Animals

The Jumping Mouse

Published

4 months ago

February 4, 2022

Gideon

The jumping mouse are one of the most interesting species of mice that lived in North America and China. Jumping mouse was first recorded in the 1800’s by then people normally called it Long legged Mouse of Hudson’s Bay.

It has brownish color and black specks, the hind legs are longer than those of most mice and have extremely long tails.

They usually live in meadows, dense fields, and thickets near the edges of woods and particularly like to live in damp places.

During harvest season in this countries they often seen leaping like frogs and sometimes jumping 10 feet at a leap like kangaroos.

Jumping mouse uses their jumping ability for protection at a slightest sign of danger,the mouse will take a flying leap.

When it loses its tail or part of it , it cannot jump as well and may lose its sense of balance.

Animals

The Kiwi Bird

Published

1 week ago

May 18, 2022

Gideon

A picture of a kiwi bird

Kiwi is a name given to a New Zealand bird because of its strange cry. It is about a size of hen and had a long , slender beak which sticks out like a knife. The beak has nostrils near the tip. The wigs are concealed and cannot be used to fly.

The bird has the remains of what was once a tail, and its body is covered with grayish brown feathers which looks like hair.

The kiwi hunts food at night and hides in the daytime. It lives in the woods or hilly country. A kiwi rolls up like a ball when it sleeps . The birds are timid and run away when anyone comes near.

They eat worms ,insects and berries. They scratch nests in a burrow and lay one or two white eggs. The eggs are oval shaped and weigh about one fourth as much as the female.

New Zealand laws now protect birds . Otherwise it will soon be extinct , because of that the New Zealanders are fond of its meat, and kiwi multiplies slowly.