Are you shy? Or do you have social anxiety? Just like our animal who isn't very good at interacting with other Atheris females, or sometimes with males too. Atheris’s tend to travel mostly on their own but sometimes they could be found in a pair. I mean come on 2021 most of us stay up late night, love to watch netflix and eat some midnight snacks, right? OH wait that's just like our precious Atheris, it also stays up during the night and hunts for its prey at night. They do this alone because of their unpredictable and very venomous nature.
As the Harpy Eagles are the leaders of the beautiful rainforests. They are highly territorial of their land. They need a lot of land to reproduce and to survive. Several or even more square miles of the forest are needed. You might wonder where they get some of their food from to stay alive. Well, if they see another eagle in sight, the Harpy Eagles have a snack to munch on for their day! Or maybe even find a spiny bush viper in the rainforest while using their excellent sense of vision! Harpy eagles love having some snakes for snacks, they can perch for about 20 hours to sight some prey. In one bite from the Harpy eagle. The spiny bush viper would have its last of days. Harpy Eagles are usually in pairs, the female and the male. The pairs are usually accompanied by a third, the juvenile eagle (the offspring from the most recent breeding season). So they stay in trios, sticking together. Harpy Eagles are more independent as they don’t need to stay in large groups to survive. Or having to camouflage into the environment like those pathetic spiny bush vipers. The pairs of eagles will mate for their whole life, and stay in that territory of land that they needed to survive and to reproduce. The female looks over the little chicks as it's their responsibility, while the male searches for food. The males can also take care of their chicks if they want to. On some days if there are predators seeking the little chicks, the Harpy Eagles will send vocalizations to communicate with each other. And alas fight those predators that seek them. And still, remain victorious as the leaders of the Rainforest.
Do you know what the komodo dragon is? If you answered a lizard you’d be right but the best answer is the king of all reptiles. The komodo dragon is a hostile lizard creature that even though it may seem weak is very powerful with its jaws that can kill huge mammals like water buffalo and can walk up to 7 miles but they usually want to stay close to their homes. There are times when a male finally comes out from its home to mate with another female. The females release a scent so that the male knows where the female is. Occasionally there is a competition between males for a female so the only way to settle this is to fight. They throw each other down and tussle with each other and they even draw blood from the other if they fight really hard. Whoever wins gets to mate with a female, the male rubs his chin on her head and licks her, if the female has interest she licks him back. Then the male grabs her with his claws and they lift their tails and then they mate.
Sometimes when needed a larger male komodo will eat a smaller younger male. So the young ones usually roll in their poo and guts from other animals that males are mentally programmed to avoid, they use this to avoid that situation. There is a social hierarchy when food is hunted or found the first ones to go are the bigger older males then the ones who follow are the younger and then the females and then finally the juveniles come and eat what remains.
I motion for the troop to stop with my hand. They obey, because I am the Silverback who they have selected to lead the troop, make the decisions, and defend everyone. I motion again to let them know that this is where we will sleep tonight. The others then go to collect pine needles and leaves to make beds for themselves. As I begin to make a bed for myself, I hear a scream behind me. I turn and see that two of the young have begun to fight. They don’t look angry, so I know that this is probably play-fighting. The others are sitting nearby, laughing and pointing. Only their mothers look worried. I decide to let them keep going but then one of them hits a little too hard and the other one gets angry and hits hard back. This isn’t play-fighting anymore! I get closer and grunt as a warning but they don’t stop. This is going to have to get physical. I step in, grab them both and hold them away from each other. They stop, but not without some injuries. I see them walk to their mothers, who embrace, hold hands, and touch noses to comfort them. I may have stopped them for now, but before long they’ll start up again and I’ll have to save them from themselves again.
For now though, we gather some food and split it up among everyone. As the children run around and play, the adults finish their food, belch in contentment, and begin to sing. They aren’t that good, but they don’t have to be. As we get ready for bed, I see a younger male on the outskirts of the troop, not interacting with anyone. I assume he is going to leave our troop and find a new one soon. Or maybe start one. Anyways, I’m tired so I walk over to my nest and lay down. A young child walks over and lays in my nest with me. I let him, because unfortunately his mother died recently and it’s my job to take care of everyone.
In the morning I move to motion with my hand for everyone to follow me but I am suddenly hit from the side. A male Silverback has decided that he wants to lead the troop! I get on my hind legs, beat my chest with my hands, and shout as a warning. He runs at me and bites my shoulder. I step back and grab at something, anything to throw, but there is nothing there. He’s on me again, and I know I’ve lost. As I lay on the ground, I watch as the new Silverback attacks my children just to eradicate everything to do with me. Finally, my eyes dim, and I let them close.
