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By .aLfie .vera .mella

The first gifts I ever gave to my niece six-year-old Amber was an animal book. This was my way of influencing her into developing a fascination for animals and a love for books; for I myself, as a child used to, and now continues to be fascinated with the peculiarities of animals and to be smitten by books.

Amber’s seventh birthday is approaching, so I’d been thinking of what book to give her this time. Then, voila! I thought of making a children’s book about animals, for I feel that there’d be no nicer gift to give her but an animal book authored by myself!

After finalizing the book concept that had long been playing in my mind, I took my journal and started to scribble the words for the book. I was able to profile at least twenty animals, but I decided to feature only a dozen. Because it is a children’s book, the simpler and shorter (yet precise) its textual content, the better.

Here’s the textual content of the children’s book I made.

‘My Dozen Animal Friends’

I have a friend *anteater*.

She lives in the forest.

She has no teeth,

But she has a long snout.

She feeds on ants

And on termites as well.

I have a friend *seahorse*.

He is a caring father.

He has a pouch on his belly,

Into which the mother lays her eggs.

He takes care of their eggs

Until these hatch into baby seahorses.

I have a friend *platypus*.

She lives near the river.

She has webbed feet and the beak of a duck.

She lays eggs, instead of giving birth.

She is a mammal;

Not a duck nor any other kind of bird.

I have a friend *mudskipper*.

He is a kind of fish.

He is named mudskipper

Because he loves skipping in the mud.

I have a friend *sea dragon*.

He lives in the ocean.

He looks like a seaweed.

He is good at hiding among the plants,

Every time big fishes are around.

I have a friend *ostrich*.

She is the largest bird

And lays the largest egg.

She surely cannot fly,

But she is the fastest-running bird alive.

I have a friend *panda*.

He lives in China.

His fur is woolly.

His fur is white and black.

He looks for bamboo shoots and leaves

When it is time for his meal or snack.

I have a friend *koala*.

She lives in Australia.

She stays atop the eucalyptus tree,

Feeding on eucalyptus leaves.

Just like a kangaroo baby,

Her young is called ‘joey.’

I have a friend *carabao*.

He is the Philippines’ water buffalo.

He has a pair of large spreading horns.

He is a cousin of the cow.

He is a hardworking mammal,

Helping farmers till their lands.

I have a friend *orangutan*.

She lives in the jungle.

She has a shaggy brownish-orange coat.

She has very long arms.

She is an ape–not a monkey–

Because she lacks a tail.

I have a friend *pangolin*.

She is also called ‘scaly anteater.’

She lives in the forest.

With its long sticky tongue,

It feeds on termites and ants.

It rolls up into a ball,

When it is frightened or alarmed.

I have a friend *narwhal*.

He lives in the Arctic.

He is the kind of whale

That has on its head a long spiral horn.

He has also a spotted pelt.

He is sometimes called ‘sea unicorn.’

?2005 eLf ideas

Note: To view the pictures of the featured animals, visit http://my-animal-friends.blogspot.com.

About the Author: aLfie vera mella, otherwise eLf, is a nurse in profession and a literatus in avocation. Read more about him on http://www.elf-ideas.blogspot.com.

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posted by admin on Feb 25

By Eddie Toledo

The Best In Animal Repellant: Super Dog Chaser

Whether you are a person who loves animals or not, you do not want to have to deal with an out of control dog, barking violently and hackles raised, and headed straight for you.

There are many ways to measure the safety of one’s surrounding and the dangers around it. Many a times we can’t discern between what’s threatening and what it’s not, it may be too late when we realize that we should’ve been prepare to deal with the unexpected, especially when you have children that sometimes tend to do what they will, even when supervision is tight.

With so many irresponsible dog owners neglecting to keep their pets leashed today, in addition to all of the wild dogs that you will often see wandering the streets, it makes sense to have a way to protect yourself, your family, and your own pets from such animal attacks. The

Super Dog Chaser is an animal repellent that is capable of completely disabling an aggressive animal that is coming after you and trying to hurt you. Using the latest ultrasounic technology, the SUPER DOGCHASER uses two ways to repel a dog.

One is the discomforting but not harmful high frequency sound (20,000Hz-25,000Hz), audible to dogs but not to humans. And, the second is a super bright LED flashing strobe that temporarily blinds and confuses the dog. Helps stop the approach of unwanted dogs up to 40 feet. Also has a traning setting. Requires on 9 volt battery. Can be used as a flashlight.

