Cassowary - World's Dangerous Bird

Cassowaries are the world's most dangerous birds and its scientific name is Casuarius. It usually found in Australia and tropical rainforests of North Queensland and New Guinea. Adult cassowary can reach upto 6 feet in height and its weight is about 100 pounds and more. Cassowary lifespan is about 40 to 50 years.

The cassowary’s looks brightly colored blue and purple head and neck with droopy black feathers, and has a large helmet-shaped bony growth on its head. The Cassowary is also one of the most dangerous and complicated animals to keep in the Zoo because of the repeated injuries suffered by Zoo keepers that look after them. Females and males are much related in appearance, but adult females are generally slightly larger than the males.

Chlamydosaurus kingii - Frilled Neck Lizard

Frilled Neck Lizard is also called as Australian Frilled Lizards or dragon lizard. The scientific name for frilled dragon lizard is Chlamydosaurus kingii and and it belongs to the family of dragons. The Frilled Neck Lizard (sun-loving lizard) is the reptile emblem of Australia, depicts on defunct two-cent coin. The head and body length of the dragon lizard is 28cm and its overall length is generally 70 cm but up to 95cm.

The colour of the lizard matches the land on which it lives, but male lizard is more colorful than the female. Frilled Lizard is not poisonous or harmful to man and usually found in Australia northern Queensland and the Northern Territory. The frilled neck lizard is omnivorous one requires mixed vegetables and fruits as well as insects like crickets, mealworms, and wax worms. Breeding generally takes place in the month of September and the eggs take about 8 to 12 weeks to hatch.

Sciurus Carolinensis - White Squirrel

White Squirrel is an Oriental Tree Squirrel found in India, Marionville, Missouri, and Exeter, Canada. The scientific name for white Squirrel is Sciurus Carolinensis. This squirrel is white with light brown in its body and orange colors on the bottom of its tail.

White Squirrels are generally active during early morning late afternoon. White Squirrel has never been experimental in the main island (Palawan Island). It is endemic to a small island where major rainforest is gone. The white squirrel is presently found in besmirched habitats such as abandoned coconut plantations mixed with few native trees.

Snub-Nosed Monkey - New Species

The New Species found in China and it was brought to the zoo by an anonymous man in Wenling. Keepers said that he was unable to decide what the animal – snub-nosed monkey with its hazel eyes and orange, brown and white dappled fur. Last year, this zoo hosted a wedding between Wukong(seven-year-old male) and Xiaoya(six-year-old female).

White Alligator - Mississippiensis

The Scientific name for white crocodile is Alligator mississippiensis , and is one of the rare animal in the world. Usually it was white in color and also found in south east United States: Florida and Louisiana, the southern parts of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, coastal South and North Carolina, and Orissa. The eating habits for white alligator is fish, turtles, small mammals, birds and other reptiles and size is about 9 to 14 feet. White Alligator life span is up to 50 years.

Blue-eyed Spotted Cuscus

The Blue-eyed Spotted Cuscus is a species belongs to the Phalangeridae family. It is found in Indonesia and is one of about 10 new mammal species discovered in the past decade in Papua New Guinea. The scientific name for blue eye spotted cuscus is Spilocuscus wilsoni, and is also called as Biak Spotted Cuscus. It’s a world's third-largest tract of rain forest. But nowadays these species is rare one and not found in the world and their family is decreased.

Tyto Novaeholiandiae - Australian Masked Owl

The Australian Masked Owl is a barn owl of South Guinea and usually found in non-desert areas of Australia. The scientific name for masked owl is Tyto novaeholiandiae. Its body is covered with brown feathers surround with white, heart-shaped mask, and their coat is brown with light gray spots on their upper back, and their color varies from black to dark brown. Masked owl is the largest owl in Australia and it considered as the powerful owl, and its weight is about 660g and their wings generally span about 35 to 47 cm.

Necturus maculosus – Water Dog

Mudpuppies are also called waterdogs; always spend their lives in water as like salamander. The scientific name for waterdog is Necturus maculosus. Some salamander will make a noise. Mudpuppies can exceed up to 41 centimeter in its length. The waterdog generally found in Southern Central Canada, United States, North Carolina and South Georgia and also in Mississippi. Waterdogs or mudpuppies lives in the bottom of the lakes and ponds, rivers and streams and it never come out from water. It hides themselves from the rocks, trees and shrubs and its prey is crayfish, snails and worms.

Australian Sea Dragons

Sea dragons are found in south and east Australian water and their types are weedy sea dragon and leafy sea dragon. The scientific name for weedy sea dragon (also known as Common Sea Dragon) is Phyllopteryx taeniolatus, and for leafy sea dragon is Phycodurus Eques. Sea dragons are not as sea horse, but it belongs to the family of sea horse. Weedy sea dragons are usually brown to yellow in body color and leafy sea dragon are generally in red color with yellow spot on their body.

Both sea dragons have long and thin snouts, no teeth or stomach, and their eyes move independent of each other. Weedy sea dragons grow up to a length of about 45 centimeters and Leafy sea dragon can grow up to 35 centimeters. As like sea horse, male sea dragon is responsible for childbearing or reproduction. The male sea dragons hatch the egg and release it into the water after about 4 to 6 weeks.

Dendrobates azureus - Blue Poison Dart Frog

Blue Poison Dart Frog is found in some part of South America. Its scientific name is Dendrobates azureus and its body length is about 5cm long and its weights about 8g. These frogs can be easily known by their blue color, it’s usually darker on the limbs and stomach; especially on the head and neck. The blue poison in their skin helps to protect them from the predators like snakes and reptiles, and it release toxins from its body.

The poisonous alkaloid is located in the skin serve of the blue poison frog which is helpful to protect from the predators. Blue poison frog is an insectivore, but rarely feeds on arthropods (non-insect) such as flies, caterpillars, ants and spiders and its lifespan of 4-6 years. The female frog provides unfertilized eggs for their tadpole nutrition, and never found in water, at the time of laying eggs of about 8 to 10 it can seen in water.

Cylindrophis ruffus - Two Headed Snake

The two headed snake do exist, but rarely can it seen, usually found in Spain. The scientific name for two headed snake is Cylindrophis ruffus. Two headed snakes are conjoined twins, because some will share a stomach and throat but have two mouths, while others will have two separate stomachs and two throats.

Two headed snake was lived in Spain, and also had by Arizona State University, that lived to be 17 years old. Life is complicated for two headed snake. .Since they have two head, each head has a brain, even if it has two stomachs and throat separately will fight each other for their prey; if one head has prey in its mouth while the other does not. Even it has a two head, they cannot communicate each other. Some museums and zoos have this preserved specimens .This snake do not have a long life expectancy, but it will live for 20 years if possible.