tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16228383400668320742024-03-05T19:38:59.878-08:00Kehidupan Haiwan di Udara,Darat,AirMuhd Adib7049http://www.blogger.com/profile/03475239936513635668noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622838340066832074.post-62798964010252557112012-01-14T18:07:00.000-08:002012-01-14T18:07:11.449-08:00OSTRISH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRXn25v-ybmj7pY1DFDQRcqI93p_QUc_73UbeqsaCkpQFCK2E0bj3C-N0iEip2WKeRj21Wo0QCZwn4uzAieXv1WIbI4VZHi8chOEix0evhVQDXk5UAXzzStKuRxgVIhTU8osRBNJHmNQ/s1600/ostrichs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRXn25v-ybmj7pY1DFDQRcqI93p_QUc_73UbeqsaCkpQFCK2E0bj3C-N0iEip2WKeRj21Wo0QCZwn4uzAieXv1WIbI4VZHi8chOEix0evhVQDXk5UAXzzStKuRxgVIhTU8osRBNJHmNQ/s1600/ostrichs.jpg" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">The <b>Ostrich</b> is one or two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Species">species</a> of large <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flightless_bird" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Flightless bird">flightless birds</a> native to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Africa">Africa</a>, the only living member(s) of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Genus">genus</a> <i><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struthio" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Struthio">Struthio</a></b></i>. Some analyses indicate that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Ostrich" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Somali Ostrich">Somali Ostrich</a> may be better considered a full species apart from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Ostrich" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Common Ostrich">Common Ostrich</a>, but most taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">Ostriches share the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_(biology)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Order (biology)">order</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struthioniformes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Struthioniformes">Struthioniformes</a> with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Kiwi">kiwis</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emus" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Emus">emus</a>, and other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratite" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Ratite">ratites</a>. It is distinctive in its appearance, with a long neck and legs and the ability to run at maximum speeds of about 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup>, the top land speed of any bird.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[4]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-4" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> The Ostrich is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_organisms" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Largest organisms">largest living species</a>of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bird">bird</a> and lays the largest egg of any living bird (extinct <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_bird" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Elephant bird">elephant birds</a> of Madagascar and the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_moa" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Giant moa">giant moa</a> of New Zealand did lay larger eggs).</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">The diet of Ostriches mainly consists of plant matter, though it also eats invertebrates. It lives in nomadic groups which contain between five and fifty birds. When threatened, the Ostrich will either hide itself by lying flat against the ground, or will run away. If cornered, it can attack with a kick from its powerful legs. Mating patterns differ by geographical region, but territorial males fight for a harem of two to seven females. These fights usually last just minutes, but they can easily cause death through slamming their heads into opponents.</div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">The Ostrich is</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farming" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Farming">farmed</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">around the world, particularly for its feathers, which are decorative and are also used as</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feather_duster" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Feather duster">feather dusters</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">. Its skin is used for</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-decoration: none;" title="Leather">leather</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">products</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bdoa2_5-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-bdoa2-5" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[6]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">and its meat marketed commercially.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bdoa1_6-0" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-bdoa1-6" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[7]</a></sup><br />
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<h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Description">Description</span></h2><div class="thumb tleft" style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 1.4em; margin-top: 0.5em; width: auto;"><div class="thumbinner" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 12px; min-width: 100px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: center; width: 222px;"><div class="thumbcaption" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: left;"><div class="magnify" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-image: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; float: right;"><a class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Afrikanischer_Strauss_Portrait.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-image: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; color: #0b0080; display: block; text-decoration: none;" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-color: initial; border-image: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-width: initial; display: block; vertical-align: middle;" width="15" /></a></div>Head</div></div></div><div class="thumb tleft" style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 1.4em; margin-top: 0.5em; width: auto;"><div class="thumbinner" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 12px; min-width: 100px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: center; width: 222px;"><div class="thumbcaption" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: left;"><div class="magnify" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-image: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; float: right;"><a class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ostrich_foot.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-image: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; color: #0b0080; display: block; text-decoration: none;" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-color: initial; border-image: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-width: initial; display: block; vertical-align: middle;" width="15" /></a></div>Foot</div></div></div><div class="thumb tright" style="background-color: white; clear: right; float: right; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 1.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; width: auto;"><div class="thumbinner" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 12px; min-width: 100px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: center; width: 222px;"><div class="thumbcaption" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: left;"><div class="magnify" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-image: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; float: right;"><a class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OstrichWing.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-image: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; color: #0b0080; display: block; text-decoration: none;" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-color: initial; border-image: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-width: initial; display: block; vertical-align: middle;" width="15" /></a></div>Claws on the wings</div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">Ostriches usually weigh from 63 to 130 kilograms (140–290 lb),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Gilman_1903_7-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-Gilman_1903-7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[8]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Davies_8-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-Davies-8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a></sup> with exceptional male Ostriches weighing up to 156.8 kilograms (346 lb).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Davies_8-1" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-Davies-8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a></sup> The feathers of adult males are mostly black, with white <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_feathers#Primaries" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Flight feathers">primaries</a> and a white tail. However, the tail of one subspecies is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff_(colour)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Buff (colour)">buff</a>. Females and young males are greyish-brown and white. The head and neck of both male and female Ostriches is nearly bare, with a thin layer of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_feather" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Down feather">down</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Gilman_1903_7-1" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-Gilman_1903-7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[8]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Perrins_9-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-Perrins-9" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[10]</a></sup> The skin of the females neck and thighs is pinkish gray,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Perrins_9-1" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-Perrins-9" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[10]</a></sup> while the male's is blue-gray, gray or pink dependent on subspecies.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">The long neck and legs keep their head 1.8 to 2.75 metres (6 to 9 ft) above the ground, and their eyes are said to be the largest of any land vertebrate – 50 millimetres (2.0 in) in diameter;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-10" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[11]</a></sup> they can therefore perceive predators at a great distance. The eyes are shaded from sun light falling from above.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-11" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[12]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-12" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[13]</a></sup></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">Their skin varies in colour depending on the sub-species. The strong legs of the Ostrich are unfeathered and show bare skin, with the tarsus (the lowest upright part of the leg) being covered in scales – red in the male, black in the female.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Davies_8-2" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-Davies-8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a></sup> The bird has just two toes on each foot (most birds have four), with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_(anatomy)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Nail (anatomy)">nail</a> on the larger, inner toe resembling a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoof" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Hoof">hoof</a>. The outer toe has no nail.