Amazing Animal Articles.

Welcome to Amazing Animal Articles.

Here, you can read articles about everything that is animals. From the fastest animal on Earth to the animals with cool abilities, we have it all. Do you want to learn more about animals? Of course you do, so let's get started and begin out wild journey. Enjoy your visit here at Awesome Animal Articles and we hope to see you again soon! We try to update often, so check back every day for updates!
The articles are intended for people that have some biological experience or knowledge, but everyone can at least certain something from every article. So just let your eyes do the reading, and learn about the wonderful world of animals!

Man Eaters:

Ever since Jaws hit the screens in 1975, Americans began to believe that they could actually end up as a meal to a predator. But other civilizations have had to deal with this thought for thousands of years. Indians have to worry about the tigers and the wolves, while African natives are exposed to the lions. There are even stories of these animals killing man as a food source. But why do animals do this? By looking at some of these cases maybe we can draw some conclusions about this grim topic.

We will begin with a case of African lions feeding upon humans, the plot of the 1996 Stephan Hopkins film The Ghost and The Darkness. This true story takes place during the 1898 English colonization of Africa. To help in this colonization, a railroad was to be built from Kenya to Lake Victoria. However, to complete the railroad, a bridge needed to be built at Tsavo. While the building of the bridge was occurring, many Indians (indentured servants of the British) were dying of disease and other ill cases. The bodies of the deceased were not buried very well, if at all. Consequently, there were bodies all along the railroad. This would normally go over rather easily, however disease was also ravaging the zebra population in Tsavo. With no natural food, and bodies everywhere, it is believed that the lions took up to eating the carcasses. This little taste of human flesh made humans a formidable food source. After they depleted the carcasses in an area, they moved onto live humans.

Fast Food:

Many animals use speed to catch their prey. From the air to the ground you and I stand on, animals based on speed to catch prey are present. Why do these animals apparently from different niches all use the same technique to catch their prey? We shall attempt to find this out

Land:

Most people are familiar that the cheetah is the fastest mammal on earth. But not many people are familiar with why this is so. The cheetah is anatomically built for speed. Under his eyes, the cheetah has a black stripe, which actually shields his eyes from the hot sun. In fact, football players have adapted this by painting themselves with black paint under their eyes. This allows the cheetah to see perfectly to scout out its prey. Next, the cheetah takes an elusive position in the brush around the herd of small hoofed animals, such as the Thomson's gazelle and the springbok. The cheetah peers until he finds desirable prey. Once he has accomplished this, he more or less runs at that single animal. Cheetahs can read speeds in excess of 60 miles per hour in just a little over 3 seconds, comparable to a sports car. His long legs and flexible spine are the keys, along with a long tail, long claws, and a slender build, to how this is accomplished. Their spine is so flexible that when they run, their back legs actually reach farther than the front legs.

Air:

Many people are under the impression that the cheetah is the fastest animal on Earth. However, the true fastest animal on Earth is actually airborne. The peregrine falcon can fly so fast, that normal birds cannot even breathe when going half as fast. Like the cheetah, the peregrine's hunting style is also specifically structured for speed. The falcon consumes mainly birds, so most of its hunting is done in the air. The falcon flies high up above its prey in preparation for its attack. When the falcon is ready to mount his attack, he positions his wings very similar to those of a jet plane, and flies down from up above. His great speed and streamlined shape, combined with gravity allows the bird to dive at speeds in excess of 200 mph! That's the speed a racecar on a speedway! The prey is then knocked out of the air. If the initial impact does not kill the prey, the fall certainly will. The small peregrine falcon can than just swoop down and feed upon his kill whenever he wishes.