THE WALKING ANIMALS

Do remember Charles Darwin? If you do, i salute your memory and if you don't, no need to worry,  am here to bring information at your finger tips.Charles Robert Darwin (2 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist and geologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors, and in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding.

 Without going into details about the theory of evolution, Charles claimed that human being revolution started from Australopithecus Afarensis through Homopithecus up to Homo Habilis the today's man. Going by the fact of this theory, it means man left some of his brothers in Madagscar Island, maybe because they were unable to grow as fast as he wanted them to. I am introducing you to the closest primate to man like called Lemur.

 The Lemur more or less resembles other primate like monkeys, guerrillas or bush babies, though it has a tout tail and more stronger leg muscles and longer nails.
The Lemur loco-motes by hopping or walking, which makes it very interesting to watch. Its long and tout tail helps it to balance its body as it jumps from one place to another or from one tree to another.

It must be very careful as it clambers around. But when it decides to really move they can travel very fast indeed, bouncing from branch to branch. Take-off must start sideways-on to their line of flight so they must twist their bodies in mid-air. Their hind legs then have to be swung forward to be used as shock absorbers as they land. Their back feet are long and narrow with an enormous big toe that allows them to lock on to a tree trunk as soon as they hit it. Then they are off again. And a female can do all this while carrying a baby.

a Lemur carrying a baby

On the ground however, the method does not work quite so well. Very long legs and very short arms make it impossible to run on all fours so it must jump. But without trees to push away from, the leaps are rather shorter. Back in the trees, they have to move fast to escape the fossa. The fossa is just as fast as the sifaka but its technique is rather different. Its ancestors were not primates like those of the sifaka but a kind of giant mongoose, so it still runs on all four feet. But when it comes to the long-jump the sifaka wins.

Unlike some other primates, the Lemur has been tamed as a pet due to its human friendly nature, and funny looks. So next time when you plan a trip to Madagscar and forget to take a photo or a small clip with a lemur, then you have not seen Madagascar.

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Australopithecus afarensis

Australopithecus afarensis

GREEN HERON The most wise bird

You have never found a wise bird if you have never came across the Green Heron. This bird is commonly found in Northern and Central America like in Canada, Mexico and some U.S states.

the bird using a fish bait

The Green heron is a predator that feeds on fish. The most amazing and differentiating factor of this birds from her counterparts is the way it fishes. It uses baits! well, you heard me right, it uses baits.
 This baits ranges from small objects that it drops into the water repeatedly attracting the attention of unsuspecting fish.

Due to curiosity the other fish swims close to the bait to check weather the object is edible. The bird uses a very wide range of baits from breads and particles of fish meal from fishing ponds to plant leaves and small fish. Small fishes are normally used to attract big fish.

The theory about where they learn't about this trick is a story of another day.


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