Animals Categories : Letter I
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Invertebrates – Evolution and Classification
As the name suggests, invertebrates lack vertebral column, also known as spine or backbone. Insects, earthworms, spiders, octopuses, leeches, prawns, snails, oysters, squids and jellyfish are all examples of invertebrates. 97 percent of all animals found on earth are invertebrates. Evolution of invertebrates Charles Darwin propounded the theory of evolution…
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Invertebrates
Simply speaking, animals without backbone or vertebral column are invertebrates. Humans have backbones and are not invertebrates, in fact humans are vertebrates. You would be surprised to know that invertebrates and not vertebrates (despite humans being vertebrate) dominate the animal kingdom in terms of numbers. 95% of known animal species…
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Invertebrates – Centipede
Centipedes are Arthropods belonging to the subphylum Myriapoda, an arthropod group that also includes millipedes and other multi-legged creatures. Centipedes are elongated metameric creatures with one pair of legs per body segment. https://www.animalsatozforkids.com/centipede/
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Invertebrates – Giant African Land Snail
Lissachatina Fulica is a species of large land snail that belongs to the family Achatinidae. It is also known as the Giant African Snail or Giant African land Snail. This snail species has been considered a significant cause of pest issues around the world. Internationally, It is the most frequently…
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Invertebrates – Sea Urchin
Sea Urchins are typically spiny, globular animals, echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. The Sea Urchin is found across the ocean floors worldwide, but rarely in the colder, polar regions. Sea Urchins are commonly found along the rocky ocean floor in both shallow and deeper water and are also commonly found…
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Invertebrates – Octopus
The octopus group makes up around a third of the world's cephalopod population, with around 300 species found in waters around the world. The octopus can be found in all the world's oceans, with the octopus ranging in size from a few centimeters to a number of feet depending on…
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Invertebrates – Black Slug (Gastropod Mollusk )
Black Slugs have much in common with snails, a close relative. They feed on farm crops and garden plants and are considered an invasive species in many areas. They leave thick lines of mucus (slime trails), which help them move. https://www.animalsatozforkids.com/black-slug-2/
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Invertebrates – Black Widow Spider
Black Widow Spiders are notoriously known venomous spiders and the most venomous ones in North America. Black Widows often produce muscle pain, nausea, and mild paralysis of the diaphragm, which makes breathing difficult. Most Victims recover without serious complications, but a bite can be fatal to very small children and…
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Invertebrates – Bold Jumping Spider
Phidippus audax is a common jumping spider in North America. It is commonly referred to as the daring jumping spider or bold jumping spider. The spider belongs to the genus Phidippus, a group of jumping spiders easily identified both by their relatively large size and their iridescent chelicerae (mouthparts). Like…
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Invertebrates – Hobo Spider
The hobo spider is a species of terrestrial spider known for building, as it is often called a funnel-web spider, though not to be confused with the highly venomous Australian funnel-web spider. The venom of the hobo spider is believed to cause skin damage (necrosis) but unlike other spiders that…
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Invertebrates – Yellow Slug
Like all slugs, the yellow slug moves slowly using a gliding back-and-forth motion. It has a foot on its abdomen that creeps along, aided by the secretion of mucus, which leaves a slime trail. Yellow slugs are mottled yellow and gray with two sets of blue antennas. The top antennas…
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Invertebrates – Leopard Slug
Leopard slugs were probably named for their brown and gray spots, but certainly not for their speed. Leopard slugs are quiet and slow; they typically come at night (nocturnal) to eat plants, fungi, and even other slugs. Leopard slugs tend to live near humans in damp gardens, cellars, or woods.…
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Invertebrates – Kerry Slug
The Kerry slug lives in just a few places in word-southwestern Ireland, Portugal, and Spain. Unlike most slugs, its main habitats are woodlands and fields, rather than urban areas. Overgrazing by sheep, pollution, and loss of habitat have threatened it. The Kerry slug is dark gray or brown with yellow…
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Invertebrates – King Baboon Spider
The King Baboon, or by its scientific name - Pelinobius music is the only tarantula of the Pelinobius genus. Mostly its colors are brown - ranging from light brown or even orange to rusty, dark brown. These kinds of tarantula have massive bodies and when fully grown can reach 6…
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Invertebrates – Huntsman Spider
Huntsman spiders are large, long-legged spiders, measuring up to 15 centimeters across the legs. It is famed because the huntsman is the largest spider in the world by leg span. They are aerial species predominantly living inside tree trunks or under bark but are known to climb into people's houses.…
