Animal Planet

2006-02-21T11:41:00.000-08:00

The White Peacock

2006-02-21T11:33:00.001-08:00

Black-necked Cranes breeding range includes much of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in China, with a small breeding population occurring in adjacent Ladakh in India. Wintering grounds include lower elevations of the Qinghai-Tibet and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateaus in China, with some birds occurring in Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh.

2006-02-21T11:33:00.000-08:00

White tiger males range in length between 8.8 and 10.2 feet. They weigh between 419 and 569 pounds on the average. Females are smaller, and range in length from 7.11 to 8.7 feet, weighing around 350 pounds.
White tigers are very rare animals. They are seen only in zoos nowadays. These animals are sometimes mistakenly considered to be an albino species of tiger. However, it is not true to fact. White tigers occur when both tigers that mate carry the gene for white coloring. A White tiger's tail reaches the length of 3 to 4 feet.

2006-02-21T11:20:00.000-08:00

The average body mass for an adult male Abyssinian black-and-white colobus monkey is around 14.5 kilograms, and for the female it is around 6.2 kilograms. This is a sexually dimorphic species. The pelage color is black with white hair encircling the face that goes down the back. The tail of this species is long and white colored. The infants are born all white then start turning at about 3 months. In the perineal region males have a white semicircle of hair and females have a white semicircle bisected by a black line. This species has a sacculated stomach to assist in the breakdown of cellulose.

2006-02-21T11:12:00.000-08:00

Aldabra Giant Tortoise

The Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea) is one of the largest tortoises in the world. Similar in size to the famous Galapagos Giant Tortoise, its carapace averages 120 cm in length. The average weight of a male is around 250 kg, but one male at the Fort Worth Zoological Park weighs over 360 kg.