Why Do Giraffes Have Horns?<\/a><\/p>\nTheir diet consists of leaves, fruits, and flowers of woody plants like acacia. They have a long purple colored Prehensile tongue of about 45cm in length. The average height of a Giraffe is around 5m; they are mostly found in the sub-Saharan region of Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Hippopotamus<\/h1>\n
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Deriving their name from the Greek word, translating to ‘river horse’ hippos are one of the heaviest terrestrial animals on earth. These creatures are the heaviest animals on the land, next to elephants. Although they are also termed as ‘semi-aquatic,’ they are generally leagued into the terrestrial category. <\/span><\/p>\nThese mammals are mostly herbivorous with a lifespan of 40-50 years, and although they are exaggeratingly heavy and fleshy, they can run at a speed of 48 km\/hour on the land.<\/span><\/p>\nSeemingly serene and calm, these 8000 pounds creatures shouldn\u2019t be messed with because they are just as dangerous as a wild elephant that\u2019s gone frenzy.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Bears<\/h1>\n
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Bears are the large solitary, stocky mammals equipped with nonretractable claws, shaggy fur and are about 8 feet long and weigh about 60-1600 pounds. They are extensively found in America, Europe, and Asia<\/span>.<\/p>\nThey can hibernate, which is an effective survival solution. Bears are great swimmers, which allows them to survive in near the coldest of oceans. Despite the bulky build that bears possess, they are incredible climbers and adept runners.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Snakes<\/h1>\n
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Although controversial, snakes that have adapted to both land and water are majorly considered terrestrial animals. These infamous reptiles known for their toxic venoms or constrictions around their prey’s body are found all over the world except for a few parts like New Zealand, Antarctic, and Ireland, etc.<\/span><\/p>\nThe legless carnivorous reptiles that come in absolutely mesmerizing patterns and colors from jet black to light green are ectothermic creatures with a rough, scaly body. If you see one, and unless you are pretty sure it’s a house snake – RUN!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Spiders<\/h1>\n
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Yes, the eight-legged animals that usually form those incessant webs in your home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAlthough the house spiders are usually harmless, these arthropods can prove lethal, especially a few species with the Tarantula reigning on top. A few spiders that look tiny have a VERY lethal bite of some of the deadliest toxins ever heard of in the history of mankind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe mainstream people have a general misconception about spiders – they think they are obnoxious to look at! Wait till you look at the iridescent, electric-blue legged spider that has been winning our hearts (although it is a little frightening to look at).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Are Birds Terrestrial Animals?<\/span><\/h1>\nTerrestrial birds are those that forage, roost, and predominantly spend a significant portion of their lives on the ground. When these types of birds are threatened, then they don’t fly away; rather, they freeze, walk or run. Some of these birds have a unique cumbersome flight style, which is less suited for long flights, and when flying, they generally stay low above the ground while the others are flightless.<\/span><\/p>\nHere is a list of these Terrestrial birds:<\/h2>\n\n- The Barred Buttonquail<\/span><\/li>\n
- Female Black Francolin<\/span><\/li>\n
- The Cheer Pheasant<\/span><\/li>\n
- The Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse<\/span><\/li>\n
- The Eurasian Thick-knee<\/span><\/li>\n
- The Ferruginous Partridge<\/span><\/li>\n
- The Grey Francolin<\/span><\/li>\n
- The Indian Courser<\/span><\/li>\n
- The Kalij Pheasant<\/span><\/li>\n
- The Masai Ostrich<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Other types of animal habitat<\/span><\/h2>\nApart from terrestrial, there are four other habitats, namely.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Aquatic<\/span><\/li>\n
- Aerial<\/span><\/li>\n
- Arboreal<\/span><\/li>\n
- And Amphibious.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Let\u2019s learn more about them with examples in detail\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Aquatic Animals<\/span><\/h1>\nIn simple words, animals that primarily live in either freshwater or saltwater are called aquatic animals. The presence or absence of a spiny backbone is an important feature that helps to distinguish and differentiate between different animals living on land and in water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe aquatic animals can be both warm-blooded and cold-blooded; the warm-blooded aquatic animals can’t breathe underwater and get oxygen from the air, whereas the cold-blooded ones have gills and fins which help them to move and breathe underwater easily.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMarine Mammals like cetaceans, whales, and dolphins have adapted to drive deeply before surfacing for air, and they don’t lay eggs. Rather they give birth to their young ones.<\/span><\/p>\nHere is a list of aquatic animals:<\/h2>\n\n- Sea reptiles<\/span><\/li>\n
- Fish<\/span><\/li>\n
- Sharks<\/span><\/li>\n
- Crustaceans<\/span><\/li>\n
- Corals\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Marine mammals<\/span><\/li>\n
- Octopus<\/span><\/li>\n
