Animals

The March of the Red Crab
A Moth Find a New Home
Suicidal Birds
A leopard and A cheetah
The Spectacular Hornbill
The Antelope with an extraordinary nose
Masquerading Males
Tiny But Powerful
Electric Fishes
Paternal Care
Hairless Cat
Passionate Parrot
Calling Out To Mother
Hot Wheels
Discs On Their Wings
Two-humped Camels
Frozen Frog
Silken Chambers
Earth Pig
Swordsman of the Sea
The Ostrich Trick
Electrifying Meal
Bizarre Turtle
Grey Whales
The Flying Lemur
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Llamas
A Different Sort of a Parrot
The Tailless Cat
The Ancestor Of The Rhino
Acquisitive Wood Rats
The Butterflyfish
The Amazing Jumper
The Largest Deer
The Devil’s Coach-Horse
The Porcupine With A Prehensile Tail
The Irritating Fencing
The Acrobatic Otter
The Busy Termite Colony
Superb Mimics
The Canary
Snow Monkey
Jumping Spiders
Glass Lizard
Beetle Rhino
The World’s Smallest Bear
Hygienic Ants
Flat as a Pancake
The Carpet Shark
The Centipede Walk

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The Canary

Meet the little singing bird! Long a popular bird pet, the canary is known for its beautiful songs and cheerful companionship. The bird is named after
the Canary Islands, its native place, and where it is still found in the wild.
The wild canary was brought to Europe way back in the sixteenth century and made a household pet. Wild canaries, dark green and olive-coloured, are not as melodious as their tamed counterparts. Most tame canaries are bright yellow in colour but some are pale yellow as well, and when they are fed with red chillies they turn a bright orange. Careful breeding has produced many types of canaries such as the English, the French, the Scottish, the Belgian and so on, each renowned for its unique appearance and individual song quality.

The birds are extremely sensitive to some poisonous gases. Formerly in Europe, miners used to carry caged canaries down into the mines with them. If the birds showed signs of distress it meant that the mine was not safe, and the miners would immediately vacate it.

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Last updated on :5/31/2005