WORLD INFORMATION

  SILENT EXTINCTION:GIRAFFES THAT ARE LOST IN WANDERLAND THE WORLD’S TALLEST LAND MAMMAL IS ENDANGERED   “Evolution is so creative. That’s how we got giraffes.” – Kurt Vonnegut  –        They are so gracious animals, elegant and majestic but also very cute. We can look at them and smile with no reason. The world’s tallest land mammals have never done something wrong to people but people have done so much wrong to the  giraffes in last 30 years. We have made them vulnerable to extinction and today, on Wednesday, June 21,  on World Giraffe Day,  we are aware more than ever that conservation must do something urgent regarding this issue.      We are running out the time because they are already placed on the Red List of endangered species. There are fewer than 100,000 left in wild and their number is dropping down rapidly due to the loss of habitat and illegal, so called trophy hunting.  International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warns that the statistic is black not only f

  THE WHALES: ELEGANT OCEAN GIANTS Online source THE KINGS OF MARINE BIOLOGY Online source      Did you know that February 20th is a global Whale Day? If not, did you ever think of that special day that belongs to the majestic creatures ? Actually, the every day should be their day as they are one of a kind. Online source      The whales themselves are categorized in 2 groups, depending on their biology and social behavior but the fact is that they are very big placental ocean mammals that share many common things with other well known marine mammals, even with humans themselves . According to the wildlife research, there are baleen ( mysticetes) and toothed whales( adontocetes). The first group has special baleen plates in their moths, enough for plankton, while other group of whales has teeth which enable them to deal with bigger prey. Online source : Wikipedia      I find very interesting the comment of one scientists that compared whales with humans, approaching their specific soc

  AFRICAN TALE:WILDLIFE AGAINST WILDLIFE CRIME TROPHY HUNTING AND POACHING – THE PURE CRIME AGAINST NATURE “The Earth is large enough for all to share, but mankind’s heart is not enough large to care” A.D.Williams        While  I am sitting in the garden and watching the last sun rays kiss the nature, I am touched by the rhythm of old good African song “ Yé ké yé ké”  by Guinean singer Mory Kante. It was a big music hit back in 1988 but even now is great, moving song which lead  us into the heart of wild, beautiful Africa.Lets say this better,  it brings Africa into our home as well as many told and untold African tales.      The incredible beauty of this continent is shown  in many movies and described in many books but the most amazing part of the African story is rich, majestic and powerful wildlife or at least as it used to be, many years before human parasites started ruining the nature and everything which they dont owe.      The sanctuary of some of the rarest wild  animals and

THE RHINO: THE KING OF ODD-TOED UNGULATES Credit by: BBC THE MAJESTIC MAMMAL BETWEEN EXTINCTION AND CONSERVATION       Credit by: Black Rhino (Diceros Bicornis)       Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. WWF Kenya, working alongside Kenya Wildlife Service and Narok County Government, place transmitters on 40 Black Rhino (Diceros Bicornis) to monitor their movements and enhance their protection.      When I was in Africa, I didn’t manage to see rhino. It was the only one missing in my BIG FIVE collection, during the safari in Kenya. I really hoped that this beautiful animal will cross my road in one of national parks but unfortunately, they have been hiding, due to the fear from humans and their actions. As we all know, rhinos are big herbivorous mammals that are hunted for their specific horn, used to be traded on illegal wildlife market. Actually, their name rhinoceros originates from Greek language, where the word  rhino  means nose and  ceros  is a meaning for horn.   It is known t