Animals and wildlife in Costa Rica
What is the most fearsome army in the world history? The Hitler’s Nazis, American marines, the Red Army or the black ops? Forget all of man’s aggressive armies; forget even the lords of the jungles – lions, tigers. In the kingdom of world only one army lets all the other armies look lame: the army […]
A group of sharks who are from the family named Sphyrnidae are called hammerhead sharks. This name is given due to their flat and extended hammer shaped head. This shape of head is also called “cephalofoil”. The hammerhead sharks are from the genus Sphyrna and Eusphyra. In wormer waters along with continental shelves and coastlines […]
The hawksbill turtle is also known as hawksbill sea turtle. Scientific name of the hawksbill turtle is Eretmochelys imbricata. This hawksbill turtle is from the family Cheloniidae. Eretmochelys imbricata is the only extant species of the genus Eretmochelys. They have two subspecies and they are found in Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Subspecies E. imbricata imbricata […]
Armadillo is a Spanish word, means “small armored one.” They named after their thick leather armor shell in the back. They are placental mammals, their family Dasypodidae survived and remained as last of its order Cingulata. ‘Azotochtli’ is its Aztec name, meaning “turtle-rabbit”. This new world mammal has around twenty species. Many of armadillo species […]
Anteaters are mammal, which are also called as ant-bear. There are only four of this species of suborder Vermilingua (worm tongue). They are named anteater because of their diet- ants & termites. They are edentate. But they have a large tongue. They belong to order Pilosa. Their close relatives are the sloths (have only six […]