Zestful Leak

• There are ten species of bears. They are largely adapted to omnivorous diet, subsisting on wild berries and nuts as well as insects, roots, small birds and rodents. Bears have well developed molars and very acute sense of smell. On the contrary they have weak eyesight and hearing capacity. The Polar bear is unique amongst the bears in being the largest species.
• The Leopards are the most adaptable of all the higher mammals. They are mostly found in Asia and Africa. In spite of being banned under CITES, trade in leopard skin flourishes in many parts of south east Asia.
• Penguins are the most highly specialized of all birds for marine life. They perform their swimming action solely by their flipper like wings, while their webbed feet are used as rudders.
• Penguins are highly gregarious and a population density of half a million birds in 500 acres has been counted at a colony unison in Antarctica.
  We share 1.4% of our DNA with the Chimpanzees. Fifty years ago, there were probably a million living Chimpanzees in Africa but today, as few as 150,000 are left in the wild.
• Eagles are one of the most prominent birds amongst the raptors (birds of prey). They are capable enough to hunt even the living animals.
• When you think of the porcupine you probably picture its quills pointing from their back. These quills are a good defense against many predators who do not like getting a mouthful of quills. They are extremely good swimmers.
• Dall sheep are the only white wild sheep. They spend most of the year up in the mountains in rocky areas with cliffs. The cliffs give them protection from predators. The predators can not go all the places the Dall sheep can. The horns on a Dall sheep, both the male and female grow horns, are made of keratin, the same material as our hair and fingernails.
• Arctic Terns are very sleek looking birds. They have long, pointed wings, a forked tail, a black cap and red beak and feet. When hunting the terns can hover over an area looking for prey. Arctic terns are the furthest migrating birds; they fly from Alaska to Antarctica every year for the Alaskan winter.
• Beluga whales are white. Each summer they shed their skin. They remove the old skin by rubbing it on gravel or coarse sand bottoms of rivers. Before they shed, their skin is yellow and scared. After they shed their skin is shiny and white. The beluga can swim forward, backwards and upside down.