Sunday, 30 June 2013

What is inside puss?


What is inside puss?

Part one-Into the wild  

Warriors-a good book about cats that look domestic, but really are born wild. For many lives, four clans of these warrior wildcats have shared and ruled the forest, according to the law, Also known as the warrior code. But the great warrior code lay down by the ancestor clan, Starclan, is threatened, and noble warrior cats are dying, most of them the good warriors of Thunderclan, as the sinister and all-powerful Shadowclan grows stronger each day. In the middle of this struggle, an ordinary house cat named Rusty appears… Who may yet end up as the bravest warrior of them all? What I thought about this book :( In my brain)”Wow! I never thought that cats were able to host such good stories! I thought they were boring! Also, thanks, Author, now I have a new opinion on catsJ!  

Part two- Fire and Ice

 Deep in the forest, 4 clans of wildcats are living in hard and harsh harmony and uncertain lines are upon them. Now Rusty, now called Fireheart, is a full-fledged warrior of Thunderclan, but his troubles have not gone down. When the chills and the cold of next season, winter, come, and the rival cats of Riverclan are growing restless, as the lost Windclan is weak and facing threats and problems from all sides.  As dangers grow into a highly explosive climax, Fireheart faces not only lots of fights and blood, but betrayal in the heart of his own clan as well.

To be continued on the blog…..

Sunday, 23 June 2013

Caracal--Animal Project




What is a caracal?
Meet the highest jumping cat and mammal in the whole wide world…. Introducing, the caracal! These cool cats are wild, but they can jump 10 feet high! Find out about the mysterious life of caracals, also known as desert lynx.



Where a caracal lives
A caracal lives in arid areas as well as dry scrubland throughout Africa, except Sahara and tropical rain forest; eastern Mediterranean countries as well and coastal places of Arabic peninsula. Also parts of southwest Asia does the cool caracal live in. Caracals are predatory mammals.
A Caracals Habitat range, as shown below.


Food chain
Caracals are consumers, meaning that they have to eat plants (Otherwise known as producers) or animals. Some consumers only eat a certain kind of food, like in the case of the caracal, they eat meat only. This wildcat is opportunistic hunter of plump birds, such as guinea fowl, to the powerful kori bustard. For the mammals that they prey on, there’s the Impala, a certain kind of medium sized African antelope, the steenbok, which is a common small antelope that is a native to southern and eastern Africa, and the springbok, a medium sized Gazelle-Antelope found in southwestern Africa. Mainly, adult Caracals only have one predator, whereas Babies have 3. Out of these 3 predators, only one eats adults-Humanity. Wahhhhh! These are the only other predators of caracals-Raptors (Birds of prey) and wild dogs, Such as the African hunting dog, otherwise known as the cape wild dog. 
 
Physical adaptations
With the one of the rarest creature powers in the whole planet. (Well, every animal has a power! For example, the great white shark has a supreme bite, Humans have superior intelligence, and cheetahs have speed, so they are one of the fastest animals!) Caracals may not be the top predators of the savannah, but they don't have many predators, but they do have a lot of prey. Now to tell you great readers about their creature powers. First they have their amazing leap. Caracals leap amazingly high, they leap up to 10 feet high! Also, they have the amazing ability off swat birds right out of the air! Imagine if you were a bird, flying, and 9 feet high, only to be stunned by the paw of a caracal! Also, the hind legs are longer then the front legs, allowing them to run very fast, which is the reason Caracals are the fastest and most widespread small wildcat in Africa. The long black tufts on the tips of caracal ears emphasize facial expressions- Valuable for communication between Caracals. The skull of an awesome Caracal has a short, compact, muzzle and strong Jaw muscles give the Caracal deadly biting power. The feet of the caracal are big, so they are powerful enough to bat, knock, or hook a bird clean out of the air, as well as out of flight. Ears of a caracal are black on the outside and highly pale in the inside. A caracal’s coat is short but dense, and color varies through from tawny brown to reddish gray and even wine red, a through all caracals have white under parts. Dark form individuals are known.    

Behavioral adaptations


Like most wildcats, the caracal is solitary; through some live in a pair. It keeps a territory up to 26 square miles. These predatory mammals mark boundaries on tufts of grass, rocks, stones, and trunks of trees. In Africa, they are active during early morning and evening, though once the hottest time of the year comes; Caracals are generally nocturnal, meaning that they come out at night. In Asia, where the winter is mainly colder, so Caracals tend to hunt in the day. On finding a neighbor, rival, or mate, Caracals will sit down like normal cats do and turn their heads this way, then that way, to and fro. It then uses the ear tufts to signal feelings. In particularly tense moments, It puts them back, adding menace by baring I’ts gums and using a vocabulary of screams, spits, growls , and hisses.

P.s Thanks for reading!