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US Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, États-Unis, United States
Tiere, Animaux, Animals

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about - Birding - Wild Birds

amphibiaweb - Amphibia-Web

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fishbase - Fish-Database

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georgetown - Animal-Sounds - Tierlaute in anderen Sprachen

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newscientist - New Scientist - Everyday Scientific Phenomena
Animals Phenomena

• "Warum fallen schlafende Vögel nicht vom Baum?" und
• "Was macht die Mücke beim Wolkenbruch?"

• Results 1 to 15 of 133
• Mole holes: How big is the average mole's tunnel network? How far does the average mole tunnel in its lifetime?
• Highland swarm: What do midges normally eat in an area where there is no source of blood from humans and sheep?
• Pretty in pink: Is it true that flamingos evolved their bright pink hue as camouflage to hide them from predators against the sunrise and sunset - the times when they feed?
• Cutting bills: How do puffins hold a dozen or so floppy sand eels or minnows in their beaks?
• Web of intrigue: Is spider silk made when required or stored?
• Who needs nine lives?: From how high can you drop a cat?
• Unshockable: Why does an electric eel not shock itself when attacking its prey?
• Don't bee late home: Can lost bees integrate themselves into a new hive or colony?
• Whose a clever boy then?: How do parrots talk?
• Bird's-eye hue: Why do birds have different eye colours?
• Less cargo?: What happens to a snail's anatomy when it appears to shrink and retreat back into its shell?
• Cat's eyes: Can cats watch television?
• Family matter: Why are mole populations separated by large distances and are moles a British phenomenon?
• Caterpillar track: Why do caterpillars sometimes form circles that follow each other inexorably?
• Results 16 to 30 of 133
• Feline fear: If my cat were suddenly to grow to the size of a tiger would he see me as potential food?
• Flying V: Why do geese fly in a "V"?
• Sticky moments: How do insects stick to walls and ceilings?
• Worm count: Are there more worms than people?
• Marine boy: Why don't marine mammals have gills?
• Half asleep: Do some animals sleep with only half their brain at a time?
• Vanishing birds: What happened to the sparrows in London?
• Strange tail: Why have rats got long tails?
• Getting about: Why do some birds walk and others hop?
• Invisible guardians: How do adult birds keep track of whose chick is whose when they wander far from the nest?
• Foxy fable: Can foxes get rid of fleas by swimming with a mouthful of sheep's wool?
• Headbangers: How is it possible for woodpeckers to peck so hard without getting brain damage?
• Blue blooded: Why do some creatures have blue blood?
• Squareheads: Why do hammerhead sharks have hammerheads?
• Live links: Processional behaviour - how does this benefit some caterpillars?
• Results 31 to 45 of 133
• Bee clever: Robber bees who take nectar without pollinating...
• Suckers for punishment: Leeches--what they do in their spare thime. The full story.
• Plank syndrome: Several flies were gathered on a plank of wood in my garden this summer. Why did they alway realign themselves on returning to the plank?
• Head start: Why do pigeons seem to move their heads so much?
• Keep off the grass: Why do cats bury their excreta while other animals dont seem to?
• Dirty old bugs: Do bacteria age?
• Little suckers: How do snails seal and unseal themselves?
• Colour blind: Can a blind chameleon change colour?
• Reflection reaction: When an animal looks in the mirror, does it realise that its seeing its own reflection?
• Gene pooling: Why dont grey squirrels suffer the effects of inbreeding?
• Silkware: How long do spider webs last?
• Fishing limits: Why is the largest whale bigger than the largest fish?
• Blowfish: Do fish fart?
• Leggy bonds: Why do crane flies have such long legs?
• Results 46 to 60 of 133
• Garden gremlins: Can you breed a super earthworm?
• Design fault: Why beetles get stuck on their backs
• Tank madness: Why do fish jump out of aquariums?
• Wee problem: Why female (but not male) dog pee kills grass
• Fibre hop ticks: How insect webs cover whole fields
• Pigeon-toed: Why pigeons have deformed feet
• Swinging together: Why greenflies oscillate in sync
• In the green: Are there any green mammals?
• Run rabbit: How does a dog track a scent?
• Fishing well: How can fish be found in newly-dug wells?
• Ring of bright water: Beluga whales blow air rings. How fast can these bubbles be projected and why do they produce this shape, does it have any beneficial purpose?
• Stingray: Rays have delta-shaped wings. What is the particular advantage of this shape?
• Icarus Returns: Given that I weigh 75 kilograms, how big would my wings have to be for me to take off like a bird?
• Green death: Animals have a point of clinical death. Do plants, and if they do, how is it determined?
• Ey up, sing reet: Do birds have regional accents?
• Results 61 to 75 of 133
• Snails' pace: Is "snail mail" really as slow as a snail?
• Bee lines 2: How do bees benefit from the pollinating they do?
• Street life: Is there any evidence that animals are developing road sense?
• On the hoof: What's the point of horseshoes?
• Eye to eye: Why do some animals have a noncircular pupil?
• White out: How do mountain-dwelling animals protect themselves from snow-blindness?
• Them!: How can ants survive being in a microwave oven?
• Neck ache: Do giraffes ever get hit by lightning?
• Effortless ascent: How flies fly in lifts (elevators)
• Route master: How does a guide dog know where to go?
• Glass menagerie: Why are some creatures translucent?
• Beeline: Do bumblebees really defy the laws of physics when they fly?