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-13" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[14]</a></sup> The reduced number of toes is an adaptation that appears to aid in running. Ostriches can run at over 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph) for up to 30 minutes.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from November 2010">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The wings reach a span of about 2 metres (7 ft)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Donegan_2002_14-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-Donegan_2002-14" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[15]</a></sup> and are used in mating displays and to shade chicks. The feathers lack the tiny hooks that lock together the smooth external feathers of flying birds, and so are soft and fluffy and serve as insulation. They have 50-60 tail feathers, and their wings have 16 primary, four <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alular" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Alular">alular</a> and 20-23 secondary feathers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Davies_8-3" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-Davies-8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a></sup> The Ostrich's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sternum" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sternum">sternum</a> is flat, lacking the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keel_(bird)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Keel (bird)">keel</a> to which wing muscles attach in flying birds.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Nell_2003_15-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-Nell_2003-15" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[16]</a></sup> The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beak" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Beak">beak</a> is flat and broad, with a rounded tip.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Gilman_1903_7-2" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-Gilman_1903-7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[8]</a></sup> Like all <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratites" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Ratites">ratites</a>, the Ostrich has no crop,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-16" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[17]</a></sup> and it also lacks a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallbladder" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Gallbladder">gallbladder</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-17" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[18]</a></sup> They have three stomachs, and the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caecum" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Caecum">caecum</a> is 71 centimetres (28 in) long. Unlike all other living birds, the Ostrich secretes urine separately from faeces.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-coprodeum_18-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-coprodeum-18" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[19]</a></sup>Contrary to all other birds who store the urine and faeces combined in the <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coprodeum&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #a55858; text-decoration: none;" title="Coprodeum (page does not exist)">coprodeum</a>, they store the faeces in the terminal rectum.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-coprodeum_18-1" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-coprodeum-18" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[19]</a></sup> They also have unique <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubic_bones" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pubic bones">pubic bones</a> that are fused to hold their gut. Unlike most birds the males have a copulatory organ, which is retractable and 8 inches (20 cm) long. Their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palate" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Palate">palate</a> differs from other ratites in that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenoid_bone" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sphenoid bone">sphenoid</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Palatal">palatal</a> bones are unconnected.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Davies_8-4" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-Davies-8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a></sup></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtob4ilHc0WxCYCqJKZwmaw1Y-6Y-qxc8EWuMvd4HAzRua8vQlxRjWi98cSeCKTAW8zYVYHiaGzNLBUQIXr9oQEw39cmJZ5X79-JXK94q1VvmO0xbCE9GLOzy7Inhdi_yDK3SFu9AzuKI/s1600/ostrichss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtob4ilHc0WxCYCqJKZwmaw1Y-6Y-qxc8EWuMvd4HAzRua8vQlxRjWi98cSeCKTAW8zYVYHiaGzNLBUQIXr9oQEw39cmJZ5X79-JXK94q1VvmO0xbCE9GLOzy7Inhdi_yDK3SFu9AzuKI/s1600/ostrichss.jpg" /></a>At sexual maturity (two to four years), male Ostriches can be from 1.8 to 2.8 metres (5 ft 11 in to 9 ft 2 in) in height,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Davies_8-5" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-Davies-8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a></sup> while female Ostriches range from 1.7 to 2 metres (5 ft 7 in to 6 ft 7 in). During the first year of life, chicks grow about 25 centimetres (10 in) per month. At one year of age, Ostriches weigh around 45 kilograms (100 lb). Their lifespan is up to 40 or 45 years.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">A female ostrich can determine her own eggs amongst others in a communal nest.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2009">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB35S4sJF2MHD7q7ME4oQkJ9n-KhbpEi5-b5SbMovusNn3K7hAg2Gu0tOgKNxCktju8uhC-avw2eUezseBXluBWHCkRGTdwj5w-Kb1_mgsnr6rxY26dAojbhV6K0b7yNpYHzcsojKbcIA/s1600/ostrichsss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB35S4sJF2MHD7q7ME4oQkJ9n-KhbpEi5-b5SbMovusNn3K7hAg2Gu0tOgKNxCktju8uhC-avw2eUezseBXluBWHCkRGTdwj5w-Kb1_mgsnr6rxY26dAojbhV6K0b7yNpYHzcsojKbcIA/s1600/ostrichsss.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<h2 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">The Ostrich was originally described by <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolus_Linnaeus" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Carolus Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a> in his 18th-century work, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systema_Naturae" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Systema Naturae">Systema Naturae</a></i> under its current <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Binomial nomenclature">binomial name</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-19" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[20]</a></sup> Its <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_name" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Scientific name">scientific name</a> is derived from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Latin">Latin</a>, <i>struthio</i> meaning "Ostrich" and <i>camelus</i> meaning "camel", alluding to its dry habitat.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich#cite_note-20" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[21]</a></sup></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">The Ostrich belongs to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratite" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Ratite">ratite</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_(biology)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Order (biology)">order</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struthioniformes" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Struthioniformes">Struthioniformes</a>. Other members include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea_(bird)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Rhea (bird)">rheas</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Emu">emus</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassowary" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Cassowary">cassowaries</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Moa">moa</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Kiwi">kiwi</a> and the largest bird ever, the now-extinct <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Bird" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Elephant Bird">Elephant Bird</a> (<i>Aepyornis</i>). However, the classification of the ratites as a single order has always been questioned, with the alternative classification restricting the Struthioniformes to the Ostrich lineage and elevating the other groups. Presently, molecular evidence is equivocal<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from February 2007">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> while<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogeography" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Biogeography">paleobiogeographical</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Paleontology">paleontological</a> considerations are slightly in favor of the multi-order arrangement.</div>Muhd Adib7049http://www.blogger.com/profile/03475239936513635668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622838340066832074.post-35614782559746690242012-01-14T16:52:00.000-08:002012-01-14T16:52:23.716-08:00BURUNG WALET<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCTLOdpoYVcWFGeOoDqwMzKAH_RMKUNagnGyCCuwRWjHIh5tpgHcBlZMECE4Cztg_gP4QbIXgkNE3tAWOZgbThx9pajaWldDQN8tCufOqsXoK6O2SHA3PdBMNycSo5uMshJHoLCBEsRc/s1600/als.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhCTLOdpoYVcWFGeOoDqwMzKAH_RMKUNagnGyCCuwRWjHIh5tpgHcBlZMECE4Cztg_gP4QbIXgkNE3tAWOZgbThx9pajaWldDQN8tCufOqsXoK6O2SHA3PdBMNycSo5uMshJHoLCBEsRc/s1600/als.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">Burung walet adalah sejenis burung pemakan serangga dengan cara meluncur menerkam mangsanya. Burung walet berwarna gelap, terbangnya cepat dengan ukuran kecil serta memiliki sayap yang berbentuk sabit yang runcing. Burung walet bertempat tinggal di gua-gua atau rumah-rumah yang cukup lembab, remang-remang dan gelap.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span id="more-919" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Manfaat dari <em style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">budidaya burung walet</em> adalah sarang dari air liur burung walet harganya mahal. Air liur burung walet sendiri berguna untuk menyembuhkan penyakit paru-paru, panas dalam, melancarkan peredaran darah dan penambah tenaga.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">Anda tertarik dengan <em style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">budidaya burung walet</em>. Jangan khawatir tentang informasi <em style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">budidaya burung walet</em>, blogiztic.net akan mengupas <em style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">cara budidaya burung walet yang benar</em> sebagi berikut.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Persyaratan lokasi</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- Dataran rendah dengan ketinggian maksimum 1000 m dpl.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- Daerah yang jauh dari jangkauan pengaruh kemajuan teknologi dan perkembangan masyarakat.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- Daerah yang jauh dari gangguan burung-burung buas pemakan daging.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- Persawahan, padang rumput, hutan-hutan terbuka, pantai, danau, sungai, rawa-rawa merupakan daerah yang paling tepat.