Some cool all about animals images:
Lesser Anteater/Tamandua
Image by MyFWCmedia
A lesser anteater is also known as a Tamandua. This little 1 year old is named Sati. She would NOT hold still at all! She walked everywhere in the room (and up my skirt!) and checked out all of the walls. She has a 9 inch tongue perfect for eating about 9000 ants or termites a day. Sati’s claws are very sharp, so that she may rip termite mounds apart to find her food. She is very good at what she does – when the Animal Ambassadors were visiting another building, Sati poked a hole in a wall with her claw and termites swarmed out. A pest control agency was called in for backup.
photo: Tim Donovan/FWC
Morteon Island 1203
Image by Michael Dawes
The whale came up to close to me.... so not all in shot....It was a great day....
The Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12–16 metres (40–50 ft) and weigh approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb). The Humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often breaching and slapping the water. Males produce a complex whale song, which lasts for 10 to 20 minutes and is repeated for hours at a time. The purpose of the song is not yet clear, although it appears to have a role in mating.
Found in oceans and seas around the world, Humpback Whales typically migrate up to 25,000 kilometres each year. Humpbacks feed only in summer, in polar waters, and migrate to tropical or sub-tropical waters to breed and give birth in the winter. During the winter, Humpbacks fast and live off their fat reserves. The species' diet consists mostly of krill and small fish. Humpbacks have a diverse repertoire of feeding methods, including the spectacular bubble net fishing technique.
Like other large whales, the Humpback was a target for the whaling industry, and its population fell by an estimated 90% before a whaling moratorium was introduced in 1966. Stocks of the species have since partially recovered, however entanglement in fishing gear, collisions with ships, and noise pollution are ongoing concerns. Current estimates for the abundance of Humpback Whales range from about 30,000 to 60,000, approximately one third of pre-whaling levels. Once hunted to the brink of extinction, Humpbacks are now sought out by whale-watchers, particularly off parts of Australia and the United States.
