| A
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Altricial
Arboreal |
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A chick, born with eyes closed, no feathers
and totally dependent on its parents
Adapted for living in trees.
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| C
| ..
Carnivore
Carrion
Cloaca
Copulation
Crown
| ..
Flesh eating animal or plant.
Dead and rotting flesh. Animals that have already been killed by road
accidents, etc.
A
common passage for faecal, urinary and reproductive discharges.
Uniting
in sexual intercourse.
Top of head. | | .. | |
| D
|
Diurnal
Down |
An animal that is active by day is said to be diurnal.
The 'fluff' or soft hairy growth that covers baby birds. |
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| F
|
Fledge
Fledgling
| ..
When a baby bird is ready to
fly.
A young bird that has
just fledged. | | ... | |
| H
| ..
Hard release |
..
When an animal is taken to the location it originated from and released without
any further support from the carer. This is normally practiced when animals
are adults and already have survival instincts. | |
| | | I
| ..
Incubate
Insectivore
| ..
When an adult bird sits on
eggs for the purpose of hatching.
Adapted
to feeding on insects. | |
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M |
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Macropod
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.
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Monotreme
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Myopothy.
| ..
"Macropodoidea" is the name of a superfamily that includes the kangaroo,
wallaroo, wallaby and potaroo. "Macro" is Greek for big and "pod"
is Greek for foot. The superfamily is then divided into two families; the Potoroidae,
including the rat-kangaroo, potoroo and bettong; and the Macropodidae, comprising
of the kangaroo, wallaby, pademelon and wallaroo.
..
A Monotreme is an egg laying mammal and there
are only two found in the world, the Echidna and the Platypus.
..
Degenerative lesion of the muscle, caused
by exertion and stress. |
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| | |
| N |
..
Nocturnal | ..
An animal that is active by night is said to be nocturnal. |
| | |
| O |
..
Omnivore | ..
An animal that eats meat, insects, seed & fruit. |
| | |
| P |
| ..
Precocial
| ..
A chick, born with eyes open
and fully feathered. Although still reliant on parent, the chick is independent
insomuch that it can move around (whether by walking, swimming or flying) and
can feed itself.
.
|
| Preening | When
an animal cleans itself. An animal also preens when shedding, pulling fur
or feathers out so that new ones will grow.
..
|
| Prehensile
| Able
to grip (ie: the tail is able to grip objects and is used like a third limb)
|
| | |
| R |
..
Rhinarium | ..
The area of skin, often moist, around the nostrils of a mammal (ie: the nose). |
| | |
| S |
| ..
Sedentary |
..
Occupies the same territory
year after year.
|
|
Shedding
(or malting) | When
an animal loses it's coat, eg: feathers or fur, and grows a new one. This
is a slow process, the new coat growing as the old one falls (or gets preened)
out. Mammals shed for the summer and winter months. Birds take approximately
2 years to grow a complete set of new feathers.
|
| Soft
release | When
an animal is released slowly from a carers home. This is normally practiced when
the animal is raised from young, and must learn how to survive in the wild.
The carer slowly withdraws from the animal until there is no contact, giving the
animal the chance to bond with it's own type. |
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| T |
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Torpid | ..
A period of inaction, idleness or sleeping. For example, some animals go into
"torpor" during winter months (hibernation). |
| | |
| W |
...
Wattle | ...
Fleshy, usually colourful lobes or appendages around crown, face or neck.
. |
| Wean
| To
accustom (a child or animal) to food other than its mothers milk. |