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Penyiapan sarana yang diprlukan</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Gedung untuk kandang walet harus memiliki suhu, kelembaban dan penerangan yang mirip dengan gua-gua alami. Suhu gua alami berkisar antara 24-26 derajat C dan kelembaban ± 80-95 %. Pengaturan kondisi suhu dan kelembaban dilakukan dengan:</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Peralatan yang dibutuhkan</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- Melapisi plafon dengan sekam setebal 2° Cm<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- Membuat saluran-saluran air atau kolam dalam gedung.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- Menggunakan ventilasi dari pipa bentuk “L” yang berjaraknya 5 m satu lubang, berdiameter 4 cm.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- Menutup rapat pintu, jendela dan lubang yang tidak terpakai.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- Pada lubang keluar masuk diberi penangkal sinar yang berbentuk corong dari goni atau kain berwarna hitam sehingga keadaan dalam gedung akan lebih gelap. Suasana gelap lebih disenangi walet.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Bentuk dan konstruksi gedung</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Umumnya, rumah walet seperti bangunan gedung besar, luasnya bervariasi dari 10×15 m 2 sampai 10×20 m 2 . Makin tinggi wuwungan (bubungan) dan semakin besar jarak antara wuwungan dan plafon, makin baik rumah walet dan lebih disukai burung walet. Rumah tidak boleh tertutup oleh pepohonan tinggi. Tembok gedung dibuat dari dinding berplester sedangkan bagian luar dari campuran semen. Bagian dalam tembok sebaiknya dibuat dari campuran pasir, kapur dan semen dengan perbandingan 3:2:1 yang sangat baik untuk mengendalikan suhu dan kelembaban udara. Untuk mengurangi bau semen dapat disirami air setiap hari. Kerangka atap dan sekat tempat melekatnya sarang-sarang dibuat dari kayu-kayu yang kuat, tua dan tahan lama, awet, tidak mudah dimakan rengat. Atapnya terbuat dari genting. Gedung walet perlu dilengkapi dengan roving room sebagai tempat berputar-putar dan resting room sebagai tempat untuk beristirahat dan bersarang. Lubang tempat keluar masuk burung berukuran 20×20 atau 20×35 cm 2 dibuat di bagian atas. Jumlah lubang tergantung pada kebutuhan dan kondisi gedung. Letaknya lubang jangan menghadap ke timur dan dinding lubang dicat hitam.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Pembibitan burung walet</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Umumnya para peternak burung walet melakukan dengan tidak sengaja. Banyaknya burung walet yang mengitari bangunan rumah dimanfaatkan oleh para peternak tersebut. Untuk memancing burung agar lebih banyak lagi, pemilik rumah menyiapkan tape recorder yang berisi rekaman suara burung Walet. Ada juga yang melakukan penumpukan jerami yang menghasilkan serangga-serangga kecil sebagai bahan makanan burung walet.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Pemilihan bibit dan calon induk</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Sebagai induk walet dipilih burung sriti yang diusahakan agar mau bersarang di dalam gedung baru. Cara untuk memancing burung sriti agar masuk dalam gedung baru tersebut dengan menggunakan kaset rekaman dari wuara walet atau sriti. Pemutaran ini dilakukan pada jam 16.00–18.00, yaitu waktu burung kembali mencari makan.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Perawatan bibit dan calon induk</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Di dalam usaha budidaya walet, perlu disiapkan telur walet untuk ditetaskan pada sarang burung sriti. Telur dapat diperoleh dari pemilik gedung walet yang sedang melakukan “panen cara buang telur”. Panen ini dilaksanakan setelah burung walet membuat sarang dan bertelur dua butir. Telur walet diambil dan dibuang kemudian sarangnya diambil. Telur yang dibuang dalam panen ini dapat dimanfaatkan untuk memperbanyak populasi burung walet dengan menetaskannya di dalam sarang sriti.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Memilih telur burung walet</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Telur yang dipanen terdiri dari 3 macam warna, yaitu :<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- Merah muda, telur yang baru keluar dari kloaka induk berumur 0–5 hari.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- Putih kemerahan, berumur 6–10 hari.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- Putih pekat kehitaman, mendekati waktu menetas berumur 10–15 hari.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- Telur walet berbentuk bulat panjang, ukuran 2,014×1,353 cm dengan berat 1,97 gram. Ciri telur yang baik harus kelihatan segar dan tidak boleh menginap kecuali dalam mesin tetas. Telur tetas yang baik mempunyai<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- kantung udara yang relatif kecil. Stabil dan tidak bergeser dari tempatnya. Letak kuning telur harus ada ditengah dan tidak bergerak-gerak, tidak ditemukan bintik darah. Penentuan kualitas telur di atas dilakukan dengan peneropongan.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Cara menetaskan telur walet pada sarang sriti.</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Pada saat musim bertelur burung sriti tiba, telur sriti diganti dengan telur walet. Pengambilan telur harus dengan sendok plastik atau kertas tisue untuk menghindari kerusakan dan pencemaran telur yang dapat menyebabkan burung sriti tidak mau mengeraminya. Penggantian telur dilakukan pada siang hari saat burung sriti keluar gedung mencari makan. Selanjutnya telur-telur walet tersebut akan dierami oleh burung sriti dan setelah menetas akan diasuh sampai burung walet dapat terbang serta mencari makan.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">Menetaskan telur walet pada mesin penetas<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Suhu mesin penetas sekitar 40 ° C dengan kelembaban 70%. Untuk memperoleh kelembaban tersebut dilakukan dengan menempatkan piring atau cawan berisi air di bagian bawah rak telur. Diusahakan agar air didalam cawan tersebut tidak habis. Telur-telur dimasukan ke dalam rak telur secara merata atau mendata dan jangan tumpang tindih. Dua kali sehari posisi telur-telur dibalik dengan hati-hati untuk menghindari kerusakan embrio. Di hari ketiga dilakukan peneropongan telur. Telur-telur yang kosong dan yang embrionya mati dibuang. Embrio mati tandanya dapat terlihat pada bagian tengah telur terdapat lingkaran darah yang gelap. Sedangkan telur yang embrionya hidup akan terlihat seperti sarang laba-laba. Pembalikan telur dilakukan sampai hari ke-12. Selama penetasan mesin tidak boleh dibuka kecuali untuk keperluan pembalikan atau mengisi cawan pengatur kelembaban. Setelah 13–15 hari telur akan menetas.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Perawatan ternak burung walet</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Anak burung walet yang baru menetas tidak berbulu dan sangat lemah. Anak walet yang belum mampu makan sendir perlu disuapi dengan telur semut (kroto segar) tiga kali sehari. Selama 2–3 hari anak walet ini masih memerlukan pemanasan yang stabil dan intensif sehingga tidak perlu dikeluarkan dari mesin tetas. Setelah itu, temperatur boleh diturunkan 1–2 derajat/hari dengan cara membuka lubang udara mesin. Setelah berumur ± 10 hari saat bulu-bulu sudah tumbuh anak walet dipindahkan ke dalam kotak khusus. Kotak ini dilengkapi dengan alat pemanas yang diletakan ditengah atau pojok kotak. Setelah berumur 43 hari, anak-anak walet yang sudah siap terbang dibawa ke gedung pada malam hari, kemudian dletakan dalam rak untuk pelepasan. Tinggi rak minimal 2 m dari lantai. Dengan ketinggian ini, anak waket akan dapat terbang pada keesokan harinya dan mengikuti cara terbang walet dewasa.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Pakan burung walet</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Burung walet merupakan burung liar yang mencari makan sendiri. Makanannya adalah serangga-serangga kecil yang ada di daerah pesawahan, tanah terbuka, hutan dan pantai/perairan. Untuk mendapatkan sarang walet yang memuaskan, pengelola rumah walet harus menyediakan makanan tambahan terutama untuk musim kemarau.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Pemeliharaan kandang burung walet</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Apabila gedung sudah lama dihuni oleh walet, kotoran yang menumpuk di lantai harus dibersihkan. Kotoran ini tidak dibuang tetapi dimasukan dalam karung dan disimpan di gedung.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Hama dan penyakit burung walet</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">a. Tikus</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Hama ini memakan telur, anak burung walet bahkan sarangnya. Tikus mendatangkan suara gaduh dan kotoran serta air kencingnya dapat menyebabkan suhu yang tidak nyaman.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Cara pencegahan tikus dengan menutup semua lubang, tidak menimbun barang bekas dan kayu-kayu yang akan digunakan untuk sarang tikus.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">b. Semut</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Semut api dan semut gatal memakan anak walet dan mengganggu burung walet yang sedang bertelur.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Cara pemberantasan dengan memberi umpan agar semut-semut yang ada di luar sarang mengerumuninya. Setelah itu semut disiram dengan air panas.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">c. Kecoa</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Binatang ini memakan sarang burung sehingga tubuhnya cacat, kecil dan tidak sempurna.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Cara pemberantasan dengan menyemprot insektisida, menjaga kebersihan dan membuang barang yang tidak diperlukan dibuang agar tidak menjadi tempat persembunyian.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />d. Cicak dan Tokek</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Binatang ini memakan telur dan sarang walet. Tokek dapat memakan anak burung walet. Kotorannya dapat mencemari raungan dan suhu yang ditimbulkan mengganggu ketenangan burung walet.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Cara pemberantasan dengan diusir, ditangkap sedangkan penanggulangan dengan membuat saluran air di sekitar pagar untuk penghalang, tembok bagian luar dibuat licin dan dicat dan lubang-lubang yang tidak digunakan ditutup.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Panen budidaya burung walet</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Sarang burung walet dapat diambil atau dipanen apabila keadaannya sudah memungkinkan untuk dipetik. Untuk melakukan pemetikan perlu cara dan ketentuan tertentu agar hasil yang diperoleh bisa memenuhi mutu sarang walet yang baik. Jika terjadi kesalahan dalam menanen akan berakibat fatal bagi gedung dan burung walet itu sendiri. Ada kemungkinan burung walet merasa tergangggu dan pindah tempat. Untuk mencegah kemungkinan tersebut, para pemilik gedung perlu mengetahui teknik atau pola dan waktu pemanenan. Pola panen sarang burung dapat dilakukan oleh pengelola gedung walet dengan beberapa cara, yaitu:</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">a. Panen rampasan</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Cara ini dilaksanakan setelah sarang siap dipakai untuk bertelur, tetapi pasangan walet itu belum sempat bertelur. Cara ini mempunyai keuntungan yaitu jarak waktu panen cepat, kualitas sarang burung bagus dan total produksi sarang burung pertahun lebih banyak. Kelemahan cara ini tidak baik dalam pelestaraian burung walrt karena tidak ada peremajaan. Kondisinya lemah karena dipicu untuk terus menerus membuat sarang sehingga tidak ada waktu istirahat. Kualitas sarangnya pun merosot menjadi kecil dan tipis karena produksi air liur tidak mampu mengimbangi pemacuan waktu untuk membuat sarang dan bertelur.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">b. Panen Buang Telur</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Cara ini dilaksanankan setelah burung membuat sarang dan bertelur dua butir. Telur diambil dan dibuang kemudian sarangnya diambil. Pola ini mempunyai keuntungan yaitu dalam setahun dapat dilakukan panen hingga 4 kali dan mutu sarang yang dihasilkan pun baik karena sempurna dan tebal. Adapun kelemahannya yakni, tidak ada kesempatan bagi walet untuk menetaskan telurnya.