If you think about the different animals around the world that live their whole lives with a pack or a herd to survive, Honey badgers are completely different. These ferocious animals prefer to be left alone. Honey badgers are solitary animals and often hunt by themselves. These reclusive animals only meet up to mate, then go on their separate ways after mating. They avoid each other by leaving scent trails to let the other honey badgers know. But on the other hand female honey badgers tend to stay out of other female badgers' ways. But In cases where their territories overlap, they avoid one another by leaving scent trails to let others know their location.
Imagine a Vampire Bat. Its sharp fangs, blood dripping from its mouth. You may think it’s a mindless beast, but if you looked into it you would find out that they really aren’t such terrible animals, and that they can create complicated social relationships with other members of its species. Vampire Bats live in dark, secluded places mainly caves, tree hollows, sheds, or old wells. In these colonies there can be up to 1000 bats living together. In these colonies Vampire bats live and interact, they share food and participate in group grooming. Vampire Bats create long term social relationships that are built on trust and take time to form. These relationships can then last for years. A way that Vampire Bats strengthen their social bond is by doing something called group grooming, this is when multiple bats groom each other to strengthen social bonds, clean themselves and sometimes they will even groom another bat in exchange for food. Another amazing thing that Vampire Bats do is share food with each other, they mainly share food with close relatives, other bats they have close social relationships with, and mothers right after they have given birth. All in all Common Vampire Bats are an extraordinary species and there would be no reason at all to vote for the Honey Badger or the Tasmanian Devil.
Waking up alone under my rock everyday. I’m starting to get used to being alone everytime I open my eyes. The night time blends in with my dark fur. There were 50 of us, all of us were tiny. We stayed with our mother as she fed us everyday till we were old enough to do it on our own. My sisters and brothers used to crawl into my mother pouch when we felt cold, lonely or scared. I stayed with my family for 3 months until soon we were let go into the wild to survive on our own. After that day, I started to get used to being alone. Fighting for myself, and myself only.
I usually will always be alone. Here and there I will see others like me, but it never feels the same way. Surviving in the wild on my own can be hard most times, so I hunt for food at night to avoid others. I will fight for the food that I need no matter whom it is. I rather be left alone then stay with a group. Guess what? I can live up to 5 years in the wild! I can’t believe it, that is many years for me at least.
The delightful blue whale shares the ocean with its own friends and everyone else. Its heart is so big that it's the size of a suv. They rule the oceans with their strength. Whales may fight for food but there is usually enough food for all. When a blue whale gets scared it stays close to other blue whales in groups but when a bottlenose dolphin comes in its way. The bottlenose dolphin is like a snack for the blue whale. Another way a blue whale asks for help when feeling threatened is they make loud noises and moan. They also leap out of the water and land with a noisy splash. The blue whale is so strong that the splash causes big waves moving more than 20km an hour. This particular wave caused by the blue whale can keep creatures like the bottlenose dolphin away from it being harmed. The bottlenose dolphin will be blown away like a feather floating the everlasting blue bright waters of this world. If a bottlenose dolphin gets hurt by another creature, its own species will hunt the predators. If a blue whale was the predator they would have no chance of destroying its 341,400 pounds but instead get eaten up by it. The blue whale is so big and strong it doesn't need its own members around it to survive. To sum up everything that has been stated so far the bottlenose dolphin is nothing compared to a blue whale. The blue whale is the far more engaging to talk about and more superb particular reason for this circumstance, its the largest most heaviest animal in the world. It is the king of the seas and a bottlenose dolphin prays it doesn't come near itself.
Bottlenose dolphins are some intelligent animals, actually one of the most intelligent animals in the world. Ok maybe I should stop praising my species so much but it’s true! We live together in groups, which are referred to as pods. Now we don’t just live together randomly, there are reasons behind it. The females usually keep their calves with them in their group for 3-5 years after they are born and during these times they teach them various different things. We also stick together to be more secure from predators. Bottlenose dolphins have echolocation, which is a detection system using sound, and we use this to alert members of our pod about a prey nearby or alert our members about predators nearby. However fights also occur inside our pods, why? It’s usually because of hierarchy within a pod or access to females, now this is definitely the most entertaining part for me. Male dolphins trying to maintain or establish dominance is usually quite violent, they bite each other, scratch each other with their teeth and even body slam.
ROUND 1 -" Which organism demonstrates amazing behaviours with members of its species? "
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