The Super Dog Chaser is a convenient and easily portable way to keep yourself safe when you are outside your home. It can be taken anywhere, since it is sized at just 4-3/4″ x 1-3/4″ x 3/4″. Small enough to fit easily into the palm of your hand, and easy to activate via the trigger button. The device also functions as a flashlight, so you will not need to worry about seeing an approaching menace if it is dark outside.

The Super Dog Chaser works by taking advantage of the fact that canine hearing is so different from that of humans. Dogs can hear sounds that are so high pitched that humans can not even hear them. This repellant works by emitting a very high pitched sound that will be heard by, and cause great discomfort to, a dog.

You will never hear it, but the dog will be stopped by it. This is combined with a brilliantly flashing strobe light that will blind the dog for a short period of time. This will allow you the chance to keep the attacking dog completely distracted so that you are able to get away safely.

The purpose of the Super Dog Chaser is not to cause severe or lasting damage to the dog, but to protect you from the animal and to give you plenty of time to escape. To make certain that you are protected at all times, this animal repellant is a very smart choice.

About the Author: Eddie Toledo is an online expert on home surveillance and safety and seeks only the best methods to share with the public.He spends his time online always researching the most innovative methods and always publishes them here for the public!For more information visit: http://www.prosafetytech.com http://www.prospytech.com

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posted by admin on Feb 25

By Emilie Riviere

Yaks are synonymous with life at high altitudes. They are strong creatures capable of carrying heavy loads, but more than this, they are the ultimate all-purpose beasts of burden. In Nepal, you are likely to encounter them on the Everest Base Camp Trek where they are used as pack animals on the trail. They are easy to spot: they can be two metres tall at the shoulder and up to a metric tonne in weight, looking like the cow equivalent of a hairy mammoth, or perhaps a buffalo with a Beatles’ mop-top haircut.

The herds of yaks you will see in Nepal are domesticated and have bells around their necks. As they are herded down the Everest Base Camp Trek trail, they fill the mountainside with a distinct enchanting sound. What is less enchanting is when a herd of sturdy yaks blocks your passage on an Everest trek; you will probably have to step aside, deferring to their massive horns.

A Yak by Any Other Name

In English, the word yak (which is worth eight points in Scrabble) is used to refer to the whole of the species; however, to a native of the Everest region of Nepal the term ‘yak’ only means the male animal, with the word ‘dri’ or ‘nak’ referring to a female.

Although you may see the domesticated variety, Bos grunniens, while Everest trekking, the wild Yak, Bos mutus, is considered extinct in Nepal and Bhutan. Yaks are quite closely related to the African buffalo, the American bison, and the European bison, except they are adapted to living between 4,000 and 6,000 metres above sea level. They can still be found at these altitudes in Tibet, and there are some isolated populations in China, too.

The type of yak you are most likely to see at the start of an Everest Base Camp Trek is a hybrid: half yak, half cow. Locally, these are called Dzo (male) and Dzomo (female). They are smaller than yaks, and their shorter hair means they are better at handling warmer climates at lower altitudes. As you ascend on your Everest trek, you will notice that Yaks replace their hybrid cousins as they are extremely well adapted to higher altitudes. As well as having a higher concentration of red blood cells, they even have an extra pair of ribs to accommodate their larger sized lungs.

Food & Fuel

Of course, apart from a form of transport, another use for the yak is for food. Yak meat is high in protein, containing only one sixth of the fat of beef, and makes a fine Everest trekking meal when served with noodles. Nothing of the yak is wasted in Nepal; the horns are used as cutting implements, and even the head of the yak is sometimes served for dinner, especially as part of New Year celebrations.

The yaks themselves eat grass, and often have to burrow through several feet of snow to reach their food. They have learned to eat snow when they are thirsty and unfrozen water cannot be found.

Yak milk (or rather, dri milk) is full of goodness, with twice the fat of cow’s milk. It is yellowy in colour and is mostly used for butter and yogurt. These make good energy foods to keep you fuelled-up for your Everest Base Camp Trek. It is so fat-rich that it can also be burned as lamp oil.

You’ll eat the majority of your meals along the Everest Base Camp Trek at Nepalese tea houses. These provide convenient rest stops where trekkers can put their feet up, eat, sleep and acclimatize to the mountain environment.

Some of the tea houses will cook meals over a traditional yak dung stove. Although you may shudder to think of your food being so close to manure, this is in fact a brilliant, environmentally friendly way of cooking. Trees are sparse in Nepal and considered too important to burn, and so the dung of yak is dried and used as a convenient source of renewable fuel.