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">c. Panen Penetasan</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Pada pola ini sarang dapat dipanen ketika anak-anak walet menetas dan sudah bisa terbang. Kelemahan pola ini, mutu sarang rendah karena sudah mulai rusak dan dicemari oleh kotorannya. Sedangkan keuntungannya adalah burung walet dapat berkembang biak dengan tenang dan aman sehingga polulasi burung dapat meningkat.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Tahap-tahap dalam panen burung walet</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">a. Panen 4 kali setahun</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Panen ini dilakukan apabila walet sudah kerasan dengan rumah yang dihuni dan telah padat populasinya. Cara yang dipakai yaitu panen pertama dilakukan dengan pola panen rampasan. Sedangkan untuk panen selanjutnya dengan pola buang telur.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">b. Panen 3 kali setahun</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Frekuensi panen ini sangat baik untuk gedung walet yang sudah berjalan dan masih memerlukan penambahan populasi. Cara yang dipakai yaitu, panen tetasan untuk panen pertama dan selanjutnya dengan pola rampasan dan buang telur.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />c. Panen 2 kali setahun</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Cara panen ini dilakukan pada awal pengelolaan, karena tujuannya untuk memperbanyak populasi burung walet.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Pascapanen budidaya burng walet</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Setelah hasil panen walet dikumpulkan dalu dilakukan pembersihan dan penyortiran dari hasil yang didapat. Hasil panen dibersihkan dari kotoran-kotoran yang menempel yang kemudian dilakukan </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;">pemisahan antara sarang walet yang bersih dengan yang kotor.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'BitStream vera Sans', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoS3utQPNBlgNstwfkPuu2E7tLIsGR6j1_xj_YE7f-i5IEDHM_1jspOzMAhx-AMcM1wmzyZZOZ7FvtoVQ3_fbdNCWEOdBaKJcfFHmslzoRKZ79EkO2UC59QLJ8BDqOGCP_g7bCmwr7Jw/s1600/bur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoS3utQPNBlgNstwfkPuu2E7tLIsGR6j1_xj_YE7f-i5IEDHM_1jspOzMAhx-AMcM1wmzyZZOZ7FvtoVQ3_fbdNCWEOdBaKJcfFHmslzoRKZ79EkO2UC59QLJ8BDqOGCP_g7bCmwr7Jw/s200/bur.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Muhd Adib7049http://www.blogger.com/profile/03475239936513635668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622838340066832074.post-52904031215595368332012-01-14T08:42:00.000-08:002012-01-14T08:46:08.046-08:00CARA MEMBIAK IKAN LAGA<b>LANGKAH PERTAMA: Kenalpasti Jantina</b> <br />
Cara nak kenalpasti ikan laga jantan dan ikan betina senang je. Biasernya ikan jantan ekor die panjang, warna lebih terang, dan lebih agresif. Tapi sekarang ni para penternak dah hasilkan betina yang ekor panjang dan warna yang terang. Jadi untuk kenal pasti ikan laga betina ialah melalui abdomen dan juga biji putih di bahagian anusnya. Tengok gambar kat bawah tu..nampak tak biji putih kat perut tu.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBj-R-6d-YMhP-60IBcytqStPst0G36PMPh4NO0TCc014PRPXu_1j_Ysh2QRocGzdSliW0o3rFth1dILzYrvQSPKgvBH9eiZtOOyQEd9Gq4pVaARzHgqcMeh0Yd0DJzpEBdoYwtKuNqu0/s1600/ikan+laaga.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBj-R-6d-YMhP-60IBcytqStPst0G36PMPh4NO0TCc014PRPXu_1j_Ysh2QRocGzdSliW0o3rFth1dILzYrvQSPKgvBH9eiZtOOyQEd9Gq4pVaARzHgqcMeh0Yd0DJzpEBdoYwtKuNqu0/s1600/ikan+laaga.jpg" /></a></div><b>LANGKAH KEDUA : Pilih Induk Yang Matang</b><br />
Untuk membiakkan ikan laga, anda mesti memastikan induk yang akan dibiakkan adalah matang. Ikan laga biasenya dah matang bila mencapai umur 4 bulan sekiranya diberi makanan yang secukupnya. Tapi anda boleh memerhatikan ikan laga tersebut.<br />
<b>Jantan</b><br />
Induk jantan yang matang dan bersedia untuk membiak akan membuat buih di permukaan..tuh maknenya dia tengah ‘hot’ arr tuh.<br />
<b>Betina</b><br />
Bagi yang betina pula, anda perlu perhatikan perut atau abdomennya. Induk ikan laga betina yang bersedia untuk dibiakkan mempunyai perut yang buncit dan terdapat biji putih di bahagian anusnya.<br />
<b>LANGKAH KETIGA: Sediakan Tangki Yang Sesuai</b><br />
Bagi kaedah pembiakan, anda perlu menyediakan tangki yang selesa sekurang-kurangnya bersaiz 1 kaki x 1 kaki x 1 kaki. Anda boleh menggunakan macam-macam contohnya akuarium, baldi, dan sebagainya. Lagi besar lagi bagus kerana tangki yang besar boleh meningkatkan peluang anak-anak ikan untuk hidup. Masukkan air lebih kurang 4,5 inci dari dasar. Jangan letak air terlalu dalam, nanti payah induk-induk tu nak kutip telur. Dalam tangki tu kalau boleh letak la sikit perlindungan untuk induk betina macam kayu atau pokok kiambang. Mana tahukan kot-kot yang jantan ganas. Senangla induk betina nak menyorok bila kena kejar. Satu petua nak kongsi dengan anda semua, anda boleh meletakkan daun ketapang kering atau nama saintifiknya almond leaf ke dalam tangki tu..daun ketapang ni macam tongkat ali atau booster la untuk ikan ni..air akan jadi berasid dan sesuai untuk pembiakan..die lagi gersang..dan cepat membiak. Untuk meransang pembentukan buih oleh jantan, sebaiknya letak la polistrene atau kiambang untuk mengekalkan buih tuh sebab ikan akan suka buat buih di bawahnya.<br />
<a href="http://ceritakini.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/ketapang.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-366" height="208" src="http://ceritakini.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/ketapang.jpg?w=300&h=208" title="ketapang" width="300" />Ni la daun ketapang, tapi jangan letak yang masih hijau lak. Letak yang dah kering. </a><b> </b><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><b>LANGKAH KEEMPAT: Masukkan Induk Jantan Dahulu Dalam Tangki</b></div>Sebaiknya anda letak induk jantan dulu dalam tangki pembiakan. Induk betina ni anda masukkan dalam bekas kaca atau apa-apa bekas lutsinar (biar yang jantan boleh nampak). Lepas tu masukkan dalam tangki yang ada induk jantan tadi. Ikan ni tak boleh dilepaskan sekali dalam tangki kerana yela..nama pun ikan laga..nanti ikan tu akan berlaga. Kalau betina kalah takpe, tapi kalau induk jantan yang kalah maknanya anda kena cari calon suami lain la untuk dia. Jadi macam ni la caranya untuk mengelakkan dari ikan-ikan ni berlaga. Kena kenal-kenalkan diorg dulu.<br />
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<b>LANGKAH KEEMPAT: Masukkan Induk Betina Selepas Induk Jantan Buat Buih</b><br />
Sekiranya anda nampak induk jantan telah buat buih. Maknanya dia telah bersedia untuk mengawan. Buih tu sebenarnya adalah sarang. Selepas jantan buat buih masukkan la induk betina. Induk jantan dan betina nie sebaiknya dicampurkan atau dikahwinkan di awal pagi. Mula-mula anda lepaskan induk betina, induk jantan akan mengejar induk betina. Tapi jangan risau, sang jantan tu dah lama sangat mengidam kat induk betina tu. Biasanya menjelang tengahari ikan nie akan melakukan ritual peneluran..ikan jantan akan menari dengan mengibaskan ekornya, membelit betina dan mengutip telur dan memasukkannya ke dalam buih..’projek’ nie akan berlaku dari setengah jam hinga sejam..selepas ‘projek’ tu dah selesai, eloklah anda alih yg betina dan tinggalkan yang jantan sahaja..sebab jantan akan jaga telur dan anak-anak ikan nanti. Induk betina pula akan makan telur atau anak, tapi tak semua la induk betina akan makan telur atau anak. Jadi untuk selamat, lagi mudah anda asingkan je.<br />
Telur tu akan menetas dalam masa 24jam hingga 36jam bergantung pada suhu semasa..sebaiknya letak di atas kayu atau rak..jangan letak atas simen..sejuk..mati ikan nanti. Selepas sehari anak ikan menetas, anda boleh samaada nak asingkan induk jantan atau tidak. Kalau anda tengok induk jantan ni makan anak, anda kena asingkan cepat-cepat. Tapi kalau tak makan, tak perlu asing la sebab induk jantan ni akan jaga dan pastikan tangki anda tidak dipenuhi jentik-jentik. Jentik-jentik ni boleh makan anak-anak ikan.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://ceritakini.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/betta021.jpg"><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-368" height="267" src="http://ceritakini.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/betta021.jpg?w=300&h=267" title="betta02" width="300" /></a>Ini la ritual bertelur</div><b>LANGKAH KELIMA: Penjagaan anak</b><br />
Anak2 ikan laga perlu diberi makan selepas 3 hari mereka menetas, seeloknya rotifer disamping air hijau sebagai supplemen..kebaikan air hijau ni die akan melindungi badan anak ikan dari penembusan cahaya matahari yang boleh merosakkan mata dan organ anak ikan tersebut. Air hijau nie sebenarnya mengandungi phytoplankton bernama chorella secara majoritinya, tapi ada gak banyak species lain yg ada. Ia boleh didapati dari air ternakan ikan tilapia, ikan keli.<br />
Selepas seminggu cuba ar dapatkan moina atau artemia untuk peringkat pemakanan seterusnya..ikan laga nie akan makan apa sahaja yang muat dengan mulutnye..satu lagi tips ikan laga nie akan lagi cantik dan cepat membesar jika diberi makanan hidup seperti jentik-jentik ataupun frozen blood worm.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBj-R-6d-YMhP-60IBcytqStPst0G36PMPh4NO0TCc014PRPXu_1j_Ysh2QRocGzdSliW0o3rFth1dILzYrvQSPKgvBH9eiZtOOyQEd9Gq4pVaARzHgqcMeh0Yd0DJzpEBdoYwtKuNqu0/s1600/ikan+laaga.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3yY6ql-BIWuqfDoX04UTYrCMXetSmdmiBJm_gekpcJUwfTEQWDrhjtLpHnudxhfALI_3I65_4dsKlKcDs2A5_vnePyf3z00MxjZTiSJVH2zG8qT7dj8PH85VWJt3lyhfVIOV4v0SKpk/s1600/ikan+laga.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3yY6ql-BIWuqfDoX04UTYrCMXetSmdmiBJm_gekpcJUwfTEQWDrhjtLpHnudxhfALI_3I65_4dsKlKcDs2A5_vnePyf3z00MxjZTiSJVH2zG8qT7dj8PH85VWJt3lyhfVIOV4v0SKpk/s1600/ikan+laga.jpg" /></a></div>Muhd Adib7049http://www.blogger.com/profile/03475239936513635668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622838340066832074.post-4509618511928724602011-10-02T04:48:00.000-07:002011-10-02T04:48:16.511-07:00JACKALOAPE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKSpO8DmjguLMjI-YO69FfQk1L0FH0pQjVAJ76dPVgUrP5aXPyMVdxDBOpZcMGY-Mt-heTQ_3fbHvxPeDDVUvmTNx9lCdANJ3EsAxMjSUaNXU9Yy7wQoP2hB00C6-FHvDxoomEOlh9aY/s1600/j.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKSpO8DmjguLMjI-YO69FfQk1L0FH0pQjVAJ76dPVgUrP5aXPyMVdxDBOpZcMGY-Mt-heTQ_3fbHvxPeDDVUvmTNx9lCdANJ3EsAxMjSUaNXU9Yy7wQoP2hB00C6-FHvDxoomEOlh9aY/s1600/j.jpeg" /></a></div>The jackalope has bred the rise of many outlandish (and largely <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue-in-cheek" title="Tongue-in-cheek">tongue-in-cheek</a>) claims as to the creature's habits. For example, it is said to be a hybrid of the pygmy-deer and a species of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_rabbit" title="Killer rabbit">killer rabbit</a>". Reportedly, jackalopes are extremely shy unless approached. Legend also has it that female jackalopes can be milked as they sleep belly up and that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk" title="Milk">milk</a> can be used for a variety of medicinal purposes. It has also been said that the jackalope can convincingly imitate any sound, including the human <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice" title="Voice">voice</a>. It uses this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skill" title="Skill">ability</a> to elude pursuers, chiefly by using phrases such as "There he goes! That way!" It is said that a jackalope may be caught by putting a flask of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey" title="Whiskey">whiskey</a> out at night. The jackalope will drink its fill of whiskey and its intoxication will make it easier to hunt. In some parts of the United States it is said that jackalope <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat" title="Meat">meat</a> has a taste similar to lobster. However, legend has it that they are dangerous if approached. It has also been said that jackalopes will only breed during electrical storms including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail" title="Hail">hail</a>, explaining its rarity.<br />
