

“They look a bit like a sabre-toothed sausage,” says Dr Chris Faulkes, as we enter the naked mole rat laboratory at Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL).

Scuttling around in a maze of tubes are dozens of small rodents. They appear to be hairless, covered with wrinkly, pink skin and they have beady, black eyes. But the thing that really catches your attention is their enormous, protruding teeth.

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News: Kenya’s Zebras Moved

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Apr 052010
 

This recent dry weather Kenya has resulted in a massive drought, and thousands of antelope have died as a result. The Kenyan authorities have decided to move around 7000 Wildebeest and Zebra to help restore the natural balance in the nature parks of Kenya.

Read and view more at the BBC website here.

Grazing Zebra Plains Zebra Mother And Foal Zebra Drinking Grazing Zebra
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Funny Animals!

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Apr 032010
 

A brilliant series from the BBC in the UK. I hope to post more of these in the future. These guys are very funny, check it out!

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