TheUntamedWild

Adelie Penguin.

Adelie Penguin are the most bizarre flightless birds in the world. These little cuties also referred to aquatic birds, were discovered in the year 1840 by a French Antarctic explorer who named them after his wife. They are found along the Antarctic coastline and they are the smallest species of penguin.

The Adelie have some distinguishing characteristics that are quits different from it fellow species. They have a white ring around the eyes, black head and back, red beak covered with feathers, and a tail that resembles a brush which is little longer than others. Males and females have similar physical features and therefore it quiet difficult to distinguish between the two.They weigh 3-6kgs and are about 70cm tall. Their weight varies with the seasons. During the period of shedding their old feathers ie between February and March they loses up-to half of their weight.

Adelie walk weirdly while on upright position. They are good swimmers and great divers who dive up to 170 m deep sea hunting or fleeing predators. They can hold their breath for upto 3 minutes. They mainly feed on krills, fish and can feed up-to 2kgs in a day.

Adelie have an interesting mating habit. Most of them are homosexual, others mate with their dead females, while some physically and sexually abuse the young chicks. High percentage of the females are unfaithful to their partners and most part ways after spending 5-6 years together.

During mating the males attract the females by building magnificent nests. They build these nest out of small stones. At times they tend to be naughty and end up stealing the neighbors nest stones which ends up to hostility between the two.

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African Civet.

African civet is the largest of the small medium sized mammals and has a close relation to mongooses. It mainly occupies the sub-saharan part of Africa, areas rich of food, water and shelter. It secrete a musk that ways up-to 4 kgs. The musk produced is used as an ingredient of perfumes.

African civet weigh 8-20kg and have a height of 67-84cm. They have a black ring around the eyes and thick grey/black fur with irregular patches on the body. They have a short mane, a long neck, a long tail covered with dense fur. They have 40 strong teeth that are used to catch preys.

African civet just like the lions they spend their day resting and are active during the nights. They are omnivores and mainly feed on fruits, vegetables, small insects and other mammals. They make homes from the abandoned burrows.

Females give birth to 4-6 babies and their pregnancy lasts for 2 months. They are able to have 2-3 litter in a year. Each litter can have 3-4 babies. Their babies are able to claw at birth. The babies feed on their mothers milk for 42 days and later the mother provides for meals until they are 2 months old. At the age of 2 months they are capable of going searching for food by themselves. By the time they are 8-12 months they become sexually active.

They are solitary and meet only when mating. The males secretes a musk that has a strong smell which last for months and it meant to attract females for breeding. Their enemies are lions, hyenas and leopards. They can live up-to 12 years in wild and 20 years in captivity.

Diets omnivores.

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Lion. (Panthers leo)
Lion commonly known as “Simba” in swahili is one of the most deadliest cat in the world. It’s mostly referred as His Majesty “The King of the Jungle “ though you rarely find it in dense rain forest. These incredible creatures are mostly found in Sub Saharan Africa Savannah.

Male lion can weigh 150-225 kg and have a height of 1.2 meters while female can weigh 110-152 kg and measure a height of 1 meter. The beast’s front and back feet have different number of claws. The front feet have 5 claws while the back feet have 4 claws. The additional claw on the the front leg is used as a thumb to hold on preys. They have smaller pupil unlike other tamed cats because they mainly hunt the bigger preys.

These beauties give birth to cubs with blue eyes which later turn to brown after 2 months. At 11 months the cubs are able hunt on their own. Female lion stay with their pride while the male lions leave the pride in attempt to create their own prides. They achieve their goals by forming a coalition with other young males that they use to conquer the already existing head of prides. If they manage to conquer a pride, they kill all cubs and mate with the females to ensure continuity of their genes in the pride.

They mate for 20 seconds after every 15 minutes for 2 weeks. Mothers have different perspectives on the cubs, their are some that show a lot of love while other show no interest. Due to their unique motherhood parenting skills you will find cubs suckle from any female reducing mortality rate for the young cubs. In case of their mothers death the aunts brings up the cubs.

Hunting takes place at night until dawn and female do all the hunting. Males are the laziest beast since they sleep up-to 20 hours in a day and always feed first. These creatures have the most loud roar that can be heard up to 8 km away. Female can easily recognize a roar of a male from their pride.
Status: Vulnerable.
20,000 in Africa

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Cheetah is the world fastest land mammal. They can run up to 110km/h and they can accelerate from 0 to 96Km/h in just three (3) seconds. Their strides are 6-7 meters and the feet only touch the ground twice during each stride. Running this fast takes a lot of energy and cheetah can only maintain the spirit for a half a minute before wearing out. Due to this limit they make sure they are close enough to the prey by camouflaging against the Savannah woodlands till they are confident to attack.

They have pads and claws that act like the football shoes by helping them grip on the ground when running fast. They have long flat tails measuring up to 65cm that act like a rudder on a boat to help them keep balance when running. When they manage to catch the prey they fast strangle it by biting it on the neck to cut the air supply, then drug it to a hiding spot so as to avoid the bigger predator such as lion and leopards. Their favorite prey are the Thomson’s Gazelles, Small Antelopes and Steenbok.

Cheetahs are often confused with the leopards though they have some distinguishing features. Cheetahs are lightly built, have longer finely spotted tails, long legs, small heads with tear-marks running from eyes to mouth. Cheetahs are rarely found climbing trees, but you will often find them climbing on safari vehicles to survey their environment. They stalk prey to within 100-300 meters. They have very poor night vision that why they hunt during the day unlike the lion and leopards.

Cheetahs can’t roar like the fellow cats, ie leopard, jaguar and lion because it lacks the two-piece of hyoid bones in the throat. So they can only purr, bark or chirp. Female cheetahs are solitary in nature and can only be found as a pair during mating or with cubs. Female give birth from 3-8 cubs and only a few that survive to maturity since they succumb the cruelty of other predator.Male cheetahs are social despite their territorial nature and at times form a group called coalitions. Cheetahs weigh around 21-72 kg and measure a height of 70-90cm.

Carnivores.
Around 8000 live in wild.
About 100 living in small isolated areas like Iran.
Threatened creatures.

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Aardvark is an interesting small sized creature with unique body features that resemble those of other animals. Honestly it appears to have borrowed or purchased them since they have no close relations with this animals.

It has a pig facial look, giving it the name “earth pig”. Its ears resemble those of a donkey or a rabbit big enough to listen to enemies from a distance. The tail is also of great interest as it similar to that of Kangaroo. Male tails are dark while those of female are white.

Their color is determined by the soils. The animals are incredible as they can move 2 ft of soil in just 15 seconds. They dig their homes up to 5 meters and create up to 8 entrances on it. One would think they are architects! When these holes are abandoned they end up being reptiles home as they are big enough to accommodate the huge animals. Their main diet is ants and ti-mites.

These beauties are very shy in nature and you can rarely see them.They are solitary and are mainly seen together during mating season. They are also well mannered since they cover their dung with soil.

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Type Mammal.

Diet Carnivores

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