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Invertebrates – Mouse Spider
Missulena Bradleyi, also known as the eastern mouse spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Actinopodidae. The spider is endemic to the eastern coast of Australia. The common name of the mouse spider is derived from the mistaken belief that this spider excavates a deep mouse-like burrow.…
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Invertebrates – Goliath Bird-eater
The Goliath bird-eater is the king of spiders. Weighing up to six ounces and with a leg span of nearly a foot, this tarantula is the largest arachnid on the planet. Goliaths don't usually eat birds, but they are big enough to be able to-and occasionally they do. "Birdeater" came…
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Invertebrates – Pink-Toed Tarantula
The Pink-Toed tarantula is a small arboreal species native to the rainforests of South America and the Southern Caribbean. This species is sometimes called the Guyana pink-toe, common pink-toe, or South American Pink-toe. The mature pink-toe tarantula has a dark-colored body and pinkish feet, hence its name. Juvenile specimens, however,…
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Invertebrates – Wolf Spider
Wolf Spiders are a family of robust and agile spiders with excellent eyesight, that live all around the world. Their range spreads from the mega-cities in the United States to the dry grassland of Australia. They are especially common in grasslands and meadows, but also live in mountains, deserts, rainforests,…
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Invertebrates – Dumbo Octopus
The dozen or so species that make up Grimpoteuthis are called Dumbo Octopuses because of the two large fins - One on either side of the mantle - That protrude like ears. Add in the octopus's small size (generally around eight inches), relatively short arms, bell-shaped body, pale coloring, and…
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Invertebrates – Bombardier Beetle
Bombardier beetles have the infamous ability to synthesize and release rapid bursts of stinky, burning-hot liquid from their rear ends. These noxious emissions can kill other insects, or startle potential into backing off. These chemical "bombs" are the source of their name: Bombardier beetles. But there's not just one type.…
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Invertebrates – Japanese Spider Crab
Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on Earth, Japanese spider crabs are the largest, spanning up to 12.5 feet from the tip of one front claw to the other. They’re also one of the world’s largest arthropods, animals with no backbone, external skeletons, and multiple-jointed appendages. In this crab’s case,…
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Invertebrates – Camel Spider
The Camel spider lives in the Middle East, Mexico, and the southwestern areas of the United States. They live in dry climates like deserts and scrublands. This animal is a carnivore that eats rodents, small birds, insects, and lizards. The bite of this creature is very painful to humans. A…
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Invertebrates – Earthworm
The reddish-grey-colored common earthworm often called a night crawler in the United States, is familiar to anyone with a fishing rod or a garden. They are indigenous to Europe but are now abundant in North America and western Asia. Typically only a few inches in length, some members of this…
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Invertebrates – Atlantic Horseshoe Crab
Atlantic horseshoe crabs may appear alien, but their history as earthlings is pretty impressive. They've been around for 450 million years, predating the dinosaurs by more than 200 million years. They live on the Atlantic coast of North America, from Maine to down and around the Florida coast to Alabama…
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Ibis are well known for their long necks
Ibis are a group of birds that are found all over the world, but more commonly in the more temperature regions of the Southern Hemisphere. Ibis are most well known for their long necks and beaks which help them to get food out of the water. The Ibis is found…
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Introduction of Cat shark
There are many different species of cat shark, but most of them are small, harmless fish. They live in temperature and tropical oceans throughout the world. Some species migrate, while others tend to stay in one area. Some cat sharks live in shallow waters; others live in water up to…
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Introduction of California Sea Lion!
The California Sea Lion is a coastal seal native to western North America. It is one of six species of sea lion. Its natural habitat ranges from Southeast Alaska to central Mexico, including the Gulf of California. The California Sea Lion is a sleek animal, faster than any other Sea…
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Ibis
Ibis are a group of birds that are found all over the world, but more commonly in the more temperate regions of the Southern Hemisphere. Ibis are most well known for their long necks and beaks which help them to get food out of the water. The ibis is found…
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Indian Star Tortoise
The Indian star tortoise (Geochelone Elegans) is a threatened species of tortoise found in dry areas and scrub forest in India and Sri Lanka. This species is quite popular in the exotic pet trade, which is the main reason it is endangered. The Indian star tortoise is named for the…
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