Metazoa info

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Mimic Octopus(requested by Free Thought)



Thaumoctopus Mimicus

Size: 2ft 25in

Weight: Not known

Life Expectancy: 9 months

When it First appeared: Not known

Location:These animals live in warm shallow waters. They live in areas In and around Indonesia and Malaysia.



Taxonomy:

Class: Cephalopods
Subclass:Coleoidea
Cohort:Meocoleoidea
Superorderctopodiformes
Orderctopoda
Suborder:Incirrina
Familyctopodidae
Subfamilyctopodinae
Genus:Thaumoctopus
Species:Thaumoctopus Mimicus

Diet: This animal eats small fish and crustaceans

Anatomy: This animal has three hearts in its mantle. Like most octopus it can change its skin pigment. This is due to pigment sacs called chromatophores.

Behavior: This animal is known for its ability to act like other animals. This animal will mimic seasnakes, lion fish, jelly fish, and flatfish to name a few. This is done so that it can escape from predators. This animal is solitary.

Reproduction: While mating males will insert his hectocotylus into the females mantle. After depositing sperm, the hectocotylus drops off and he dies. The female cares for her young, but instead of a nest she carries the young with here. She dies when they are born.

Interaction with other animals: Besides mimicking other animals, not much is known about its interspecific relationships.



The mimic in action

Other sources:

http://www.dive-the-world.com/creatures-...ctopus.php

http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=260

http://eol.org/pages/3100227/overview

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Honey Badger (Blackhand293)



Size: 22- 30 in

Weight: 20-35lbs males, 11-22lbs females

Life Expectancy: 24 years

When it First appeared: Middle Pliocene 3.6 million years ago

Location: The honey badger lives in grasslands, forest, deserts, and mountains. They are found in most of africa, india, and saudi arabia.



Taxonomy:

Class:Mammalia
Clade:Holotheria
Superlegion:Trechnotheria
Legion:Cladotheria
Infralegion:Tribosphenida
Subclass:Theria
Clade:Eutheria
Infraclasslacentalia
Subcohort:Exafroplacentalia
Magnorder:Boreoeutheria
Superorder:Laurosiatheria
unranked:Zooamata
unranked:Ferae
unranked:Carnivoramorpha
Order:Carnivora
Suborder:Caniformia
Superfamily:Musteloidea
Family:Mustelidae
Subfamily:Mellivorinae
Genus:Mellivora
Species:Mellivora Capensis

Diet: These animals will eat almost anything. Honey,berries, roots, snakes, birds, baby cheetahs, and even lion kills just to name a few.

Anatomy: The honey badger has two pairs of mammae, which cause a smelly and pungent odor. This smell is actually said to calm down bees. The tongue has a strange and sharp backward pointing papillae to assist it in eating. Also there skin is though enough that porcupine quills and bee stings rarely penetrate.

Behavioar: This animal is highly aggressive. Its fould behavior makes it one of the most fearless animals. Its nasty attitude scares away lions, hyenas, and even cape buffalo. This animal is of course solitary, however they hunt in pairs during their mating season.

Reproduction: The mother will raise a litter of 1-4 young. She will relocate dens every 2-5 days. After 8 months young leave then den but still stay with the mother. After a year the young leave.

Relationship with other animals: This animal will fight every animal that messes with it. However humans are the only animal to pose a real threat to them.



There are not all that bad.

Other sources:

http://www.honeybadger.com/

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-na...31/?no-ist

http://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/ca...honey.html