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What is the best way to care for yellow-bellied turtles?

Yellow-bellied turtles are omnivorous and thrive on a diet of commercially prepared turtle food, fresh vegetables and a protein source, such as small fish or crickets. Young turtles enjoy a diet high in meat, but eat vegetation and packaged turtle food.Yellow-bellied turtles are sociable and happily live with other water turtles. If more than one turtle is kept in a tank, the size of the tank should increase to allow enough room for swimming and basking.

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How do you care for a frilled dragon?

Juvenile frilled dragons up to 1 foot long can be housed in a 20-gallon aquarium. Adult males grow up to 3 feet long and need much larger enclosures. A cage measuring 3 feet long, 2 feet wide and 4 feet high is the minimum size for an adult, and it should be even larger if two or three frilled dragons are housed together. The substrate can be paper towels, newspapers or reptile carpet, or it can be a mix of coco-fiber, bark, cypress mulch and play sand. A network of branches gives the lizard a choice of basking sites. UVB bulbs and basking lights need to create an ambient temperature of 90 to ..

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How tall is a penguin?

According to the New England Aquarium, there are at least 17 species of penguins found worldwide; most stand between 20 and 30 inches tall. The flightless birds are found in a range of climates on the continents and surrounding islands of Antarctica, Africa, Australia and South America and in the country of New Zealand.

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What are some boa constrictor facts for kids?

Boa constrictors live in Central and South America. They can live up to 30 years in the wild and continue growing their whole lives. Mother boa constrictors give birth to 60 snakelets at a time. Boas can swim and are not poisonous snakes. The color of a constrictor ranges from red to tan to yellow to green, depending upon its habitat. Boa constrictors prefer to live in animal burrows.\nSome common prey of the boa constrictor include birds, bats, squirrels, mongoose and opossums. Boa constrictors are also known to eat larger prey, such as wild pigs or monkeys, If they are able to catch it. Thei..

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How much does a panda weigh?

Pandas are found in the temperate forests of China. In the wild, they eat a diet almost primarily of bamboo. They occasionally eat some grasses or small rodents. Pandas in captivity are fed a wider variety of fruits and vegetables along with bamboo, sugar and rice gruel. This is a solitary species, and they spend most of their adult lives alone.

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How can I keep hawks away from my yard?

Install protective bird feedersBecause hawks prey on small songbirds, protecting their food source as they eat prevents attacks when they are most vulnerable. Install bird feeders with cages around the perch or add cages around your existing bird feeders. Provide shelter for songbirdsLarges bushes in the landscape offer protection as a place to hide for smaller birds. Songbirds may also take shelter in dense trees or brush piles, so provide plenty of places around your yard where birds can perch, rest and build nests unseen by hawks. Repel hawk food sourcesHawks are attracted by an ample suppl..

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What do giant pandas eat?

The digestive systems of giant pandas are not equipped to easily break down bamboo. Consequently, it is difficult for the pandas to get a sufficient amount of protein and energy from the plant; to compensate, they eat tremendous amounts. Giant pandas are capable of eating up to 84 pounds of bamboo in one day. This massive quantity causes giant pandas to evacuate their bowels as many as 40 times in one day.\nGiant panda cubs nurse until they are approximately 18 months old. They begin eating bamboo between the ages of 7 and 9 months. The diet of giant pandas is responsible for the evolution of ..

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What are some basic facts about polar bears?

The polar bear lives in Arctic habitats in the northern regions of Alaska, Canada, Norway, Russia and Greenland. Both its diet and its fur are adapted for this cold climate. For instance, it lives almost exclusively on a diet rich in fat, such as the blubber of seals and whales. The polar bear has a thick layer of fat and uniquely insulating fur that protects it from freezing temperatures that can drop as low as minus 92 degrees Fahrenheit on land and water temperatures of 28 degrees Fahrenheit.\nA polar bears have transparent hair and black skin that help them to absorb heat. Their feet are c..

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Where do rattlesnakes live?

Some of the highest population densities of rattlesnakes are found in the forests along the Eastern Seaboard and the deserts of the Southwest region of the U.S. This branch of venomous snakes is not native to any other continents. Despite the toxic venom resent in rattlesnake fangs, the Arizona Game and Fish Department estimates that less than 1 percent of bites to humans end in death.

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What do wild ferrets eat?

Ferrets are often mistaken by pet owners as rodents, which are omnivorous, but they are actually mustelids. Ferrets cannot withstand plants in their diet because they do not have a cecum in their digestive track and are largely unable to digest plant matter. They have a very short intestinal tract, and food passes through the intestines in about 3 hours. Ferrets must eat highly digestible and concentrated food to allow for the short digestion time. The food ferrets eat must also be high in animal protein and fat to help maintain a healthy immune system.\nAs long as ferrets have enough fat and ..

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