Jackalopes are legendary in the U.S. – attributed by the <i>New York Times</i> to a 1932 hunting outing involving Douglas Herrick (1920–2003) of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas,_Wyoming" title="Douglas, Wyoming">Douglas, Wyoming</a>, and thus the town was named the "Home of the Jackalope" by the state of Wyoming in 1985. The state of Wyoming trademarked the name in 1965. According to the Douglas Chamber of Commerce, a 1930s hunting trip for jackrabbits led to the idea of a Jackalope. Herrick and his brother had studied taxidermy by mail order as teenagers. When the brothers returned from a hunting trip, Herrick tossed a jackrabbit carcass into the taxidermy store, where it came to rest beside a pair of deer antlers. The accidental combination of animal forms sparked Douglas Herrick's idea for a jackalope.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> The first jackalope the brothers put together was sold for $10 to Roy Ball, who displayed it in Douglas' La Bonte Hotel. The mounted head was stolen in 1977.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> The Douglas Chamber of Commerce has issued thousands of Jackalope Hunting Licenses to tourists. The tags are good for hunting only during official Jackalope season, which occurs for only one day: June 31 (a nonexistent date as June has 30 days), from midnight to 2 AM. The hunter may not have an IQ greater than 72.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> In 2005, the House of the Wyoming state legislature passed a bill to declare the jackalope the "official mythological creature" of Wyoming, by a vote of 45-12 and referred it to the state Senate, where the bill was indefinitely postponed on March 2, 2005.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
More mythologic references can be found in the Huichol legends of the deer and the horned rabbit. The Huichol oral tradition has passed down tales of the sharing of horns between the two animals. This folklore may be due to the papilloma viral infection of the Western United States and Mexico from the 1880s - 1930's.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup> The rabbit and deer have also been paired up as far back as the Mesoamerican period of the Aztecs<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> as twins, brothers, even the sun and moon.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Similar creatures have been recognized for centuries in alpine regions of Europe (Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland), including the following: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolpertinger" title="Wolpertinger">Wolpertinger</a> (Bayern, Germany), <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blutschink&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Blutschink (page does not exist)">Blutschink</a> (Tirol, Austria), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahu" title="Dahu">Dahu</a> (Switzerland, France) , <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dilldapp&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Dilldapp (page does not exist)">Dilldapp</a> (some specific regions), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwetritsch" title="Elwetritsch">Elwetritsch</a> (Pfalz, Germany), <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hanghuhn&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Hanghuhn (page does not exist)">Hanghuhn</a> (Thüringen, Germany), and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasselbock" title="Rasselbock">Rasselbock</a> (Thüringen and Sachsen, Germany).Muhd Adib7049http://www.blogger.com/profile/03475239936513635668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622838340066832074.post-70507118927723697852011-03-19T19:19:00.000-07:002011-03-19T19:19:35.651-07:00KUCING KESAYANGAN SEMUA<b>Kucing</b> (<a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawi">Jawi</a>:<b>کوچيڠ</b> ) dikenali sebagai <b>kucing bela jinak</b> ialah <a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamalia">mamalia</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnivor" title="Karnivor">karnivor</a> kecil dari subspesis <i>Felis silvestris catus</i>. Ia adalah keturunan <a class="new" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kucing_liar&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Kucing liar (tidak wujud)">kucing liar</a> <a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika">Afrika</a>, <i>Felis silvestris lybica</i> dan mungkin dijinakkan 3,500 tahun dahulu di zaman <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesir_purba" title="Mesir purba">Mesir purba</a>, di mana ia digunakan untuk menjaga simpanan bijirin daripada <a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikus">tikus</a> dan roden yang lain. Hari ini kucing merupakan salah satu daripada haiwan belaan rumah yang paling terkenal di dunia. <br />
Kucing yang <a class="new" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Genealogi&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Genealogi (tidak wujud)">keturunannya</a> berdaftar secara rasmi dipanggil kucing baka, kucing baka tulen atau kucing pertunjukan. Kucing baka tulen adalah kurang dari satu peratus daripada keseluruhan populasi kucing; kucing yang mempunyai baka campuran dirujuk sebagai <a class="new" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bulu-panjang_bela_jinak&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Bulu-panjang bela jinak (tidak wujud)">bulu-panjang bela jinak</a> dan <a class="new" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bulu-pendek_bela_jinak&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Bulu-pendek bela jinak (tidak wujud)">bulu-pendek bela jinak</a>.<br />
Terdapat pelbagai <a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baka">baka</a> kucing domestik, ada yang tidak berbulu ataupun ekor, dan mereka wujud dalam beraneka warna yang berlainan dan ada juga mempunyai banyak warna. Mereka adalah <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemangsa" title="Pemangsa">pemangsa</a> yang mahir dan diketahui bahawa mereka memburu lebih dari seribu <a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spesies">spesies</a> haiwan lain sebagai makanan. Mereka juga haiwan yang pintar dan ada yang berkebolehan untuk menggunakan mekanisma ringkas seperti <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuil" title="Tuil">tuil</a> pintu atau tandas manusia, seperti yang dijelaskan dibawah. Mereka berhubung dengan mengiau ("meow"/"miaou"), mengeluarkan bunyi 'purrr', berdesis dan juga isyarat anggota. Kucing boleh dikatakan baru lagi dijinakkan, oleh itu kucing juga boleh hidup di kawasan liar dan selalunya mereka akan membentuk satu <a class="new" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Koloni&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Koloni (tidak wujud)">koloni</a> kecil. Hubungan <a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manusia">manusia</a> dan kucing menyebabkan kucing dipuja di dalam <a class="new" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dongeng&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Dongeng (tidak wujud)">dongeng</a> dan <a class="new" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Legenda&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Legenda (tidak wujud)">legenda</a> dari beberapa <a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangsa">bangsa</a>, contohnya Mesir Purba, <a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking">Viking</a> dan juga <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tionghoa" title="Tionghoa">Cina</a>.<br />
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<span class="editsection"></span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Kucing_dan_Islam">KUCING DAN ISLAM </span><br />
<a class="new" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abu_Qatadah&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Abu Qatadah (tidak wujud)">Abu Qatadah</a> berkata bahawa <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabi_Muhammad" title="Nabi Muhammad">Nabi Muhammad</a> SAW pernah bersabda, "Kucing itu tidak najis. Ia binatang yang suka berkeliling di rumah (binatang perumahan)," [Hadis Riwayat At-Tirmidzi, An-Nasa'i, Abu Dawud, dan Ibnu Majah].<br />
Diriwayatkan dan Ali bin Al-Hasan, dan Anas yang menceritakan bahawa Nabi Muhammad SAW pergi ke <a class="new" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bathhan&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Bathhan (tidak wujud)">Bathhan</a> suatu daerah di <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madinah" title="Madinah">Madinah</a>. Lalu, baginda bersabda, "Ya Anas, tuangkan air wudhuk untukku ke dalam bejana." Lalu, Anas menuangkan air. Ketika sudah selesai, Nabi menuju ke bejana. Namun, seekor kucing datang dan menjilati bejana. Melihat itu, Nabi berhenti sehinggalah kucing tersebut berhenti minum lalu (baginda) berwudhuk. Nabi ditanya mengenai kejadian tersebut, beliau menjawab, "Ya Anas, kucing termasuk perhiasan rumah tangga, ia tidak dikotori sesuatu, bahkan tidak ada najis."<br />
Diriwayatkan dari Dawud bin Shalih At-Tammar dan ibunya yang menerangkan bahawa hambanya memberikan Aisyah semangkuk <a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubur">bubur</a>. Namun, ketika ia sampai di rumah Aisyah, tenyata Aisyah sedang <a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solat">solat</a>. Lalu, ia memberikan isyarat untuk menaruhnya. Sayangnya, setelah Aisyah menyelesaikan solat, ia lupa pada buburnya. Datanglah seekor kucing, lalu memakan sedikit bubur tersebut. Ketika ia melihat bubur tersebut dimakan kucing, 'Aisyah RA lalu membersihkan bahagian yang disentuh kucing, dan Aisyah memakannya. Rasulullah SAW bersabda, "Ia tidak najis. Ia binatang yang berkeliling." Aisyah pernah melihat Rasulullah SAW berwudhuk dari sisa jilatan kucing, [Hadis Riwayat AlBaihaqi, Abd Al-Razzaq, dan Al-Daruquthni].<br />
Hadis ini diriwayatkan dari Malik, Ahmad, dan Imam Hadis yang lain. Oleh kerana itu, kucing adalah binatang, dimana, peluh, bekas dari sisa jilatannya adalah suci.<br />
Nabi Muhammad SAW juga pernah memberi gelaran kepada Abd al-Rahman ibn Sakhr Al-Azdi sebagai "<a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Hurairah">Abu Hurairah</a>" yang beerti "Bapa anak-anak kucing" kerana sikapnya yang sangat menyayangi kucing.<br />
Manakala menurut periwayatan Hadis Nabi didalam <a href="http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahih_Bukhari">Sahih Bukhari</a> Jilid 3, Buku 40, Nombor 552, menerangkan cerita seorang wanita yang telah terkena cakaran oleh seekor kucing dan bagi menghukum kucing itu, wanita tersebut telah bertindak mengurung kucing dalam sangkar penjara dan tidak memberikan kucing tersebut makanan atau minuman. Maka wanita itu dibalas/dihukum oleh Allah dengan buruk atas perbuatan wanita itu.Muhd Adib7049http://www.blogger.com/profile/03475239936513635668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622838340066832074.post-33694270609460566082010-12-27T06:05:00.000-08:002011-10-02T05:19:50.827-07:00BETTA FISH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqQh0u4kWPalwpASSNP1-c8CQtVIkR2EK8FoW8GS1tZRWknK2VqwKXLbW35siWPkV4391ICKngrkDYZ-WbMOCsoOCGLTfx-boaRPtmvp98uKyZRoNn01DB0vqpNJuqCNvgMK7rH0pDsU/s1600/ikan.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqQh0u4kWPalwpASSNP1-c8CQtVIkR2EK8FoW8GS1tZRWknK2VqwKXLbW35siWPkV4391ICKngrkDYZ-WbMOCsoOCGLTfx-boaRPtmvp98uKyZRoNn01DB0vqpNJuqCNvgMK7rH0pDsU/s1600/ikan.jpeg" /></a></div>All the <i>Betta</i> species are small fishes, but they vary considerably in size, ranging from under 2.5 cm (1 inch) total length in <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_chanoides" title="Betta chanoides">B. chanoides</a></i> to 12.5 cm (5 inches) in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akar_betta" title="Akar betta">Akar betta</a> (<i>B. akarensis</i>).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fishbase_0-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-fishbase-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
