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Platypus

                Platypus is a native Tasmania and southern and eastern Australia.

Platypus has a flat tail and webbed feet. It’s body length is 30 to 45 cm and covered with a thick and woolly layer of fur. It’s bill is detecting prey and stirring up mud. Platypus eyes and head are small. It     has no ears but has ability to sense sound and light.

Platypus lives in Streams, rivers, and lakes. Female Platypuses usually dig burrows in the streams or river banks. The burrows are blocked with soil to protect it from intruders and flooding. In other hand, male platypus doesn’t need any burrow to say.

                Gorillas

                Gorillas are the largest of all the primates. A male gorilla can be 180 centimeters tall and can weigh 200 kilograms. Gorillas are very strong but they don’t often fight. In fact they are peaceful animals.

                Gorillas live in small family groups of about 15. In a group there is one strong, older male, some young males, and a few females with their babies. They move slowly around a large area of jungle easting leaves and bushes.

                In some ways gorillas are very like humans. When they are happy, they laugh and wave their arms. When they are angry, they beat their chests. When they are sad, they cry. But they cry quietly, without any tears.

                Unfortunately, people hunt and kill gorillas. They also cut down and burn their trees. There are now only about 10.000 gorillas left in the world.

                The Cheetah

                The Cheetah is the fastest animal on land. It can run 100 kilometers an hour. It is now rare and is one of the animals which is in danger of extinction.

The Cheetah has a small head and ears, and long, powerful legs. It always hunts and chases its prey on open ground.

                This is a different way of hunting from the other “Big Cats”. They like to stay in and near trees to catch their prey. The Cheetah is also different from other cats because it can’t draw in its claws.

                Harvesting Machines

                Haeders crops such as wheat, barley and oats. These machines are also known as combine harvesters. Headers combine the three operations needed to harvest a crop—reaping, threshing and winnowing.

                The blade on the front of the headers cut the heads off the stalks(reaping). The auger pulls the heads into the machine. The stalks left standing in the paddock are called stubble.

                Involves separating the grains from the head. The drum rotates, beating the heads. Straw and chaff (bits of stalk) are fed out the back of the header. Straw is spread over the ground. Stock can graze on this and the standing stubble left after harvest.

                There are a number of screens in the header. Grain passes over these and fans blow the husks away. This is called winnowing. The clean grain is stored in the box. When this is full the grain is augured out into a chaser bin or truck.

               

                A Painting

                What is a painting? A painting is graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface. The surface can be a canvas, cloth, leather, wall, or other.

                There are many types of paintings. Generally, they are landscape, a potrait, still life, and a religious one. A landscape is an outdoor scene. A landscape artist uses paints to create not only land, water, and clouds but aslo air, wind, and sunlight. A potrait is an image of a person or an animal. Besides showing what someone looks like, a potrait often captures a mood or personality.

                A still life show objects, such as flowers, food, or musical instruments. A still life reveals an artist’s skill in painting shapes, light, and shadow. A real life scene captures life in action. It can show a busy street, a beach party, a diner gathering, or any place else. A religious work of art shares a religious massage. It may portray a scared story or express an artist’s faith. However, some paintings combine types. For example, a potrait might also include details of a still life. Some paintings seem to show exactly what an artist saw, while others focuses on exploring shapes or expressing feelings. One artist might paint landscape with realistic details, such as cloggy rocks and green blade of grass. Another might paint the same landscape in swirling shapes and colors that captured how the air and sunlight felt.