Tigers are one of the few big cats that enjoy swimming and are known to take to the water to cool off, hunt for fish, or simply to get from one place to another. Indeed, according to a study published in the Journal of Zoology, tigers have been known to swim distances of up to six miles (10 km) in search of food or territory. Additionally, tigers are also excellent divers, and have been known to hold their breath for up to two minutes while swimming underwater.
The red fox is the only fox that is native to Western Europe. It features prominently in the folklore and mythology of many human cultures, from Chinese folk tales to Native American mythology, and from Aesop’s fables to Beatrix Potter.
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The small hairy armadillo is a burrowing armadillo of arid areas, and is found in parts of the Gran Chaco and Pampas areas of Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. An isolated population is also found in the eastern Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, hot deserts, temperate desert, arable land, pastureland, and plantations. It is absent in rocky areas where the armadillo would not be able to burrow.
A Brandt's cormorant hunts for a meal in a school of Pacific mackerel beneath an oil rig off the coast of Los Angeles, California.
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The Amboseli National Park is one of Kenya's most visited biospheres. Large herds of elephants, as well as other jungle life, can be seen roaming freely there, whilst Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, is visible in the distance.
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Yellow wildflower bloom growing wild in the great outdoors, heralding the arrival of spring.
