Guess Who! Animal Quiz Update

A few weeks ago I posted the “Anial Quiz Day” with a reddish furry creature fast asleep. I think these update photos will help in guessing who they are:

 

Friday Facts: The Meerkat

Above: photo of a Meerkat on the lookout taken at the Minnesota Zoo

Fact file:

• Meerkats have an average life span of 12-14 years.
• A group of meerkats is called a “mob”, “gang”, or “clan”.
• The Meerkat is  a member of the mongoose family.
• The average Meerkat weighs only 1.6 pounds.
• Meerkats are insectivores, but also eat lizards, snakes, plants, eggs, and small mammals.
• They are partially immune to certain venoms, namely the scorpion which also makes up part of their diet.
• Meerkats have been witnessed standing on one another’s shoulders in order to gather honey from nearby trees.
• There can be from 1 to 5 pups in a litter, with 3 pups being the average.
• They live in colonies averaging 20-30 members.

Take the Meerkat Quiz

Tigers!

Above: Tiger brothers from the Minnesota Zoo (spring 2007)

Interesting Tiger Facts:

• The word “tiger” is taken from the Greek word “tigris“, which  means arrow. Tigers were given this name due to their speed.
• Most tigers have over 100 stripes, the pattern being unique to each individual.
• Tigers can leap as high as 16 ft. and as far as 33 ft.
• Tigers are noisy breeders, with the female letting out loud cries during the act. (I witnessed this once, it was very…ehem…educational.)
•  The tiger has killed more people than any other cat, although this is usually by old or injured tigers who cannot catch other prey.
• In a poll conducted by Animal Planet, the Tiger was voted world’s favourite animal, narrowly beating “man’s best friend” by 1% with 10,904 votes.
• 12,000 tigers are being kept as private pets in the USA, 4,000 of which are in Texas alone.
• Only nineteen states have banned private ownership of tigers, fifteen require only a licence, and sixteen states have no regulations at all.
• The Tiger is currently the national animal of: Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Nepal, and North and South Korea.

 Links:

Save the Tiger Fund

Tigers In Crisis

Tiger Tales