Friday, September 3, 2010

Animals In Formalin Preservation

September 2, 2010 by Plus Pets  
Filed under Crime, Featured Articles

In the preservation of animal specimens for study, animals are usually preserved using formalin where the whole body would be immersed in the posture in which it is supposed to stay permanently because it will be hardened. The ratio of formalin to carcass must at least be 12 to 1 to [...]

Top 5 Genius Animals

August 31, 2010 by Plus Pets  
Filed under Bizarre Pets, Featured Articles

We humans presume we’re smarter than animals, but are we really? Let’s take a closer look as we countdown the
5 Paul the Octopus

In at number 5, he was the eight legged star of the World Cup, I’m speaking of course about psychic cephalopod, Paul the Octopus.
Bookmakers William Hill lost almost $750,000 as Paul [...]

Orangutans Boxers

August 27, 2010 by Plus Pets  
Filed under Featured Articles, Funny animals

Dressed in bright shorts and boxing gloves, these orangutans are exchanged kicks and punches in the boxing ring. This “fierce” fight takes place in an amusement park called «Safari World» on the outskirts of Bangkok.

These Funny Animals

August 21, 2010 by Plus Pets  
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This is a selection of funny animals! Take a look and enjoy!

Proceless Little Fella – French Bulldog

August 1, 2010 by Plus Pets  
Filed under Dogs, Featured Articles

The French Bulldog is a small companion breed of dog. The name suggests that France is the country of origin, but, in fact, the Americans and British may have played a larger role in the breed’s development. The dogs are commonly called the Frenchie and are nicknamed “clowns” and “frog dogs”

French bulldogs are a compact [...]

Animal Record Breakers

July 24, 2010 by Plus Pets  
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Here is some really interesting animal record breakers. Take a look, it might be interesting to you.
African Elephant

For thousands of years, humans have utilized the brute strength of African and Asian elephants for everything from war to transportation. An elephant’s trunk alone contains around 100,000 muscles and can lift up to 600 pounds (270 kilograms).
Rhinoceros [...]

Kamchatka Bears

June 29, 2010 by Plus Pets  
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The Kamchatka Brown Bear , also known as the Far Eastern Brown Bear, is a subspecies  of brown bear, native to the Anadyrsky District, the Kamchatka Peninsula, Karaginskiy Island, the Kuril Islands, the coastal strip west of the Sea of Okhotsk southward to the Stanovoy Range and the Shantar Islands. Outside the former Soviet Union, [...]

Magnificent Shark Photos

June 28, 2010 by Plus Pets  
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Sharks  are a type of fish  with a full cartilaginous skeleton  and a highly streamlined  body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago, before the time of the dinosaurs.Since that time, sharks have diversified into 440 species, ranging in size from the small dwarf lanternshark, Etmopterus perryi, a deep sea [...]

Wonderful Waterfowl

June 25, 2010 by Plus Pets  
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Waterfowl are certain wildfowl of the order Anseriformes, especially members of the family Anatidae, which includes ducks, geese, and swans. They are strong swimmers with medium to large bodies. They have historically been an important food source, and continue to be hunted as game, or raised as poultry for meat and eggs. The domestic duck [...]

Beautiful Songbird Photos

June 19, 2010 by Plus Pets  
Filed under Exotic Pets, Featured Articles

A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds. Another name that is sometimes seen as scientific or vernacular name is Oscines. This group contains some 4000 species, in which the vocal organ typically is developed in such a way as to produce a diverse and elaborate bird song.
Scarlet Tanager

Brown [...]

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