Wonderful World of Animals

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. Mahatma Gandhi

Meekarts – Another African Critter

We live in the Kalahari Desert which spread over Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana in the southern parts of Africa spreading across over one million square miles. The climate there is arid open plains with little rainfall. We live in a community called a gang or mob having up to 40 members depending on one another to survive, with one alpha female and one alpha male. We flourish in our habitat and are not endangered.

 

 

 

Skunk

This critter is not a stranger to my home; about five years ago we had a stinky encounter. A SKUNK!

One day in my side yard at two in the afternoon, there it was.

So I called our local wildlife animal control guy. He told me given the time of year that it was it was not normal for me to see this critter when I did.  Not a good thing to hear, even though a large part of my back yard is fenced I was still concerned about my dogs; maybe this critter could get in. Oh great now what?

Pileated Woodpecker

I have only seen this bird twice since I have moved to Door County, each time it was in the yard of two of my critter clients, I couldn’t believe my eyes, that is up until my last day off! While hanging out with my husband/editor in out front yard I was so excited when this bird came to our little bird sanctuary.

The sanctuary was created in our front yard, to attract the feathered wild life just under our soft needle pine trees. An area where we have my Mom’s bird bath filled with water, two bird feeders, one of which we can place suet blocks on the side of the feeder and a Sheppard’s pole so we can hang our Hummingbird [also see Kritter Facts] feeder as well as thistle bags for the finches that come to our yard.

I think my excitement expressed to my husband as he jumped up frightened the bird away.

White-Cheeked Gibbon

They are known by other names such as Hylobates (Normascus) leucgenys or Hylobates concolor or small or lesser ape. Their four genera’s are differentiated by the number of their chromosomes. They are…

Kritter Komics: Walking the Dog

A little girl asked her Mom, ‘Mom, may I take the dog for a walk around the block?’
Mom replies, ‘No, because she is in heat.’
‘What’s that mean?’ asked the child.
‘Go ask your father. I think he’s in the garage.’
The little girl goes to the garage and says, ‘Dad, may I take Belle for a walk around the block? I asked Mom, but she said the dog was in heat, and to come to you.’
Dad said, ‘Bring Belle over here.’ He took a rag, soaked it with gasoline, and scrubbed the dog’s backside with it to disguise the scent, and said ‘OK, you can go now, but keep Belle on the leash and only go one time round the block.’
The little girl left and returned a few minutes later with no dog on the leash.
Surprised, Dad asked, ‘Where’s Belle?’
The little girl said, ‘She ran out of gas about halfway down the block, so another dog is pushing her home.’

[Submitted by Diane S.]

Largest Carnivore in South America – Spectacled Bear

These critters gets their name from the circular ring band around their eyes; they generally look the same, but their marking can very slightly making them unique to each other and these markings are used for identification. They are a very adaptable critter found in a variety of habitats, from dry coastal deserts to the steppe lands, cloud forest, coastal scrub desert land and rain forests. They are the Spectacled Bear –>

Puma – Another Wild Kitty

They range from Central, South America, Mexico, the Great Plains and Southern Florida, Southwest Canada and Western United States. But in recent years in North America their range has been dramatically constricted and are becoming bolder in the urban areas, they are a member of the Felidae family. The Puma!

Lemurs – Not Monkeys

Found only in the Comoro Islands and Madagascar in the moist tropical rainforests or in the dry desert areas is where you will find this special primate group with  50 different species. Out of the fifty different kinds of lemurs, ten of those types are critically endangered, seven are endangered, and nineteen are considered  vulnerable. [1] The primitive primate, known as the

Lemur!

Forked-Tail Drongo

This common widespread insect eater is found south of the Sahara in Africa in the bush or open forests. Even though they are small in size they are fearless and aggressive, attacking much larger species when threatened. They are…