- Jellyfish<\/span><\/li>\n
- Worms<\/span><\/li>\n
- \u00a0Crabs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Aerial Animals<\/span><\/h1>\nAnimals that thrive when airborne, accomplishing other activities like feeding, drinking, and bathing, spending much of their life in flight are called Aerial Animals. There are several adaptations that were adapted by these animals to fly swiftly in the air. <\/span><\/p>\nThese adaptations include their lightweight skeletons and slender, streamlined bodies, which increase the flight efficiency and make lengthy flights easier for them, the long and pointed wings serve to aid their flight agility, and their long tail helps them to steer while flying in the air easily.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSince these animals have an amazing flight style, aeronautics and mechanical engineers are studying their flying patterns and developing myriad flying vehicles and machines from commercial aircraft to remote-controlled drones.<\/span><\/p>\nHere is a list of Aerial Animals:<\/h2>\n\n- Albatross<\/span><\/li>\n
- Vultures<\/span><\/li>\n
- Butterflies<\/span><\/li>\n
- Moth<\/span><\/li>\n
- Sugar Gliders<\/span><\/li>\n
- Hummingbird<\/span><\/li>\n
- Geese<\/span><\/li>\n
- Bats<\/span><\/li>\n
- Gliding lizard<\/span><\/li>\n
- Eagles<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Arboreal Animals<\/span><\/h1>\nThe arboreal animals are the tree-living animals who spend most part of their life cycle on trees and branches, mainly in the rainforest. These animals have amazing adaptations that not only help them to live and move about in trees but also help them to survive and hide in the environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTo deal with the mechanical challenges of moving through their habitats, the arboreal animals have elongated limbs, which help them to cross gaps, testing the firmness of support ahead, and to reach food and other resources. <\/span><\/p>\nThey use their prehensile tails to grasp the branches of trees. Animals like spider monkeys and crested geckos have an adhesive pad at the tip of the tail to provide increased friction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nTheir small body size provides them with advantages like increased stability, lower mass, controlled gliding, and gives them the ability to move through more cluttered habitat amidst branches, stems, leaves, etc.<\/span><\/p>\nHere is a list of Arboreal Animals:<\/h2>\n\n- Sloths<\/span><\/li>\n
- Koalas<\/span><\/li>\n
- Beckos<\/span><\/li>\n
- Tree Snakes<\/span><\/li>\n
- Possums<\/span><\/li>\n
- Orangutans<\/span><\/li>\n
- Parrots<\/span><\/li>\n
- Woodpeckers<\/span><\/li>\n
- Chameleons<\/span><\/li>\n
- Red Pandas<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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Amphibious Animals<\/span><\/h1>\nTo live a double life – that succinctly describes Amphibians, in a nutshell. The amphibious animals are cold-blooded vertebrate animals who are born in water and breathe through gills in their larva stage, and as they grow adult, their lungs develop the ability to breathe air, allowing them to live on both land and water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThey have skin glands that help to transport water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide into or out of them, producing useful proteins. They are also frequently used as a defense to fight against bacteria or fungal infections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe toxic amphibians are mostly bright colored to warn the potential predators from coming in close vicinity. Their skin needs special environmental conditions in order to allow them to survive, and too much exposure to the sun can damage their skin cells. <\/span><\/p>\nWind can also dry their skin and dehydrate them, which is why most amphibians are nocturnal, surfacing, and preying only in the dark. The amphibians inhabit a variety of habitats, including terrestrial, fossorial, freshwater ecosystems.<\/span><\/p>\nThe list of some commonly known amphibians are as follows:<\/h2>\n\n- American Bullfrogs<\/span><\/li>\n
- Geckos<\/span><\/li>\n
- Salamanders<\/span><\/li>\n
- Toads<\/span><\/li>\n
- Newts<\/span><\/li>\n
- Tortoise<\/span><\/li>\n
- Alligator Newts<\/span><\/li>\n
- Worms<\/span><\/li>\n
- Axolotls<\/span><\/li>\n
- Green Tea Frogs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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The word ” Terrestrial,” which means earthly, is borrowed from the Latin word ‘terra,’ meaning earth, land, or ground, with the suffix -al. The terrestrial animals are the animals that live predominantly or entirely on land, and they also grow and reproduce on land. Having successfully adapted to dry environments, animals belonging to this habitat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[115],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thetinyphant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Webp.net-resizeimage-6.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetinyphant.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetinyphant.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetinyphant.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetinyphant.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetinyphant.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetinyphant.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetinyphant.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetinyphant.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetinyphant.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetinyphant.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}