Zoology - June 2006

2006-06-28 08:26:17 · 5 answers · asked by pushpam 2

2006-06-28 08:24:22 · 4 answers · asked by pushpam 2

2006-06-28 07:26:18 · 26 answers · asked by getnabargain 2

A rational and understanding response that can be understood completely and don't respond as a know-it-all answer.

2006-06-28 07:03:07 · 15 answers · asked by little chika 2

2006-06-28 06:00:22 · 5 answers · asked by Reggie 1

Hi there,

This is going to be a long letter, about robins, if you do not know anything about robins, could you possibly send this letter onto someone who can help me? If you do…please read on! Thank you!

On approx June 11, 2006 I watched a mama American Robin building a little nest in my bush from my window as I was watching TV. It took her about 4 days with little breaks in-between. On June 19, 2006 we went to look in the nest when she was gone, and we found three blue eggs in the nest. For 8 days we watched Mama robin be such a good mother to these eggs, sitting and waiting. Until Yesterday (June 27, 2006) when we came home we saw that one of the blue eggs had fallen to the ground and was cracked, the second blue egg was still in the nest, but was cracked, but the third egg was in the nest untouched! To make matters worse, Mama was no where to be seen, and there were feathers scattered ALL around the back yard. There were two different types of feathers. (I have the two types of feathers attached that I scanned). We suspect that Mama got into a fight with another bird while we were away, because she was protecting her eggs. It was extremely hot outside yesterday, so we knew that the last egg would be fine, sitting there. We waited for Mama to come back, it was becoming nighttime and it was getting colder, she wasn’t coming. So, knowing that mama wasn’t coming back, we took the matter into our own hands. We took this delicate blue egg, put it on a paper towel, and put it under two lamps. This morning we went to see if Mama was there, no Mama. If Mama does come back, we have decided to put the egg in the nest, for that is the safest place for it to be. We are desperately hoping that Mama comes back.

Know that you know our dilemma, here are the questions that we would appreciate to be answered:

1) We know that the egg has to be continuously turned, but for how long, do we need to do of this every hour? Does it need to be done during the night?

2) How can we tell that this egg is fertile? I read that if you drop the egg in water, and it sinks, it is fertile, if it floats, it isn’t. Is this true, would it hurt the egg, if I put it in water?

3) We have two lamps on the egg (not incubators). We took these two lamps especially because we know that they get VERY hot. After two hours, I wash my hands and touch the egg, it is quite hot. Should it Be Very Hot to the touch, hot, medium, cool, or no heat coming off of it at all?

These are my 3 basic questions. I know that we are taking a lot on, and that there is a great chance that the baby won’t hatch, and if it does, it may not live, but if stayed outside last night, it defiantly wouldn’t have lived at all. Any additional information on our situation, and if you know of any websites that have done what we are doing, that can help us out, we would really appreciate it.

As you can tell, we are defiantly animal lovers! I

Thank so much, I really appreciate your time,


Isabella Thomas

2006-06-28 05:47:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Chiggers can cause very painful and itchy bites so naturally my wife and kids are very wary of them. Whenever they see a tiny red spider-like bug they go into a panic. Here in the Northeast during the warm months, we seem to have tiny red bugs all over the sidewalks and rocks. From what I read, chiggers are supposed to hang out on grass and other plants, so this is a bit of a mystery.

Are these dreaded chiggers or something harmless? How can you tell the difference? Often, we will see rocks that are *covered* with these tiny red insects and my kids run the other way!

2006-06-28 04:54:37 · 4 answers · asked by Beer C 1

2006-06-28 03:59:52 · 5 answers · asked by ARSH 2

2006-06-28 03:45:47 · 10 answers · asked by ARSH 2

Just thought I'd see if anyone has that sort of information floating around in the "plethora of useless knowledge" category of their mind before I looked it up in an encyclopedia. Take it lightly...it's interesting to see if anyone knows.

2006-06-28 03:30:18 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-28 03:23:55 · 5 answers · asked by David S 2

2006-06-28 03:10:53 · 7 answers · asked by JKinSA 1

2006-06-28 02:42:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-28 02:36:21 · 3 answers · asked by Bryce F 1

2006-06-28 02:28:50 · 19 answers · asked by David S 2

I've noticed that after I kill an ant if I wait a little while another ant will come and drag it away. I've always wondered why. Is it cannibalism? Something else?

2006-06-28 01:58:41 · 10 answers · asked by Person #8 3

2006-06-28 01:25:33 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-27 21:12:32 · 9 answers · asked by big daddy 2

Cause I never seen an actual pig poop before.

2006-06-27 20:55:38 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-27 19:50:04 · 9 answers · asked by mosesdmoses 1

I know they make sound with their teeth chomping shut, but I was just wondering if great white sharks can make vocal sounds since I've never seen them do it on video.

2006-06-27 19:34:24 · 5 answers · asked by subface 3

2006-06-27 19:20:59 · 15 answers · asked by Darth Jhon 3

Why doesn't it just die right side up?

2006-06-27 19:10:24 · 7 answers · asked by Darth Jhon 3

2006-06-27 18:23:58 · 18 answers · asked by ? 6

What controls the bat population? I can't think of one animal that feeds on them, and if no animals feed on them, how do they get rabies? Isn't an animal bite necessary to transmit rabies?

2006-06-27 15:14:58 · 7 answers · asked by Nightwalker 3

2006-06-27 15:12:50 · 11 answers · asked by ez_keel 2

2006-06-27 13:55:31 · 5 answers · asked by Ariescutie 2

in the wild?
in cities?

2006-06-27 13:44:52 · 14 answers · asked by rebecca h 2

I don't know the answer to this question so if anybody knows please answer.

2006-06-27 13:44:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

llamas, camels, vicunas, and guanacos are.

2006-06-27 13:32:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous