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AMAZING MOM & DAD IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Red-Knobbed Hornbill- mOM! Why they’re amazing: These birds will do anything to protect their babies from predators like lizards. Their tried and true method of protection includes sealing the “doorway” to their nest with their own feces. Mom stays in the nest for the whole two month incubation period, ignoring her own hunger and protecting her babies. The knobbed hornbill, also known as Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill, is a colorful hornbill native to Indonesia. The species is sometimes placed in the genus Aceros. The knobbed hornbill is the faunal symbol of South Sulawesi province. DEFINITION: faunal - n. pl. fau·nas or fau·nae (-nē′) 1. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Animals, especially the animals of a particular region or period, considered as a group. 2. A catalog of the animals of a specific region or period.
Scientific name: Aceros cassidix Higher classification: Aceros Rank: Species
emperor penguin - DAD! This dad earns his spot for his incredible endurance. The emperor penguin breeds in Antarctica, the coldest place on Earth. We’re talking 72 degrees below Fahrenheit — brr! After Mom lays her egg, it’s Dad’s job to keep it warm. Meanwhile, the female takes a two-month feeding sabbatical while the male balances the egg on his feet in subzero weather, often forced to huddle together with other dads for warmth until their chicks hatch. Despite not having eaten for months, it’s Dad who provides the baby’s first meal — a milky-type substance to sustain them until Mom can return with a belly full of fish and switch the chick from “breast milk” to solids. It’s role reversal at its finest! The emperor penguin is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 122 cm (48”) in height and weighing from 22 to 45 kg. (48 to 99 lbs.)and have a lifespan of 20 years!
source: http://www.animalplanet.com/wild-animals/2-emperor-penguin/
The first Mother’s Day was celebrated on May 9, 1914! Mothers need to be celebrated! President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed May 9, 1914, the first Mother’s Day. He asked Americans on that day to give a public “thank you” to their mothers and all mothers.
Kingdom -Animalia Phylum - Chordata Class - Aves Order - Sphenisciformes Family - Spheniscidae Genus - Aptenodytes
The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910 when a Father’s Day celebration was held at the YMCA in Spokane, Washington by Sonora Smart Dodd. Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who raised his six children there.
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