Hairy Bovines

The other way yaks can provide warmth is with their fur. Yak fur can grow to as much as two feet long, and might be used for clothing along with yak wool, and can also be made into ropes and sacking. It is even used to make hairy tents. The yak fur allows smoke from inside the tent to escape, while the oil in the fur keeps water from penetrating inside.

When you add up all the benefits that this local beast can offer, from transport, baggage, shelter, clothing, tools, food, drink, and fuel for heating and lighting, I am sure that you will agree that on your Everest base camp trek, the yak is more useful than a Swiss Army Knife – by far!

About the Author: Kirsty Parsons is the Marketing Coordinator for Everest Base Camp Trek, an adventure website which features the classic Everest Base Camp Trek, as well as several alternative Everest trekking routes in the Himalayan region.

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posted by admin on Feb 25

By Pertic Brendon

Winter is coming to a close and you wait in anticipation as spring draws nearer, because with the advent of spring summer’s not that far away. It’s a mixed blessing however, since during the long winter months your work at the animal shelter can only be considered as slightly insane. With summer on the way though, you and your coworkers will have your work cut out for you. That’s the time when your “only slightly insane” workload turns into the full fledged pull-out-your-hair kind of insanity.

You like your job at the animal shelter, there’s no two words about that, but at times it can get overwhelmingly hectic. And most of the time that’s an understatement, “Hectic” is too calm a word to describe life at the animal shelter, especially when the heyday of summer sets in. During the winter months at least all you really need to do is look after the many inhabitants of the animal shelter and try to make them as comfortable as you possibly can.

If there are any sick or injured birds or animals you’ll need to look after them, and if you get a call from a hysterical person who’s sure there’s a family of bears hibernating in their barn, then you’ll need to go check that out. But really that’s about it. A few calls to take out some small, or big, animal that’s managed to get themselves trapped inside somewhere within your house or garden, perhaps a minor disaster or two to cope with, but overall only slight insanity will reign within the walls of the animal shelter.

That all changes however the minute springs blows in. From almost that point onward the animal shelter will gear up towards full blown insanity status in preparation for all the emergencies and disasters that all seem to befall the animal and bird population during these few months.

That’s when the calls starting rolling in and all our units at the animal shelter are kept constantly busy going back and forth between emergencies. They’re almost all the same type of calls year in and year out like, “Help, there’s a large bird stuck in my flue”, or perhaps “I’m sure there’s a family of beavers trying to nest in the crawlspace above me.”

One of the best calls that the animal shelter has gotten however was when one man called us frantically to say that a family of squirrels had taken over his wife’s underwear drawer and stolen each and every pair of expensive lingerie to line their nest. She was coming back home tomorrow and could we please get all the underwear back from the squirrels!

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Originally posted here: What Should You Know About Animal Shelter?

posted by admin on Feb 25

By John James

Have you ever come across an animal print rug? If so, there is a good chance that you saw it either in a store or at a friend’s house. The question is, do you like what animal print rugs have to offer? In other words, do you like the way that they look? There are some people who love anything that has an animal print on it. But of course, there are many others who are against this for one reason or the next. As you can imagine, buying an animal print rug is not something that is right for every homeowner. In addition, you may not want to add one of these rugs to every room in your home. But with all of that in mind, there are many reasons to buy an animal print rug, as well as many places that these look good.

First off, take a closer look at why you should consider buying an animal print rug. The number one reason for people buying these rugs is that they are animal lovers. Remember, just because you are buying an animal print rug does not mean that it is an actual animal skin; this is nothing more than a myth. If you love animals, there is a very good chance that you will also love what an animal print rug has to offer.

Another reason to buy one of these is because they are downright fun! When compared to other rugs on the market today, these are far from being dull and boring. Buying an animal print rug means that you are going to bring a lot of excitement to the room that you decide to keep it in.

Of course, animal print rugs are also a great way to liven any room in your home. Sure, you could opt for a plain, solid color rug; there is nothing wrong with this. But if you really want to spice things up, an animal print rug is the way to go. Since these are so unique looking, they are sure to bring a lot of eyes to the floor.

Now that you have a better idea of why to buy an animal print rug, the next thing to figure out is where you are going to put one of these. There is no right or wrong place for an animal print rug to lie; you can choose any room in your home that needs a floor covering. The most popular areas are basements and bedrooms, but once again, you need to make up your own mind on this.

If you really want to get the most out of your animal print rug, you should consider decorating the rest of your room around the same theme. For instance, you could buy a bedspread that matches the rug print that you decided on.

There are many reasons to add an animal print rug to your home as well as quite a few rooms where one of these will look good.

About the Author: John James writes about animal area rugs and how they can help accent your home’s interior.

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