Hi!
Today, people are starting to hunt seals. It's so sad, thinking about all those seals being killed for their fur. And it's not any kind of seal, it's baby seals, being clubbed to death for their snowy white fur. And just how do they get the fur off? They skin the baby seal.
Seals already have enough predators. Harp seals are already eaten and killed by killer whales and polar bears, and arctic foxes. They definitely don't need people clubbing their pups.
I wonder how those sealers feel, killing baby seals. It's just like killing a kitten or puppy. And believe me, people have done that before.
It's sad thinking about those babies being killed, just so people can wear their fur.
Until next time,
Chiara
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Arctic fox
Hi!
Today I'm talking about arctic foxes. I've always liked the arctic fox, I just really didn't know about it. I think arctic foxes are really cute, and one of my favorite animals. I hope you like these facts about the arctic fox.
What does an arctic fox eat?
The arctic fox eats mainly small mammals, including tundra voles, lemmings, arctic hare, carrion, fish, and eggs. If an arctic fox lives near the seacoast, it depends on seabirds like puffins, murres, and auklets. Sometimes they eat ringed seal pups in the spring. Arctic foxes store the food they didn't eat. If they can't find their usual prey, they will steal some scraps from a larger animal, like the polar bear, and they'll eat seaweed, berries, insects, and larvae. They also eat mice, molting and nesting birds, and flightless young.
Where does an arctic fox live?
The arctic fox lives in Greenland, Russia, northern and western Alaska, northern Canada, south and northern Northwest Territories, northern Quebec, northeast Alberta, and northern Manitoba. They also live in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Svalbard. They also live in alpine and subarctic places like Iceland.
What eats the arctic fox?
Polar bears and wolves are the main predators of the arctic fox. Golden eagles and bears are predators to arctic fox young, because they can dig the young out of the den, while their mother is out hunting.
How does an arctic fox take care of its young?
Arctic foxes mate from February to May. Arctic foxes can mate when they're one year old. Female arctic foxes are pregnant for 52 days; that's 7 and a 1/2 weeks. Litters average from 5 to 8 pups, but there has been reports of up to 25 pups. Pups are born blind and helpless, weighing only 2 ounces. Both parents care for the young pups. The mother nurses her young for 6 weeks. After 6 weeks, the pups start to eat solid food. As the mother teaches her young, the father hunts. After 14 to 15 weeks, the pups take their first steps out of their den. The pups stay with their parents from summer to fall.
Characteristics of the arctic fox:
The arctic fox lives for 3 to 4 years in the wild. It can live up to 14 years in captivity. It has the warmest fur of any mammal, and is endangered worldwide. The arctic fox has white fur in the winter, and it can have two-tone brown in the summer or bluish-gray fur in the summer. Its nicknames are polar fox and white fox.
I hope you liked the facts about the arctic fox.
Until next time,
Chiara
(P.S. here are the sites I got my information from: check them out!)
*Footnotes*
http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/arctic_fox.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Fox
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/arctic_fox.htm
http://www.env.gov.nl.ca/snp/Animals/arctic_fox.htm
I really like the blue planet biomes website. Check it out:
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
Hope you like the sites!
Today I'm talking about arctic foxes. I've always liked the arctic fox, I just really didn't know about it. I think arctic foxes are really cute, and one of my favorite animals. I hope you like these facts about the arctic fox.
What does an arctic fox eat?
The arctic fox eats mainly small mammals, including tundra voles, lemmings, arctic hare, carrion, fish, and eggs. If an arctic fox lives near the seacoast, it depends on seabirds like puffins, murres, and auklets. Sometimes they eat ringed seal pups in the spring. Arctic foxes store the food they didn't eat. If they can't find their usual prey, they will steal some scraps from a larger animal, like the polar bear, and they'll eat seaweed, berries, insects, and larvae. They also eat mice, molting and nesting birds, and flightless young.
Where does an arctic fox live?
The arctic fox lives in Greenland, Russia, northern and western Alaska, northern Canada, south and northern Northwest Territories, northern Quebec, northeast Alberta, and northern Manitoba. They also live in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Svalbard. They also live in alpine and subarctic places like Iceland.
What eats the arctic fox?
Polar bears and wolves are the main predators of the arctic fox. Golden eagles and bears are predators to arctic fox young, because they can dig the young out of the den, while their mother is out hunting.
How does an arctic fox take care of its young?
Arctic foxes mate from February to May. Arctic foxes can mate when they're one year old. Female arctic foxes are pregnant for 52 days; that's 7 and a 1/2 weeks. Litters average from 5 to 8 pups, but there has been reports of up to 25 pups. Pups are born blind and helpless, weighing only 2 ounces. Both parents care for the young pups. The mother nurses her young for 6 weeks. After 6 weeks, the pups start to eat solid food. As the mother teaches her young, the father hunts. After 14 to 15 weeks, the pups take their first steps out of their den. The pups stay with their parents from summer to fall.
Characteristics of the arctic fox:
The arctic fox lives for 3 to 4 years in the wild. It can live up to 14 years in captivity. It has the warmest fur of any mammal, and is endangered worldwide. The arctic fox has white fur in the winter, and it can have two-tone brown in the summer or bluish-gray fur in the summer. Its nicknames are polar fox and white fox.
I hope you liked the facts about the arctic fox.
Until next time,
Chiara
(P.S. here are the sites I got my information from: check them out!)
