How do eagle catch a fish?

The eagle's eyesight is especially remarkable. With vision about five times sharper than our own, an eagle can spot a target as small as a rabbit up to a mile away.   The claws on an eagle's toes are curved and razor-sharp for catching and holding their prey.  Rough bumps on the eagle's toes also help them hold slippery, wiggling fish. A eagle’s feet are important for capturing food and also as a method of protection.  To catch fish, eagles generally watch the water surface from a perch or while soaring in the air. Then they swoop down close to the water and drop their feet right in the water to catch the fish.   Unlike other birds, which eat seeds or insects and travel only short distances in search of a meal, the eagle must often fly great distances in order to find worthy fare.  Riding upon vertically spiraling columns of warm air called thermals, the eagle can travel up to twenty miles per hour virtually without effort. The eagle is further aided in flight because its bones are hollow. Unbelievably, the total weight of an eagle skeletal system is only half the weight of its feathers! With a wingspan of seven to eight feet and a wide and rudder-like tail, the eagle was built to master the skies.

Which is the most powerful predator on both land and trees?

The Puma is a large Cat   found in the mountains from Southern Canada to the tip of South America also commonly known as  the Mountain Lion. The Puma has no markings on its fur leading to its scientific name Felis concolor which means 'cat of one color'. They have pointed ears and their acute hearing allows them to detect prey even when it is too dark for them to see. Puma can easily adapt to their natural habitat, they can hunt both on land and on trees comfortably.  This big cat unlike other member of their family is not able to roar.  Puma cubs are born blind and are completely helpless for their first two weeks of life until their blue eyes fully open. The Puma is a large and powerful carnivore, hunting and eating only other animals in order to survive. The Puma is one of the most dominant predators throughout much of their natural environment and are therefore rarely preyed upon by other species.   The biggest threat to the Puma however is people who have hunted this large Cat. In some areas they are also hunted by ranch owners who blame Pumas for their loss of  livestock.

 
 

How does desert snake move in hot sand?

The desert snake Pit Viper, the sidewinder has a distinctive hornlike projection over each eye. It is chiefly nocturnal and takes refuge in the burrow of another animal or under a bush during the day. At night it emerges to hunt its prey. A desert inhabitant, this snake moves with a sideways motion, known as sidewinding, thought to be the most efficient mode of movement for a snake on sand. It throws its body into lateral waves, only two short sections of it touching the ground. All the snake's weight, therefore, is pushing against the ground at these points, and this provides the leverage to move it sideways. As it travels, the snake leaves a trail of parallel J-shaped markings. An movement  of this snake in open, sparsely vegetated country, has an advantage of reducing contact between the snake's body and the hot sand. 

Which part of the world is snakes heaven?

 The island Ilha de Queimada  in Brazil is inhabited completed by venomous snakes. There is exactly no predator for these snakes on the island which resulted in the tremendous increase in there population so it is assumed that on an average there are five snakes in one square meter area. The poisonous  snakes like The King cobra and vipers are found on this island. However, the deadliest snakes to be found there are the Golden Lancehead viper. According to statistics, about 90% of deaths resulting from snake bites in Brazil are caused due to bite from this snake. A single bite of this snake contains enough venom to kill two humans at a single time. Several tales have been associated with this snakes island. Mostly, the dense population of snakes has kept humans away from the island but according to those tales, a fisherman once wandered off the to the island, only to be bitten by one of the thousands venomous snakes of the area. He barely made it to his boat before giving up his life. The snakes venom causes the skin around the bite to melt away, making survival chances of the victim extremely slim. Human habitation is nil on the island. Only scientific persons after having granted permission to do so can visit the island. The snakes live mostly on migrating birds that stop on the island for rest. A plan to establish a banana plant on the island had been proposed at one point. However, for obvious reasons, it was never established.

Which is the successful cross of Lion and Tiger?

 The Liger is the largest of the world's biggest cats, known to grow up to 12ft tall when standing on their hind legs. Created by the mating of a male Lion with a female Tiger.  The Liger generally has a more Lion-like appearance. The Liger  also inherited the spots found on the backs of Tigers ears along with the tufted fur around their chins. In the wild, it is common for Tigers to enter water either to catch prey or to cool down in the heat and so they are naturally good swimmers, which is something that the Liger seems to have inherited. Another odd thing is the fact that the Liger appears to make both Lion and Tiger noises but it's roar is more like that of a Lion's. The reason as to why Ligers would be rarely produced in the wild is that if a male Lion and a female Tiger came across one another, they are much more likely to fight to defend their territory or avoid one another completely in order to avoid risk getting hurt.

Why snake's tongue is in two parts?

Snakes use their senses to hunt, escape danger, and to find a mate. Since most snakes have poor eyesight their other senses need to make up for it. Snakes don't have noses like we do.  They have nostrils to breathe with but snakes smell with their tongues.  When a snake sticks out its tongue it smells its surroundings.  The moist tongue collects scents and small organisms from whatever it touches and from the air around it. The first half of the snake tongue gives information about the animal odour and the next half gives information about the distance that animal is from snake.  When the tongue goes back into the mouth the forks touches a special sensory organ called the Jacobson's organ on the roof of the mouth and tells the snake what it smells.  Snakes have a small notch in their lips that they can stick their tongues through so they don’t need to open their mouths. Snakes can absorb vibrations through the ground and determine the size of the prey or danger by its movements.

Can snakes fly in air?

 Flying snake is a misnomer these animals can’t actually gain altitude. They’re gliders. Once thought to be more parachuters than gliders.  To prepare for take-off, a flying snake will slither to the end of a branch, and dangle in a J shape. It propels itself from the branch with the lower half of its body, forms quickly into an S, and flattens to about twice its normal width, giving its normally round body a concave C shape, which can trap air . Flying snakes are technically better gliders than their more popular mammalian equivalents, the flying squirrels. There are five recognized species of flying snake, found in western India  . Knowledge of their behavior in the wild is limited, but they are thought to be highly arboreal.  They are mildly venomous snakes, but their tiny, fixed rear fangs make them harmless to humans. It is been assumed that the flying snake has adapted themselves in order to escap from there predator. They glid from one tree to another without touching the surface of the earth, this ability also helps them to catch there prey.