http://www.animalspix.com/ Daily animals pictures en Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:22:30 +0200 engy http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dotclear http://www.animalspix.com/post/2006/08/26/Chipmunk urn:md5:c02e7c08f09f3fd2da10147f9140d790 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:19:00 +0200 elo mammalnorth americarodent <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/19991674@N00/213893697/"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/93/213893697_f485da8ac8.jpg" alt="tamia" /></a></div><br /> <p><br />Chipmunks are North American little rodents belonging to the squirrel family. They live in forests where they eat grains, chestnuts, mushrooms, and birds’ eggs. They keep food in their burrows in order to prepare for winter. Chipmunks’ burrows can be as long as 3 meters organised into different rooms with several closed entries.</p> <br /><em> source : <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/19991674@N00/213893697/">flickr (SugarbearSteve)</a> and <a hreflang="en" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipmunk">wikipedia</a> </em> http://www.animalspix.com/post/2006/08/09/Lemming urn:md5:8443332dfd560832d6b6daa800a14c43 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:13:00 +0200 elo arcticrodent <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stasj/141017351/"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/46/141017351_c252d22132.jpg" alt="Lemming" /></a></div><br /><p>The lemming is a little arctic rodent, living mainly in tundra where it can build tunnels everywhere. The lemming is known to be quite prolific, and actually, lemmings have high reproductive rate. In case of overpopulation, lemmings tend to leave in every direction looking for food and shelter. That’s why lemming is considered as a suicidal animal. The truth about that strange behaviour is because lemmings have notoriously poor eyesight and cannot distinguish a small river, which they can easily cross, from a fjord, in which they will almost surely drown. Legends slightly exaggerate this behaviour characterize just a few animals and are strictly accidental. There are no mass suicidal tendencies in these cute lil’ rodents.</p> <br /><em> source : <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stasj/141017351/">flickr (kristians)</a> and <a hreflang="fr" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemming">wikipedia</a><br /> </em> http://www.animalspix.com/post/2006/08/01/Marmot urn:md5:a67d713180fee2e41844a223acb7f668 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:12:00 +0200 elo europemammalnorth americarodentvegetarian <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrschmorf/162529184/"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/48/162529184_11c7a4c7f2.jpg" alt="marmotte" /></a></div><br /><p>Big rodent from European and North-American mountains. </p> <br /><em> source : <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrschmorf/162529184/">flickr (Mr. Schmörf)</a> and <a hreflang="en" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmot">wikipedia</a><br /> </em> http://www.animalspix.com/post/2006/07/24/Prairie-Dog urn:md5:8fedb031316a9f9f397dfa8ad0ef20f9 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 22:58:00 +0200 elo endangeredmammalnorth americarodentsocial <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiger_empress/88082789/"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/27/88082789_d2d1b14386.jpg" alt="" /></a></div><br /><p>Big american rodent. It's a very social animal with a complex language, they live in groups like families. The babies born need lots of care because when born, they are blind and don't have fur. It's a key animal af plains ecosystem. The are the prey of predator such as ferrets, foxes, eagles or badgers. They are currently exterminated by north american farmers. Today some species are threatened with extinction.</p> <br /><em> source : <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiger_empress/88082789/">flickr (The Cats Jungle)</a> and <a hreflang="fr" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_dog">wikipedia</a> </em>