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.

                     Asian golden cat

Asian golden cat (lat. Catopuma temminckii) - is a graceful and plastic creation - a kind of wild cat catopuma, living in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Earlier it attributed to the now abolished old golden cats. Today it is considered that its resemblance to gold occurring in Africa cat based on convergent evolution, the similarities between the different groups of organisms that live in similar conditions. The species is named after the Dutch zoologist Konrad Temminka.

Asian golden cat is more than two times larger than the normal house cat. Its length is 90 cm, not counting the tail length is 50 cm. Thick wool usually golden or brown in color, but there are also gray and black items. In some regions, cats Temminka more or less clearly visible stains on wool. On her face, there are black-and-white stripes.

Asian golden cat habitat stretches from the Himalayas and southern China to the Indochinese peninsula, as it occurs in Sumatra.

Asian golden cat live alone and are rather shy animals. They are nocturnal, are good at climbing trees, but moving nonetheless mostly on the ground. These include the production of the mouse, rabbits, young deer and birds.

     How dangerous spider SCORPIO

For the first time he saw a spider Arachnura higgins, you can mix it with the scorpion. This impression outgrowth on the belly of the animal, like a scorpion's tail, and a number of dark, shipoobraznyh, smaller outgrowths on the tip of the "tail".

This outgrowth can be seen only in female spider, it does not have venom glands. Females in size is much larger than the male, about 16 mm in length, and males - only 2 mm. The color of the "tail" in adults can range from cream to brown, while young spiders can be characterized by a bright color, like yellow or pink.

However, despite the awesome view of the "tail", the spikes on its soft tip, and not capable of spider to bite them, as do scorpions, or hurting. Therefore, scientists are still wondering why the abdomen spider has such an unusual shape?

According to one version, so the spider misleading enemy. It is known that the female Arachnura higginsi at the approach of danger can twist its tail to the back, just as it does the scorpion. In addition, due to the outgrowth of a predator may simply confuse, where the spider is head or abdomen, and to strike the less important parts of the body of the animal.

According to another hypothesis, color and shape of the animal makes it look like a dry leaf, allowing you to "merge" with the environment. So spider can hide from predators, or be invisible to his prey - flying insects.

Arachnura higginsi refers to the form araneomorphae Arachnura kind of orb-weaver spider family.

              RARE STRIPED RABBIT

Belonging to the family leporidae Annamsky striped rabbit (Nesolagus timminsi) lives in Laos and Vietnam on the slopes Annamskih mountains from the sea. The main color of his skin color - gray, with the passing of the sides, along the sides of the muzzle and dark brown or black stripes. The belly is white, the tail is reddish. Resembles striped rabbit (Nesolagus netscheri), however, both types of the past 8 million years, evolved independently. It is found in humid evergreen forests on the slopes of the mountains Annamskih, converts to the sea. View is on the verge of extinction. It represents a threat to form primarily with hunting traps, or perhaps to a lesser extent dog.

For the first time on the rabbit became known thanks to researcher Robert Timmins, discovered three copies of skins on the market in Laos in 1996, and three years later, scientists from the University of East Anglia was a description of the animal.

Now a scientific team from the same university went to Vietnam for three months with a view to finally find a rabbit in its natural habitat. Luck smiled at them on the first day: set videolovushki recorded animal galloped along the creek, and then managed to catch him and bring to the camp. A participant of the expedition, Sarah Woodfin became the first scientist Used Annamskogo rabbit in his hands. It was conducted measurements and photos, and then released into the wild rabbit.

    MOMONGA or Japanese flying squirrel

Japanese flying squirrel, flying squirrel or small (lat. Pteromys momonga) - one of two Asian species (Eurasian) letyag- funny little creature with a body length of 15-20 cm and 10-14 cm of fluffy tail. Externally very similar to a protein flying squirrels only between the front and hind legs are webbed skin, through which it plans to deftly from branch to branch. Charming momonga even depicted on Hokkaido Railway tickets. Species name momonga received from its Japanese name.

Areal - evergreen mountain forests of the islands of Kyushu and Honshu.

He lives in the natural environment up to 5 years in captivity to 15.

Small Japanese flying squirrel - a nocturnal animal feeds on the bark, nuts, seeds, and sometimes insects. It builds nests in the hollows and the forks of trees, moss and lichen.

Sea wasp, the most dangerous jellyfish in the WORLD

Sea wasp or Chironex fleckeri- sea views from the class of jellyfish Cnidaria (Cubozoa), common off the coast of northern Australia and Indonesia. Sea wasps are famous for its ability to incredibly severe burns, which in some cases can lead to a quick death; tentacles animal completely covered with stinging cells (nematotsitami), which contain a very strong poison. Burns jellyfish cause excruciating pain, and their power is enough to kill 60 people in three minutes.

Deaths were recorded after only 4 minutes after contact, which is much faster than any snake bite, spider or insect; it is not without reason was the reason for the creation of notoriety as the most deadly jellyfish poisonous animal in the world. Despite the fact that there is an antidote, prompt treatment of the victim it may be difficult or impossible. Jellyfish stings swimmers often get a heart attack and drowned, even before he could reach the shore or boat.

It is believed that in the last 100 years jellyfish burns were caused to 100 deaths. Together, this forms the basis for the widely held view that it is the most toxic and most dangerous jellyfish in the ocean, and perhaps even, and the most dangerous animal in the world.

                 The most compact CAT

Black-footed cat - the smallest and lightest. He lives in southern Africa in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and Namibia. It inhabits open dry plains, steppes and savannas in the thickets of grass with scattered shrubs. There are two varieties of it: one that lives in the Kalahari Desert, lighter. Other - inhabiting dry grassy areas. It is colored brighter. Black-footed cat is very rare.

Black-footed cat - a small cat. Its weight is 1-1,9 kg, body length of males up to 43-50 cm, females - 36 cm. The length of the tail of 15-22 cm. Ears are small black-footed cat. The tail is short, to the lance. The skull is narrower than that of the Gobi desert and cats. On paws growing short fur that protects them from the hot sand and increases the tactile sensitivity of the touch paws.