by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Earless Seals (Family: Phocidae) Australian Fur-seal Mammals Home Nature Facts...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, November 1, 2020
Fishes There are about 28,000 existing species of fish, and they are placed in five different classes. The classes are commonly referred to as hagfish, lampreys, cartilaginous fish, ray-finned fish, and lobe-finned fish. Fish range in size from the 14m whale shark to...
by Peter Rowland | Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Placentals (Infraclass: Eutheria) Placental mammals are characterised by the presence of a placenta, and include all living mammals except the marsupials and the monotremes. The placenta facilitates the exchange of nutrients and wastes between the mother and the...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
Horses Scientific Name: Equus caballus Size: Total Length 2.1 m What does it look like? Horses are usually brown to black or a mixture of both colours sometimes with white flashes on the feet and around the muzzle. Domestic horses occasionally breed with wild, feral...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Pythons (Family: Pythonidae) Pythons do not use venom to kill their prey, instead their prey is first subdued with the sharp, rear-facing teeth, and then the snake’s body is wrapped around it, gradually getting more tightly coiled each time the helpless victim...
