Monday 31 October 2005
Pomeranian Dogs
The Pom is a compact dog with a soft undercoat and harsh long outer coat. He has a plumed tail that is upright with the end laying flat along the back. His demeanor is alert and curious. With his fox like appearance, the Pom has a short muzzle with rounded skull, small ears and almond shaped bright eyes. The Breed standard allows all colors. The AKC standard size for a Pom is 3 to 7 pounds. With today's tiny Poms weighing in at around 5 pounds, it's hard to picture that these little cuties once weighed over 30 pounds! Cousins of the Spitz type dogs, Pomeranians once were at home in the arctic along with Huskies and Malamutes.
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Tuesday 18 October 2005
Order Carnivora - not all carnivores
largest member:
Polar bear (2,40 - 2,60m and 400 - 600 kg)
smallest member:
Least Weasel (12 - 35 cm and 30 - 200g)
Did you know that, strangely enough, not all members of the order of carnivora are true carnivores...? The panda is a true herbivore, eating only bamboo leafs, and also the kinkajou, an arboreal mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail primarily eats fruit. Bears and raccoons for example are omnivorous. Not all members of the order Carnivora live entirely on land, for example, sea lions and seals have aquatic lifestyles. What members of the order of Carnivora have in common is their characteristic skull shape, and their dentition including prominent canines and carnassials.Carnivores have highly developed senses of hearing, sight and smell (different ways in different species). The other senses are not as important to them as these.
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