*Footnotes*
http://library.thinkquest.org/3500/arctic_fox.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Fox
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/arctic_fox.htm
http://www.env.gov.nl.ca/snp/Animals/arctic_fox.htm
I really like the blue planet biomes website. Check it out:
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
Hope you like the sites!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
The rainy day
Hi!
Today I'm going to talk about a rainy day, and what I did.
March 12, Friday, 2010:
It was pouring outside. My sisters and I went outside to enjoy the rain. Then, I found a single slug. It was a very white slug. My sisters and I found an old handle to a plastic bucket. We put the slug on the handle. Serena and I went on a hunt for more slugs. We found lots of worms. The whole handle was stuffed with two slugs and around ten worms. While Angel looked for more, Serena and I placed the handle in the garage. Then we saw our chalk. We made a boundary line that the worms and slugs couldn't cross. If they did, they would get run over by the van. Angel came back with a soaking wet cement heart-shaped mold. We suggested using the chalk box top instead. Serena and I kept collecting worms and slugs, until Angel eventually left. An hour or so later, Mama and Angel left to go to the store. Serena and I made a hospital for hurt worms. We also used the now dry heart-mold, and collected wet leaves, stones, and grass, for shelter and moisture for the worms and slugs. We even collected two wet sticks. By the time Angel and Mama came back from Walmart, Serena and I had collected 42 worms and slugs! Four slugs, and 38 worms.
Here are facts and names about some of the worms and slugs:
Meet
the Slugs
Ivory:
Ivory was our first slug that we found. She was mostly white.
Bullet:
Bullet had a strange whole on his left side; earning his name.
Mr. Slug:
A very small slug. ( He ran over a few worms.)
Ms. Slug:
Second smallest; very stubborn; Serena could hardly pick her up!
Meet
the Worms
Mr. Squiggles:
This worm kept squiggling, and twirling, and wiggling.
Dead Guy:
He wasn't really dead, but he was good at pretending to be!
Sandy:
Sandy got mostly run over by a car. Only her head wasn't squashed. She was also our first hospital member.
Little guy:
Our first worm, also very little.
Jet pack:
A very fast worm.
Little worm:
Very little.
Tiny worm:
Even littler.
Petite worm:
The littlest.
Long worm:
Very long.
Longer worm:
Even longer.
Longest worm:
The longest.
Big worm:
This guy was the fattest. He also ran over everybody, acting like top worm.
Green Guy:
The greenest worm you will ever see.
Halves:
Halves broke in half, before, he was called pieces.
Albino:
The other half of Halves. We thought he was dead at first. Also the whitest worm you will ever see.
Swimmer:
This worm we found wiggling in a puddle. ALIVE.
I know this isn't 38 worms, but some of the others names I forgot. But no matter what I forget, I'll never forget that rainy day.
***
Until next time,
Chiara
Today I'm going to talk about a rainy day, and what I did.
March 12, Friday, 2010:
It was pouring outside. My sisters and I went outside to enjoy the rain. Then, I found a single slug. It was a very white slug. My sisters and I found an old handle to a plastic bucket. We put the slug on the handle. Serena and I went on a hunt for more slugs. We found lots of worms. The whole handle was stuffed with two slugs and around ten worms. While Angel looked for more, Serena and I placed the handle in the garage. Then we saw our chalk. We made a boundary line that the worms and slugs couldn't cross. If they did, they would get run over by the van. Angel came back with a soaking wet cement heart-shaped mold. We suggested using the chalk box top instead. Serena and I kept collecting worms and slugs, until Angel eventually left. An hour or so later, Mama and Angel left to go to the store. Serena and I made a hospital for hurt worms. We also used the now dry heart-mold, and collected wet leaves, stones, and grass, for shelter and moisture for the worms and slugs. We even collected two wet sticks. By the time Angel and Mama came back from Walmart, Serena and I had collected 42 worms and slugs! Four slugs, and 38 worms.
Here are facts and names about some of the worms and slugs:
Meet
the Slugs
Ivory:
Ivory was our first slug that we found. She was mostly white.
Bullet:
Bullet had a strange whole on his left side; earning his name.
Mr. Slug:
A very small slug. ( He ran over a few worms.)
Ms. Slug:
Second smallest; very stubborn; Serena could hardly pick her up!
Meet
the Worms
Mr. Squiggles:
This worm kept squiggling, and twirling, and wiggling.
Dead Guy:
He wasn't really dead, but he was good at pretending to be!
Sandy:
Sandy got mostly run over by a car. Only her head wasn't squashed. She was also our first hospital member.
Little guy:
Our first worm, also very little.
Jet pack:
A very fast worm.
Little worm:
Very little.
Tiny worm:
Even littler.
Petite worm:
The littlest.
Long worm:
Very long.
Longer worm:
Even longer.
Longest worm:
The longest.
Big worm:
This guy was the fattest. He also ran over everybody, acting like top worm.
Green Guy:
The greenest worm you will ever see.
Halves:
Halves broke in half, before, he was called pieces.
Albino:
The other half of Halves. We thought he was dead at first. Also the whitest worm you will ever see.
Swimmer:
This worm we found wiggling in a puddle. ALIVE.
I know this isn't 38 worms, but some of the others names I forgot. But no matter what I forget, I'll never forget that rainy day.
***
Until next time,
Chiara
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