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Gulls feed on mollusks and small fish, fish close to shore, but also eat all kinds of garbage. When no food habits change and as animal attack puts them ahead. Every day increases the population of gulls and when food is scarce attack whales and even humans.

Its habitat is the coast or large rivers, where there is a storm you can see them inland. The killer seagulls call, when there is food in the south of Argentina, began to peck at the back of the whales to feed on the parasites of your skin and the fat, the most targeted are the whales are breeding.

No follow up the attacks and their consequences all that is known is that they are altered in their behavior. When the whales come ashore to mate is when they are attacked.

Biologists and scientists are studying the phenomenon and have appeared many young dead with wounds in the back, and it is unclear whether or not the consequences of murderous seagulls. Read the rest of this entry »

Penguins are sea birds, as they have feathers, but not fly. Walk and run at high speed. Usually nest once a year, guarding their eggs between their feet and not let him touch the snow, which is 40 degrees below zero.

They feed on small marine animals such as, squid, fish, crustaceans and krill. The black and white penguin named Nils Olav, was taken by military forces in Norway in 1972 and became the mascot.

Since then he has been given many honorary positions, including named Sergeant Major, one of the most important positions in the Norwegian army.

The armed forces have promoted to the position of Honorary Commander of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

Many people gathered to watch the ceremony, and the Norwegian authorities, which gave a medal to Olav, for his long service in the armed forces, and for good behavior. During the ceremony was applauded the penguin commander of the Norwegian Navy, Nils Olav.

From the moment when the penguin Olav made his walks, he will be greeted with the utmost respect and say, “Colonel Olav.”
It is also built a life-size statue, which was to observe when he made the walk to greet the subordinates.
When Olav reviewed the troops, he replied, his orders Colonel Nils Olav.
Despite being the penguin more prepared to lead troops, the Commander in Chief Honorary Royal Norwegian Navy will not be sent into battle.

Sue Williams, is a dog trainer who trains them to present them in competition, but where the trained, Louie was a very friendly little pig dogs.

Louie looked at everything they did their friends the dogs and if they performed correctly gave him a cookie reward. Louie is 9 months and started to do the same things that make the 15 dogs, to appear in competition.

The little pig, is training with the dogs, the agility course, which is a sport that made the dogs in the canine competitions. The pig from time to be with the dogs, is that it feels more and performs all tests, both running, and jumping, with great skill and agility, like dogs.

Take a walk when trouble does he put the belt when he put the belt leaves the coach, like a dog. Very quiet place long walks, which determines the coach Sue. Everyone wonders what is the secret to Louie act in this way. Sue Williams, believes that the incentive given after testing, has much to do in the conduct of Louie.

She gives them a ginger cookie, that Louis loves and strives to make good tests to receive the incentive, and wants to do more and better and better, to get more and more ginger cookies. The coach has a dream that Louis can compete at Crufts, the most prestigious competition in the UK.

The cross between a lion and a tiger or a tiger with a lioness, rarely occurs naturally in the wild, and only rarely has been in a state of semi-captivity.

The lions live mostly in Africa and tigers in Asia, and both are very territorial. When you cross a male tiger with a lioness, the pup is known by the name tigon, if you cross a male lion and a tiger cub is called the liger. These combinations of the largest cats in the world, is rarely given, but sometimes have been.

The liger is growing a lot and very quickly, while the smaller tigon. The Tigon is currently being raised in China. The animal is a liger picture, if you look closely you see that is characteristic of both parents, has the lion’s head as her father but with less hair, tiger stripes are but weaker and more legs short, in fact is neither a lion nor a tiger, a liger.

The coach was the one who supplied the figures and said that Hercules is the largest hybrid feline world, and has its page in the Guinness Book World Record.

They were born in Myrtle, the wildlife reserve Safari Beach in South Carolina, U.S.. Hercules and has 8 years, while his brother is only 4 weeks, are more fun than the real brothers lions, the coach says that the assault by having the lion’s legacy is tempered by the blood of the mother tigress, which makes them more sociable. They like to play and swim, like tigers.