TOP 15 KING ISLAND (TAS) Attractions (Things to Do & See)
Best places to visit in King Island, Tasmania, Australia. King Island is an island in the Bass Strait. King Island is the largest of three islands known as the New Year Group and the 2nd largest island in Bass Strait after Flinders Island. King Island belonging to the Tasmania state.
Things to do in King Island - Tasmania is to enjoy its tourist attractions such as King Island Rambles, Calcified Forest, Shag Lagoon Bird Hide, Penny's Lagoon, Cape Wickham Lighthouse, King Island Nature Reserve, King Island Kelp Craft, King Island Trail Rides, Currie Lighthouse, King Island Cultural Centre, Cape Wickham Links, King Island Holiday Village and Tours, King Island Dairy, King Island Farm Tours - Meat Your Beef and Isle Inspired.
Its all about where to go or what to do in King Island - Australia. Hope this info will help you choose the beautiful places you want to visit in King Island.
Naracoopa Jetty King Island
Beautiful sunny day at the end of Naracoopa Jetty, King Island, Tasmania, Australia
When Elephants Attack
When elephants attack! Elephants are the largest land animals in the world. In certain situations, they can be very aggressive. Here's why you should be aware of these dangerous creatures!
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Elephants are the largest land animals in the world and the only surviving family of the Proboscidea order. These massive beasts can weigh as much as 15,000 pounds while standing at heights of almost 13 feet. They also have a set of unique physical features. Elephants have pillar-like legs which help them carry their massive weight and allow them to stand still for extended periods of time without consuming too much energy. Their skulls are large and very resilient, being able to withstand head-to-head collisions while protecting the brain from almost every angle. One of the elephant’s more distinctive features is its long trunk, a fusion of the upper lip and the nose. Although it's primarily used for breathing and smell, the trunk also serves other functions such as grasping objects, lifting water or making sounds. On each side of the trunk are the elephant’s two long tusks. The tusks are modified incisors in the upper jaw which never stop growing, increasing in length by 7 inches per year. The elephant can use its tusks to dig, clear paths, or as weapons in confrontations. Just like humans are right-handed or left-handed, the elephant also has a dominant tusk which it uses more than the other, usually called the master tusk. The calcified tissue of the tusks is known as ivory, which is considered very valuable and the main reason why elephants have been the subject of intense poaching throughout the years. They are also highly intelligent creatures. Their memory is also a remarkable characteristic as they are believed to possess cognitive mapping, which allows them to remember large spaces over long periods of time. Elephants are also said to remember the mistreatment they endure at the hands of humans in places such as circuses or certain zoos. There are currently two main species of elephants, the Asian Elephant and the African Elephant, which are scattered through areas in South Asia, Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. They are herbivorous and often found near water in various habitats including forests, marshes, and savannahs. Female elephants, also known as ‘cows’ usually live in family groups, mainly consisting of either one female with her offspring, or ‘calves’, or several related females and their young. The ‘matriarch’, one of the older cows, is typically the leader of the group. In the wild, these animals can live up to 70 years as the predators with which they share the environment, such as lions, hyenas (in Africa) or tigers (in Asia) typically tend to stay away from them. There are currently around 415,000 African elephants living in the wild. Even though there is an international ban on ivory trade, it is still active in domestic markets, which is a great threat for African Elephants. Asian elephants are considered an endangered species with only 50,000 left in the wild. Even though most Asian Elephants are tusk-less, their population is affected by the rapid expansion of human farms and settlements into their environment. Other elephants can be found in zoos, man-controlled habitats or circuses. Male elephants enter a period of ‘musth’, which in Hindi means ‘madness’. During this time their levels of testosterone increase drastically and their temporal glands secrete a fluid called tamporin. The fluid runs down the side of the elephant’s face. Musth can last anywhere from a day to up to four months. Their trunks have up to 150,000 separate muscle fascicles, which enables them to lifts weights of over 700 pounds. Elephants can reach speeds of to 25 mph, despite their massive size. They also have a keen sense of smell, being able to detect water sources from up to 12 miles away. Their sense of hearing is also very good, as they can detect low sound frequencies that human beings can’t. For long distance communication, elephants are known to use infrasonic sounds, which are sounds below the human hearing range. There are a few techniques that you can apply in order to survive a charging elephant if you are on foot without a vehicle nearby. At first you should establish whether it is a real charge or a mock charge. When the charge is real an elephant’s ears are pinned back flat, if it is a mock charge the ears are relaxed or fanned out. A real charge is commonly preceded by a trumpeting warning. You are more likely to survive if you stand your ground, facing the elephant than turning your back away and running. Staying downwind of the elephant, will decrease your chances of being detected, as the beasts will have a difficulty using their keen sense of smell.
Lizard | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:09 1 Anatomy
00:01:18 1.1 Largest and smallest
00:01:45 1.2 Distinguishing features
00:04:14 2 Physiology
00:04:23 2.1 Locomotion
00:05:18 2.2 Senses
00:06:58 2.3 Venom
00:08:17 2.4 Respiration
00:08:51 2.5 Reproduction and lifecycle
00:11:16 3 Behaviour
00:11:24 3.1 Diurnality and thermoregulation
00:11:51 3.2 Territoriality
00:12:50 3.3 Communication
00:15:13 4 Ecology
00:15:22 4.1 Distribution and habitat
00:16:03 4.2 Diet
00:18:56 4.3 Antipredator adaptations
00:19:15 4.3.1 Camouflage
00:20:10 4.3.2 Autotomy
00:20:47 4.3.3 Escape, playing dead, reflex bleeding
00:21:43 5 Evolution
00:21:52 5.1 Fossil history
00:23:06 5.2 Phylogeny
00:23:14 5.2.1 External
00:23:37 5.2.2 Internal
00:24:06 5.3 Taxonomy
00:25:47 5.4 Convergence
00:26:28 6 Relationship with humans
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Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic as it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia; some lizards are more closely related to these two excluded groups than they are to other lizards. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3 meter long Komodo dragon.
Most lizards are quadrupedal, running with a strong side-to-side motion. Others are legless, and have long snake-like bodies. Some such as the forest-dwelling Draco lizards are able to glide. They are often territorial, the males fighting off other males and signalling, often with brightly colours, to attract mates and to intimidate rivals. Lizards are mainly carnivorous, often being sit-and-wait predators; many smaller species eat insects, while the Komodo eats mammals as big as water buffalo.
Lizards make use of a variety of antipredator adaptations, including venom, camouflage, reflex bleeding, and the ability to sacrifice and regrow their tails.