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World Farm Animals Day [150] 10-02: October 2 World Habitat Day: 10: First Monday of October World Animal Day: 10-04: October 4 National Badger Day [151] [152] [153] 10-06: October 6 World Octopus Day [154] [155] [156] 10-08: October 8 Energy Efficiency Day [157] 10: First Wednesday in October International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction ...
A natural phenomenon is an observable event which is not man-made. Examples include: sunrise, weather, fog, thunder, tornadoes; biological processes, decomposition, germination; physical processes, wave propagation, erosion; tidal flow, and natural disasters such as electromagnetic pulses, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes and earthquakes. [1][2]
Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million in total. Animals range in size from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long and have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs .
List of animal names. Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California. In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on ...
Country Name of animal Scientific name (Latin name) Picture Ref. Albania Golden eagle (national bird) Aquila chrysaetos Algeria Fennec fox (national animal) Vulpes zerda Argentina Rufous hornero (national bird) Furnarius rufus Antigua and Barbuda European fallow deer (national animal) Dama dama Frigate (national bird) Fregata magnificens Hawksbill turtle (national sea creature) Eretmochelys ...
Animal Planet (stylized in all lowercase since 2018) is an American multinational pay television channel, and associated AnimalPlanet.com [1] website content, owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. First established on June 1, 1996, [2] the channel is primarily devoted to series and documentaries about wild ...
Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park is a zoological theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Experiences division, it is the largest theme park in the world, covering 580 acres (230 ha). [ 6 ][ 7 ][ 8 ] The park opened on Earth Day, April 22, 1998 ...
Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described, of which around 1.05 million are insects, over 85,000 are molluscs, and around 65,000 are vertebrates. It has been estimated there are as many as 7.77 million animal species on Earth. Animal body lengths range from 8.5 μm (0.00033 in) to 33.6 m (110 ft).