Bettas are <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabantoid" title="Anabantoid">anabantoids</a>, which means they can breathe atmospheric air thanks to a unique organ called the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth_organ" title="Labyrinth organ">labyrinth</a>. This accounts for their ability to thrive in low-oxygen water conditions that would kill most other fish, such as rice paddies, slow-moving streams, drainage ditches, and large puddles.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
The various bettas can be divided into two groups, based on their spawning behaviour: some build <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_nest" title="Bubble nest">bubble nests</a>, like <i>B. splendens,</i> while others are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouthbrooder" title="Mouthbrooder">mouthbrooders</a>, like <i>B. picta.</i> The mouthbrooding species are sometimes called "pseudo bettas", and are sometimes speculated to have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution">evolved</a> from the nest-builders in an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation" title="Adaptation">adaptation</a> to their fast-moving stream habitats.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ibc_fernando_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-ibc_fernando-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Food">Food</span></h2>Betta fish are not big eaters but should be fed a small amount once a day to once every other day.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-food_3-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-food-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> They can be fed floating flake food, freeze dried blood worms, live black worms, or frozen brine shrimp.<br />
Betta pellets are small, round edible pellets that are food for most betta species. Betta pellets are made out of crude <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein" title="Protein">protein</a>, crude fat, crude <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber" title="Fiber">fiber</a>, crude ash, moisture, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus" title="Phosphorus">phosphorus</a>, certain vitamins, and other ingredients.<br />
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Name">Name</span></h2>There is often much confusion in terminology regarding these fish. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_fighting_fish" title="Siamese fighting fish">Siamese fighting fish</a>, <i>B. splendens</i>, are frequently sold in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> simply as bettas. Fish fanciers are thus often unaware that, as of 2006, there are around 65 species classified within the genus <i>Betta</i>. A further source of confusion is that while the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">generic</a> name <i>Betta</i> is italicized and capitalized, when used as a common name it is usually <i>not</i> capitalized.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ahd_4-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-ahd-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_name" title="Common name">common name</a> of <i>Betta pugnax,</i> for example, is thus <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_betta" title="Penang betta">Penang betta</a>.<br />
<div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 172px;"><a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kampffisch_betta_splendenscele4.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="121" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Kampffisch_betta_splendenscele4.jpg/170px-Kampffisch_betta_splendenscele4.jpg" width="170" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kampffisch_betta_splendenscele4.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15" /></a></div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siamese_fighting_fish" title="Siamese fighting fish">Siamese fighting fish</a>, <i>B. splendens</i>, is often referred to as betta in the U.S., leading to some confusion</div></div></div>The name <i>Betta</i> (or betta) is pronounced <span style="white-space: nowrap;"><span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English">/</a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;" title="primary stress">ˈ</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;" title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;" title="short 'e' in 'bed'">ɛ</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;" title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;" title="schwa 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></a></span><span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English">/</a></span></span>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ahd_4-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-ahd-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> That is, the first part is the same as the English word <i>bet.</i> By confusion with the name of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet" title="Greek alphabet">Greek letter</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_%28letter%29" title="Beta (letter)">beta</a>, the name is often pronounced <span class="IPA" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ˈbeɪtə/</span> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a>, and may be misspelled with one <i>t.</i> The name of the genus is unrelated to that of the Greek letter, being derived from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_language" title="Malay language">Malay</a> word <i>ikan betah</i> ("persistent fish").<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Conservation">Conservation</span></h2>While many <i>Betta</i> species are common and <i>B. splendens</i> is ubiquitous in the aquarium trade, other bettas are threatened. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List</a> classifies several <i>Betta</i> species as Vulnerable. In addition, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_livida" title="Betta livida">B. livida</a></i> is Endangered, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_miniopinna" title="Betta miniopinna">B. miniopinna</a>,</i> <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_persephone" title="Betta persephone">B. persephone</a>,</i> and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_spilotogena" title="Betta spilotogena">B. spilotogena</a></i> are Critically Endangered.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-redlist_6-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-redlist-6"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Environment_Programme" title="United Nations Environment Programme">United Nations Environment Programme</a> lists an unconfirmed species, <i>Betta</i> cf. <i>tomi,</i> as having become <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinct" title="Extinct">extinct</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> between 1970 and 1994.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-unep_7-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-unep-7"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> This likely refers to the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extirpated" title="Extirpated">extirpated</a> Singaporean population of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_tomi" title="Betta tomi">B. tomi</a>,</i> which continues to exist in the wild in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> as well as in captivity; the Red List classifies it as Vulnerable.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-redlist_tomi_8-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-redlist_tomi-8"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ibc_tomi_9-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-ibc_tomi-9"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Species">Species</span></h2><div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 302px;"><a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Whitebetta.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="200" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Whitebetta.jpg/300px-Whitebetta.jpg" width="300" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Whitebetta.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.17/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15" /></a></div>A female <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_splendens" title="Betta splendens">Betta splendens</a></i></div></div></div>The currently described <i>Betta</i> species can be grouped into complexes for conservation purposes. (This grouping of species makes no claim at representing a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylogenetic" title="Phylogenetic">phylogenetic</a> reality.) The complexes of the associated species are:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fishbase_0-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-fishbase-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-complex_mgt_10-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-complex_mgt-10"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup> <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-itis_11-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta#cite_note-itis-11"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
<ul><li>Akarensis complex: <ul><li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_akarensis&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta akarensis (page does not exist)">Betta akarensis</a></i> <small>Regan, 1910</small> – <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akar_betta" title="Akar betta">Akar betta</a></li>
<li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_antoni&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta antoni (page does not exist)">Betta antoni</a></i> <small>Tan & Ng, 2006</small></li>
<li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_aurigans&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta aurigans (page does not exist)">Betta aurigans</a></i> <small>Tan & Ng, 2004</small></li>
<li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_balunga&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta balunga (page does not exist)">Betta balunga</a></i> <small>Herre, 1940</small></li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_chini" title="Betta chini">Betta chini</a></i> <small>Ng, 1993</small></li>
<li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_ibanorum&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta ibanorum (page does not exist)">Betta ibanorum</a></i> <small>Tan and Ng, 2004</small></li>
<li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_obscura&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta obscura (page does not exist)">Betta obscura</a></i> <small>Tan & Ng, 2005</small></li>
<li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_pinguis&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta pinguis (page does not exist)">Betta pinguis</a></i> <small>Tan and Kottelat, 1998</small></li>
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</ul><ul><li>Albimarginata complex: <ul><li><i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_albimarginata" title="Betta albimarginata">Betta albimarginata</a></i> <small>Kottelat and Ng, 1994</small></li>
<li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_channoides&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta channoides (page does not exist)">Betta channoides</a></i> <small>Kottelat and Ng, 1994</small></li>
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</ul><ul><li>Anabatoides complex: <ul><li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_anabatoides&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta anabatoides (page does not exist)">Betta anabatoides</a></i> <small><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Bleeker" title="Pieter Bleeker">Bleeker</a>, 1851</small> – <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Giant_betta&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Giant betta (page does not exist)">giant betta</a></li>