• Free-fall falconry: Is there a terminal velocity that limits the speed at which birds can dive through the air?
• Cold feet: Why dont penguins get frostbite on their feet?
• Smart sidesteppers: Why and how do crabs walk sideways?
• Results 76 to 90 of 133
• Fried fish: When lightning strikes the water, does it kill the fish?
• High flies: Can swallows predict the weather?
• Mussel fight: Can mussels contain pearls?
• Splat!: Can a fly stop a train?
• Thread for heights: How can spiders "fly"?
• Flying fins: Why do flying fish fly?
• Scaling trees: How can snakes climb trees?
• Baa-rmy: Why do chased sheep run in straight lines?
• In-flight meal: Can anyone calculate the metabolic fuel efficiency of the ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) that fly so far on so little, and how does this compare to a human?
• Tree love blossoms: While walking in the New Forest in southern England, my wife and I came across two trees that appeared to be holding hands - How and why did this happen?
• No bull: It's an unfortunate question I know, but why does human excrement smell so badly?
• Dead end: What purpose does the appendix serve in animals?
• Floundering about: How do certain animals, such as the flounder, change their colour to match their background?
• Ghostly flock: Why do some white objects seem to glow at twilight?
• Hot bodies: Why is the body temperature of mammals so high?
• Results 91 to 105 of 133
• Bee lines 1: How do bees make honey?
• Raindance: Why do seagulls stamp their feet on wet grass in the early morning?
• Smart evolution: Do all animals show a tendency to evolve greater intelligence over time?
• Bodily breeding: How many different species live on or in the average human body ?
• Horse play: Stability of flat-bottomed horse ferries in 19th century Scotland...
• Silent flight: How do owls fly so silently?
• Feel the heat: When lobsters are boiled alive, do they feel it?
• Something fishy: Why does fish usually smell fishy? Is it because it is going off?
• Mountain mystery: How do fish get into high mountain lakes?
• Flea market: How do fleas so easily find creatures to feed on?
• Leftovers: Why don't scavenging animals get food poisoning?
• Sluggish and drunk: The mystery of a small slug living in a bottle of wine...
• Rig dwellers: Why some birds ride out a storm at sea
• Lucky mark: Birds eat little black insects. So why are their droppings white?
• Dawn misery: Why do roosters crow in the morning?
• Results 106 to 120 of 133
• Rotten hoarders: When squirrels bury nuts--do they go mouldy?
• Milking the issue: Lush grass or dried feed. What are the effects of a cows diet on the milk we drink?
• Red or white?: Whats the difference between red and white meat?
• Myopic mammals: Why don't animals need glasses?
• Fly by light: Why do houseflies circle below hanging lights whether theyre on or off?
• Polar bear: Why are there more types of animals in the jungle than at the poles?
• Woofers: How can small birds sound so loud?
• Mozzie attack: Why are some people more prone to mosquito attacks than others?
• Hot palates: Are some animals more tolerant of spicy foods than others?
• Diet mossies: What do mosquitoes eat when there are no mammals around?
• Creepy crawlies: Do woodlice have any natural predators?
• How about gnat?: How gnats fly in the rain without getting hit by raindrops
• Urine trouble: Surfers lore says that human urine attracts sharks. Is this true?
• Use your nut: How do squirrels find buried nuts?
• Dawn din: Why birds seem to sing loudests just before dawn
• Results 121 to 133 of 133
• Trunk drunk: How do elephants drink?
• Old blue eyes: Why does my pet dog get blue eye in a photo rather than red eye?
• Playing cricket: Can you tell the temperature by listening to crickets chirping?
• Shadow dance: How can a swarm of gnats produce images of the solar eclipse?
• Sharp fruit: If the point is to attract animals, why are some fruits so sour?
• Mighty moths: Having cleared the prickly pear cactus from so much land, what is the moth Cactoblastis living on now?
• Paws for thought: Why do cats (not naturally marine creatures) like fish so much?
• Water everywhere: What do marine mammals drink?
• Rain on the plain: Can elephants hear approaching rain at a distance?
• Dem bones: How long does decomposition of a buried body take?
• Bend out of shape: Can you tell me why dolphins, and indeed other deep-diving mammals, manage to avoid the "bends"?
• Nature's gourmets: Why do humans cook food? Do any other animals do anything like this?
• Eyes up: Insects with compound eyes will always have part of the eyes looking into the sun. Why don't they go blind?

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ornitaxa - The Sibley/Monroe World List of Bird Names

• SECTION 1 - general information
• SECTION 2 - references
• SECTION 3 - the S/M world list
• SECTION 4 - file distribution

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pbs - Dogs and more Dogs

• A Potpourri of Pooches
• The Truth About Dogs
• Working Dogs
• Dogs Around the World
• TV Program Description
• Links & Books
• Teacher's Guide
• Program Transcript

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reptile-database - Reptile-Database

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si - Smithsonian Institution - Mammal Species of the World (MSW)

• How to use the MSW
• Go to the Root of the MSW Tree
• Search the MSW by Scientific Name
• Search the MSW by Common Name
• Browse the MSW Literature Citations (750K text/html)
• Browse the Checklist of Mammal Names as Text (200K text only)

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Uni Michigan - University of Michigan Museum of Zoology - Animalia

Uni Michigan - University of Michigan Museum of Zoology - Bird Division

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