Some cool images of animals images:
From the Cradle to the Grave
Image by Cornell University Library
Collection: Cornell University Collection of Political Americana, Cornell University Library
Repository: Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214 Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Cornell University
Title: From the Cradle to the Grave
Political Party: Republican
Date Made: 1881
Measurement: Print: 28 x 22 in.; 71.12 x 55.88 cm
Classification: Prints
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5z7h
There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
Indian Wild Ass (Khur)
Image by Umang Dutt
More images from my trip to the Wild Ass Sanctuary in the Little Rann on Kutch on umangdutt.blogspot.com
The Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur) also called khur, is a subspecies of the Onager native to Southern Asia. This animal was on the brink of extinction a few years ago, but now their numbers are steadily increasing . . .
The coat is usually sandy, but varies from reddish grey, fawn, to pale chestnut. The animal possesses an erect, dark mane which runs from the back of the head and along the neck. The mane is then followed by a dark brown stripe running along the back, to the root of the tail.
Wild ass graze between dawn and dusk. The animal feeds on grass, leaves and fruits of plant, crop, Prosopis pods, and saline vegetation. It is one of the fastest of Indian animals, with speeds clocked at about 50 km. per hour. Stallions live either solitarily, or in small groups of twos and threes while family herds remain large. Mating season is in rainy season. When a mare comes into heat, she separates from the herd with a stallion who battles against rivals for her possession. After few days, the pair returns to the herd. The mare gives birth to one foal. The male foal weans away by 1-2 years of age, while the female continues to stay with the family herd.