<li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_midas&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta midas (page does not exist)">Betta midas</a></i> <small>Tan, 2009</small></li>
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</ul><ul><li>Bellica complex: <ul><li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_bellica&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta bellica (page does not exist)">Betta bellica</a></i> <small>Sauvage, 1884</small> – <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slim_betta&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Slim betta (page does not exist)">slim betta</a></li>
<li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_simorum&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta simorum (page does not exist)">Betta simorum</a></i> <small>Tan and Ng, 1996</small></li>
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</ul><ul><li>Coccina complex: <ul><li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_brownorum&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta brownorum (page does not exist)">Betta brownorum</a></i> <small>Witte and Schmidt, 1992</small></li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_burdigala" title="Betta burdigala">Betta burdigala</a></i> <small>Kottelat and Ng, 1994</small></li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_coccina" title="Betta coccina">Betta coccina</a></i> <small>Vierke, 1979</small></li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_livida" title="Betta livida">Betta livida</a></i> <small>Ng and Kottelat, 1992</small></li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_miniopinna" title="Betta miniopinna">Betta miniopinna</a></i> <small>Tan and Tan, 1994</small></li>
<li><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta_persephone" title="Betta persephone">Betta persephone</a></i> <small>Schaller, 1986</small></li>
<li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_rutilans&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta rutilans (page does not exist)">Betta rutilans</a></i> <small>Witte and Kottelat in Kottelat, 1991</small></li>
<li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_tussyae&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta tussyae (page does not exist)">Betta tussyae</a></i> <small>Schaller, 1985</small></li>
<li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_uberis&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta uberis (page does not exist)">Betta uberis</a></i> <small>Tan & Ng, 2006</small></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><ul><li>Dimidiata complex: <ul><li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_dimidiata&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta dimidiata (page does not exist)">Betta dimidiata</a></i> <small>Roberts, 1989</small></li>
<li><i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Betta_krataios&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Betta krataios (page does not exist)">Betta krataios</a></i> <small>Tan & Ng, 2006</small></li>
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padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Internet-Directories/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Cat Internet Directories">Cat Internet Directories</a></b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Internet-Directories/All-About-Cats/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">All About Cats</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Internet-Directories/Breeds-and-Breeders/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Breeds and Breeders</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Internet-Directories/Other-Cat-Directories/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Other Cat Directories</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Internet-Directories/Pet-Directories/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Pet Directories</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Memorials-and-Rainbow-Bridge/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Cat Memorials and Rainbow Bridge">Cat Memorials and Rainbow Bridge</a></b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Memorials-and-Rainbow-Bridge/Cat-Remembrances/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Remembrances</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Memorials-and-Rainbow-Bridge/Cat-Tributes/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Tributes</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Newsletters-and-Ezines/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Cat Newsletters and Ezines">Cat Newsletters and Ezines</a></b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Newsletters-and-Ezines/Cat-Newsletters/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Newsletters</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Newsletters-and-Ezines/Cat-Online-Magazines/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Online Magazines</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Cat Products For Sale">Cat Products For Sale</a></b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Apparel/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Apparel</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Beds/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Beds</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Behavior-Training/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Behavior Training</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Books/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Books</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Bowls-and-Feeding/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Bowls and Feeding</a>,<a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Carriers/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Carriers</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Claw-Control/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Claw Control</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Collars/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Collars</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Dietary-Supplements/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Dietary Supplements</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Dishes-and-Cat-Feeders/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Dishes and Cat Feeders</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Doors/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Doors</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Flea-and-Tick-Treatments/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Flea and Tick Treatments</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Food/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Food</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Furniture-and-Scratchers/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Furniture and Scratchers</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Gifts-and-Collectibles/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Gifts and Collectibles</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Gravestones-and-Memorials/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Gravestones and Memorials</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Grooming/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Grooming</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Health/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Health</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Insurance/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Insurance</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Jewelry/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Jewelry</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Litter/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Litter</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Litter-Boxes/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Litter Boxes</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Lover-Products/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Lover Products</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Magazines/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Magazines</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Phermone-Sprays-and-Plugins/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Phermone Sprays and Plugins</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Portraits-and-Artwork/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Portraits and Artwork</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Software/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Software</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Superstores/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Superstores</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Toys/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Toys</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Treats/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Treats</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Videos/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Videos</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Cat-Water-Fountains/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Water Fountains</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Products-For-Sale/Other-Cat-Products/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Other Cat Products</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Rescue-and-Adoption/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Cat Rescue and Adoption">Cat Rescue and Adoption</a></b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Rescue-and-Adoption/International-Cat-Rescue/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">International Cat Rescue</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Rescue-and-Adoption/American-Cat-Rescue/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">American Cat Rescue</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Services-Offered/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Cat Services Offered">Cat Services Offered</a></b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Services-Offered/Cat-Boarding/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Boarding</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Services-Offered/Cat-Grooming/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Grooming</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Services-Offered/Cat-Sitters/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Sitters</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Services-Offered/Cat-Veterinarians/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Veterinarians</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Services-Offered/Cat-Website-Design/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Website Design</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Website-Awards/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;" title="Cat Website Awards">Cat Website Awards</a></b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Website-Awards/Apply-For-Award/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Apply For Award</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Website-Awards/Cat-Topsites/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Topsites</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Website-Graphics/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; 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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Wallpapers</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Cat-Website-Graphics/Cat-Photos/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Cat Photos</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Purrsonal-Cat-Websites/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; 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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Multiple Cats</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Purrsonal-Cat-Websites/Individual-Cats/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Individual Cats</a>, <a href="http://www.i-love-cats.com/directory/Purrsonal-Cat-Websites/Other-Cats/" style="color: #2361a1; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Other Cats</a></div></div><br />
