Friday, February 15, 2013
Rare Raptor's Offspring - Philippine Eagle
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Rare Raptor's Offspring - Philippine Eagle
2013-02-15T00:50:00-08:00
Reilly Reverie
news and events|Philippine Eagle|
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Right on a special occasion for the world came an offspring. The first Philippine eagle bred in captivity named "Pag-asa" had her offspring hatched.
It was said that the hatching process took a dramatic 48 hours before the actual emerging from the shell occured.
According to Philippine Eagle Foundation and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, only 180 to 500 pairs were left in the wild and as the species being considered as critically endangered comes with little effort from many citizens.
This is one of the reasons why we should still get in hand on saving our home planet.
Our race survived for thousand of years,... [ Read More ]
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Lolong found Dead
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Lolong found Dead
2013-02-12T06:01:00-08:00
Reilly Reverie
guiness record holder|largest salt water crocodile|lolong|news and events|
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Lolong, the holder of the Guiness World Record for being the largest crocodile of its kind to be held in captivity was announced dead last February 11, 2013. After being held for 17 months, his rival "Cassius" from Australia now reclaims the title measuring 17ft 11ins while previous holder "Lolong" measured 6.17 meter (20.24ft).
It was said that Lolong was last fed in the middle of January of 2013, but caretakers notice an unusual bloat in his stomach in the previous days. Unfortunately the veterinarian they contacted didn't make it in time. Lolong was said to be in his 50 - 60. A young age for his species which could live up to 70+ years.
It... [ Read More ]
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Philippine's 2nd National Flower
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Philippine's 2nd National Flower
2013-02-07T01:28:00-08:00
Reilly Reverie
2nd national flower|national flower|news and events|
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From the first and known national flower of the Philippines
which was named “sampaguita” comes another flower who’s up for the title. From
the fact that Sampaguita was not originally a direct inhabitant of the Philippines,
a recent discussion holds the key on making “Waling-waling” a second national
flower for the Philippines.
Waling-waling
only lives in the Philippines which was found and named after a French
Scientist who discovered its existence while the previous and most known
Sampaguita was shared to us from India and Middle East.
“The waling-waling blooms best from July to October each year, and a cluster of waling-waling in... [ Read More ]