Fun Fact!

The Arctic fox has thick, white, winter fur. Their fur is the warmest fur of any mammal.

Bottlenose Dolphin

Bottlenose Dolphins are the most common and well-known type of dolphin. They are generally known to have a calm and playful temperament. A group of dolphins is called a pod. Pods have about 15 to 20 in dolphins. Bottlenose dolphins like to be in the warm tropical oceans worldwide.

Macaw Week!

Macaw week is over, I hope you enjoyed the facts!

Did you Know?

The smallest macaw of all, Hahn's Macaw, is just 12-14 inches long.

Spix Macaw

The Spix Macaw, also known as the Little Blue Macaw, is very endangered and probably extinct wild. The spix macaw is named after German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix, who collected the first specimen in April 1819. The world population of the spix macaw is about 120 with most, if not all in captivity.

Did you Know?

The life span of a macaw is about 50 to 60 years.

Deforestation

The macaw populations are declining due to the fact that the macaw's natural habitat (the rainforest) is being destroyed by deforestation, which is happening all over Central and South America. Tropical rainforests, such as those in the Amazon, play a important role in the water cycle by providing rain to the region.

Hyacinth Macaw

The Hyacinth Macaw has a very strong beak for eating hard nuts and seeds. Their strong beaks are able to crack coconuts, the large Brazil nuts and macadamia nuts. It's the largest flying parrot species. While generally easily recognized, it can be confused with the far rarer and smaller Lear's Macaw.
Hyacinth Macaw

Fun Fact

The macaw is one of the largest species of parrot in the world, the average adult macaw growing to more than a meter in height. The macaw is well known for it's brightly colored feathers. The biggest macaw in the world is the Hyacinth Macaw. 

Fun Fact

There are 17 different species of macaw found in the rainforests of South America. Many of the different kinds of macaw are today considered to be endangered animals.

Macaw Week!

All week I will post facts about Macaws, which are in the Parrot family.

Did you Know?

Jellyfish don't have hearts or brains.

Butterfly Week!

Thank you to all who voted on the Animal of the Week poll!
Check back for more facts about wildlife and more polls to vote on!

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Invisible Butterfly?

The Glasswing butterfly has clear wings, for the most part. It lives deep in the jungle where it flies low and is hard to see. It's poisonous to eat them, but not to touch them.

Did you Know?

The biggest butterfly in the world is the Queen Alexandra butterfly. It's wing-span is 11 inches across. That's the size of a robin! Sometimes it is called the Bird-wing butterfly because it's so big.

But the smallest butterfly is the Western pygmy blue butterfly. It's a half an inch across, no wider than a thumbnail!


Queen Alexandra's Birdwing butterfly
 
Western Pygmy Blue butterfly

Butterflies and Moths

A common question asked about butterflies is how to tell the difference between a butterfly and a moth. Butterflies are out in day-time, moths come out at night. Most butterflies are brightly colored, most moths are dull and colorless. Butterflies rest with their wings up, moths rest with their wings down flat.

But a few things they have in common are

• They both have four wings (two on each side)
• They are both insects (six legs)
•  Both form a chrysalis to change from larva to adult

Animal of the Week!

This weeks Animal of the Week is Butterflies!

Animal of the Week

So far it's a tie between Butterflys and Jellyfish! Come vote on the Animal of the Week at  http://haileewildliferesearch.blogspot.com/

Did you Know?

Monarch butterflies make a journey of up to 3,000 miles each fall from their homes in Canada and the U.S to Mexico and California.