2008-01-24 · 3 min read
Oilback Whale
English name: oil whale
Scientific name: Eubalaena petroleum
A marine mammal of the order Cetacea, suborder Mysticeti, family Balaenidae, the oilback whale is a new rising member of the right-whale family. It is distributed in the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic, with small numbers also found in the North Pacific. The oilback whale has a spindle-shaped body, measuring between 10 and 15 meters in length and weighing 10 tons. Its baleen is long and dense, with four baleen plates on the lower jaw, each 3 to 4 meters long, for which reason it is also called the broom whale. Its flippers measure 1 to 1.5 meters, while the tail fin spans 50 percent of the body’s length, and it swims at 5 to 6 nautical miles. The oilback whale possesses the two blowholes characteristic of right whales and can spout columns of water as high as 10 meters. Irregular protuberances grow across its back, densely covered in a distinctive gland, so that the entire back appears coated in a thick layer of gelatinous crude oil.
2008-01-13 · 3 min read
Lithium Cat
English name: celli
Scientific name: Leptailurus celli
The lithium cat is a new felid of the serval genus that evolved in the middle of the twenty-first century, though some experts deny that it is a naturally evolved animal. Although in appearance it closely resembles a Siamese cat, with soft short fur and chocolate-colored spots or cap markings, by bloodline it is closer to the serval. Its head is small, its muzzle relatively long, and it has a pair of very large ears set high and close together. The lithium cat’s body length ranges from 42 to 71 cm. Its limbs are long and slender, and near the soles of its feet are faint copper-colored spots. Its tail is short, only 10 cm long.
2008-01-04 · 4 min read
Web Glider (Rainbow Glider)
Scientific name: Webpetaurus breviceps
Common name: Color Glider
Place of origin: Shaanxi and Gansu in China, eastern Qinghai, northern Sichuan
Habits: chiefly bred in captivity and kept in households. Wild web gliders mostly live around high-voltage power lines and optical-fiber communications stations. They are nocturnal animals, resting by day and coming out to forage at night.
Food: the outer skin of high-voltage cables, optical-fiber sheathing, network cables, RJ-45 plugs, and the plastic coating of ordinary wires.