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<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ST. PAUL (WCCO) — </b></b>It’s one thing to set a broken arm on a child, where metal pins and a plaster cast hold the fracture tightly in place. But how does one go about mending the wing of an owl with bones not much larger than the size of pencil lead?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Veterinarians at the University of Minnesota’s Raptor Center faced that challenge recently on a bird injured during a recent Minnesota snowstorm.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">But like a newborn in a maternity ward, the badly injured Barred Owl couldn’t be in better hands.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Sweet little thing,” said Dr. Paula Castano, as she gently picks up the injured bird. Its puffed-up feathers and piercing looks hide the magnitude of its hurt.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">X-ray images reveal the challenge facing the young veterinary intern. A close look at the black and white images clearly shows a clean fracture in one of the owl’s tiny bones connecting its left wing.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">“It’s not do you have a fracture that’s a very tiny piece but you’re right at the joint,” said Raptor Center’s Executive Director Dr. Julia Ponder, looking at the X-ray.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Like so many of the 700 to 800 birds rushed to the Raptor Center each year, the Barred Owl was in dire condition when it was discovered, unable to fly.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Two women returning home during last Friday’s snowy rush hour found the owl in the middle of St. Paul’s Shepard Road, not far from Interstate 35E. It was most likely struck by a passing vehicle as it swooped down from a tree along the Mississippi River in search of a mouse or a vole.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">“It’s a little bit swollen,” said Castano, as she takes a good look at her recent repair job.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">By all accounts, Castano performed a near perfect surgical procedure to put the owl’s wing back together. The operation involved screwing five tiny metal pins into a broken bone that is roughly the diameter of a toothpick. Those pins protrude vertically from the owl’s wing and are then attached to a plastic rod that acts as an external splint.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">As if that’s not enough of a challenge, Ponder pointed out, “of course, avian bones are hollow.”</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Twenty-four hours after the surgery was completed, Castano and her team are pleased with what they see. Besides the slight swelling at the joint, X-rays now show a clean re-attachment of the bone.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Yes, it’s very firm, so it will give support for the bones so it can heal,” said Castano.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">She will apply a small amount of antibiotic cream on the wound and place a few liquid drops in the owl’s huge brown eyes. In a matter of minutes, the wounded wing is bandaged firmly to its fluffy body to help keep it immobilized.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">Having done everything they can, the bird is now on the road to recovery. While veterinarians say it will take six to eight weeks for the bone to completely heal, there is hope, but no guarantees, the injured Barred Owl will once again take flight.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">“The joint’s soft tissue may have taken some trauma that will lead to degenerative joint disease long term. I think, at this point, is the biggest challenge, but the bird has a great chance,” said Ponder.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">For more information about the Raptor Center’s mission and needs, you can visit its website at <a href="http://www.cvm.umn.edu/raptor/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #266ec4; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.cvm.umn.edu/raptor/</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWx80zgabZKpdEh27R_wSFmnIfVR0EgZUvfzpk-O05kv7yNqB5BK2g-atajvWSMFe38gVYRFco55PmZfCB3lU4LdDVGMK780tZj0JEabXnGspjAUfq17JB2hpv_pFAVOJPn89Ov66UMJc/s1600/city.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWx80zgabZKpdEh27R_wSFmnIfVR0EgZUvfzpk-O05kv7yNqB5BK2g-atajvWSMFe38gVYRFco55PmZfCB3lU4LdDVGMK780tZj0JEabXnGspjAUfq17JB2hpv_pFAVOJPn89Ov66UMJc/s1600/city.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Muhd Adib7049http://www.blogger.com/profile/03475239936513635668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622838340066832074.post-20674431200246476142010-12-09T18:31:00.000-08:002010-12-09T18:31:11.935-08:00LEAPORD<div class="entry" style="color: #61636a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">As Alex Eckelberry wrote in <a href="http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/leopard-looking-for-new-home.html" style="color: #36769c; text-decoration: none;">the following post</a>, the partnership with WeatherBug has come to an end and Leopard is looking for a new home.<br />
Here’s the message that I sent out to Leopard users:<br />
<blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(69, 76, 103); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 4px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 30px; margin-top: 15px; padding-left: 15px;">Hello Leopard Programmers,<br />
<div>This is Brandon Watts, creator of the Leopard programming language. I sincerely hope that you’ve been enjoying using Leopard in your homes and schools, and I’m sending you this message today to give you an update about what’s going on with Leopard.<br />
</div><div>As you know, I have partnered with WeatherBug over the past couple of years to develop and distribute a co-branded version of Leopard through their network. WeatherBug’s support has helped Leopard to reach new heights, and I’m incredibly thankful for the boost that they have given to the language. With that said, our partnership has now come to an end, which means that I’m actively pursuing new partnership or acquisition offers. WeatherBug has graciously offered to continue to host Leopard on their site while Leopard finds a new home.<br />
</div><div>Before I pursue any other means, I wanted to reach out to the community of Leopard programmers to see if any of you have an interest in acquiring Leopard or have leads to a company or individual who does.<br />
</div><div>Here’s some of the press that Leopard has received during the WeatherBug partnership:<br />
</div><div><div><a href="http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/article/2041/" style="color: #36769c; text-decoration: none;">The Gainesville Times</a> </div><div><a href="http://leopardprogramming.wordpress.com/2007/06/29/scobleshow-interview/" style="color: #36769c; text-decoration: none;">ScobleShow</a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjES5wJm5E38kKY9oFEMpIPJ2i9cMX9HSwnyFlGBgFq_sDgtadyNBrBZJyUYZKZi8Z5skVGegna35fPYxNpBL4KVP8myQAg_N_083WyOYijx49tx-tncPtoSSqZ2MgmFIVXWuPENpk2eyo/s1600/leapord.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjES5wJm5E38kKY9oFEMpIPJ2i9cMX9HSwnyFlGBgFq_sDgtadyNBrBZJyUYZKZi8Z5skVGegna35fPYxNpBL4KVP8myQAg_N_083WyOYijx49tx-tncPtoSSqZ2MgmFIVXWuPENpk2eyo/s1600/leapord.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.leopardprogramming.com/leopardwdun.mp3" style="color: #36769c; text-decoration: none;">WDUN AM</a></div></div>Please contact me directly if you’d like to get more information, and thanks for all of your support!</blockquote>Like I said in that message, <a href="mailto:brandonwatts@gmail.com" style="color: #36769c; text-decoration: none;">contact me</a> if you’d like to talk about this. Thanks!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">The cheetah has unusually low <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heredity" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Heredity">genetic</a> variability and a very low <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermatozoon" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Spermatozoon">sperm</a> count and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motility" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Motility">motility</a>, and deformed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagellum" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Flagellum">flagella</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-O.27Brien_6-0" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah#cite_note-O.27Brien-6" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup>Skin grafts between unrelated cheetahs illustrate this point in that there is no rejection of the donor skin. It is thought that the species went through a prolonged period of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inbreeding" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Inbreeding">inbreeding</a> following a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneck" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Population bottleneck">genetic bottleneck</a> during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternary_glaciation" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Quaternary glaciation">last ice age</a>. It probably evolved in Africa during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miocene" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Miocene">Miocene</a> epoch (26 million to 7.5 million years ago), before migrating to Asia. New research by a team led by Warren Johnson and Stephen O'Brien of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Cancer_Institute" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="National Cancer Institute">National Cancer Institute</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick,_Maryland" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Frederick, Maryland">Frederick</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="United States">United States</a>) has recently placed the last common ancestor of all existing species as living in Asia 11 million years ago, which may lead to revision and refinement of existing ideas about cheetah evolution. Now-extinct species include: <i>Acinonyx pardinensis</i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliocene" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Pliocene">Pliocene</a> epoch), much larger than the modern cheetah and found in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Europe">Europe</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="India">India</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="China">China</a>; <i>Acinonyx intermedius</i> (mid-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistocene" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a> period), found over the same range. The extinct genus <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_cheetah" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="American cheetah">Miracinonyx</a></i> was extremely cheetah-like, but recent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="DNA">DNA</a> analysis has shown that<i>Miracinonyx inexpectatus</i>, <i>Miracinonyx studeri</i>, and <i>Miracinonyx trumani</i> (early to late Pleistocene epoch), found in North America and called the "North American cheetah" are not true cheetahs, instead being close relatives to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Cougar">cougar</a>.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from October 2010">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Definitions of animal on the Web:</div><ul><li>A living organism characterized by voluntary movement</li>
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Animals are a major group of mostly multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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