Leafy sea dragon

saltwater fish, a relative of the seahorse.

Habitat: in the waters around the southern and western Australia, often in shallow water in a moderately warm water.

Special features: head and body processes, like the leaves, only serve to disguise. Driven by a pectoral fin, located on the crest of the neck and the dorsal fin near the tail. These fins are completely transparent.

Dimensions: grows to 45 cm.

By the way: the leafy sea dragon - the official emblem of the State of South Australia.

Angora Rabbit.

What kind of animal: mammal of the rodent strains.

Habitat: Where his house, as it is a pet. More precisely - everywhere.

Special features: The animal is really very impressive, there are instances in which the hair reaches a length of 80 cm. Wool this is very much appreciated and from it prepared a variety of useful things, even underwear, socks, gloves, scarves, and finally, just tissue. A kilo of wool Angora rabbit is usually valued at 10 - 12 rubles. A rabbit can deliver a wool per year to 0.5 kg, but usually delivers less. Angora rabbits bred mostly ladies, and why it is sometimes called the "ladies."

Dimensions: The average weight of 5 kg, body length 61 cm, chest 38 cm, but possible options.

By the way: Every week should be combing these rabbits, because if you do not take care of their hair, they get a disgusting appearance.

Little panda.

pet raccoon family.

Habitat: China, northern Burma, Bhutan, Nepal and northeastern India. To the west of Nepal does not occur. He lives in mountainous bamboo forests at an altitude of 2000-4000 meters above sea level in a temperate climate.

Special features: top coat small red panda or nut, the bottom dark, reddish-brown or black. In the hair on the back of the yellow tips. Paws glossy black, red tail, with inconspicuous lighter narrow rings, head light, the edges of the ears and snout almost white, and about the eye pattern as a mask. Lesser panda is mainly a night (or rather, Twilight) lifestyle, daytime sleeping in a hollow, and covered with a curled tail head. In case of danger and climb trees. On the ground pandas move slowly and awkwardly, but great climb trees, but, nevertheless, it feeds mainly on the ground - mainly the young leaves and bamboo shoots.

Dimensions: body length 51-64 cm, tail 28-48 cm, weighs 3-4.5 kg

By the way: small pandas live alone. "Personal" female territory covers an area of ​​about 2.5 square meters. km, male - twice.

Malayan flying lemurs (lat. Galeopterus variegates) also called Malay flying lemurs, as they resemble the shape of a dog's head lemurs. But despite its name, Malayan flying lemur, it actually can not fly, and is not bound by ties of kinship with the lemurs of Madagascar. Instead, it uses a flight plan with the help of his leathery folds. It extends from the shoulder to the fingers of the front paws up on your toes and to the tail.

Malayan flying lemurs has big eyes, long limbs and sharp claws. Their fur is gray or brown with white spots along the back, a good disguise on the bark of trees. The length of their body, and the head is about 38 centimeters (15 inches), and they weigh about 1.5 kg (3.3 pounds).

The color of the Malayan flying lemurs observed sexual dimorphism. Fur samtsoa usually brown to red-brown with white spots, and in females it is grayish brown with white spots. The lower part of the abdomen lighter from orange-yellow to intense orange color.

Malayan flying lemurs lives in Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and various islands of the Indonesian archipelago, including Sumatra, Java and Borneo, and several small islands. It prefers primarily rainforests in the hills, but there are also plantations of coconut and banana.

During the day they rest in the hollow of a tree, and become active at night. Their diet consists of flowers, young leaves, shoots, kidney and fruits that they take into the hands of, bring to your mouth and bite.

These small, stocky herbivorous mammals 4 species numbering. The only family of monotype unit Hyracoidea. They live in Africa and the Middle East. Although the ordinary appearance of modern hyraxes, they have a distant prehistoric origins.

Queen - the closest relatives of modern slonov.Po appearance hyraxes resemble rodents - marmots or tailless large guinea pigs - but phylogenetically closest to the elephants.

The size of a domestic cat lady with a body length of 30 to 65 cm, weight of 1.5 to 4.5 kg, the tail is short or non-existent. Limbs plantigrade. The forelimbs 5 palye with flattened claws resembling hooves. Three-toed hind limbs; internal pin bears long, curved nail, which is used for combing hair, and the other fingers - hoof-like claws. The soles of the bare paws covered with a thick rubber-like epidermis; on the surface of open numerous channels of sweat glands that continuously moisturize the skin. The central part of the arch of each foot can be lifted by special muscles, creating a semblance of suckers. Wet skin increases suction. Thanks to these adaptations may hyraxes with great agility and speed to climb steep rocks and trunks of trees, and even down to their head down.

Common in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the Sinai and the Arabian Peninsula, Syria and Israel. Representatives of the genera and Procavia Heterohyrax - day animals live in colonies of 5-60 individuals in the arid savannahs and rock streams, climbing the mountain to an altitude of 4500 meters above sea level. Members of the genus Dendrohyrax - night forest animals live singly and families. All hyraxes are very mobile, can run fast, jump and climb steep rocks and trees. Well developed sight and hearing. Hyrax different underdeveloped regulators - at night they gather together to warm up, and during the day, like reptiles, bask in the sun for long periods. However, they raise up the sole of the paws, which are located on the sweat glands. Eye-catching clammy sweat helps Daman climb. Hyrax very careful and, like European ground squirrel at a high danger emit a sharp scream, causing the entire colony to hide in shelters.

Squid pig looks more like a cartoon character smiling, good-natured with curls on the head than on the creation of wildlife. But in fact this is a real kind of squid Helicocranchia.

The average size of adult H. pfefferi about 100 mm (3.9 inches). The body consists of a large crater with small fins, blades and small tentacles above the eyes. Also squids have glowing organs called photophores, which are located under each eye.

To meet this positive creation is possible in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans at depths ranging from 100 to 200 m.

This unusual creation, a relative of the jellyfish, common in subtropical and tropical latitudes of the oceans, in Europe can be found in the western part of the Mediterranean Sea and on the west coast. Key findings of the type known by individuals, cast ashore on the coast of the UK and Ireland.

Velella (lat. Velella velella) - the representative of the colonial hydroids, oceanic pelagic species, the only member of the genus.

Velella is not an independent body, and a colony of hydroids that have different shapes and specialization.

Inside the colony formed flat air-filled chamber of chitin, which is covered with a mantle. It was she who maintains the entire colony on the surface of the water. The column base is an oval fortified chitin structures. A characteristic feature is a kind of thin semi-circular blade, located on a diagonal from the top of the air chamber. Above the base rises a sail that is asymmetrical and is curved in the shape of letter S. With this blade the animal has been called (from the Latin. «Velum» - sail). This outgrowth allows animals to move around the surface of the water is not in a straight line, and at a certain angle to the wind, occasionally turning 180 degrees. Colony size can reach 10 centimeters (typically about 7 cm.). Threadlike tentacles, rather short, hanging from the air chamber. Their number varies from 8 or more.

There is a pronounced central large polyp, which specializes in catching and digesting food. It is surrounded by polyps, specializing in nutrition and reproduction, and polyps, specializing in protection function.