Thursday, 31 March 2011

The Natura Viva Park and funny facts about animals

A little over a month ago, the Natura Viva Park reopened to the public who wish to observe closely the 90 different animal species. A few miles from the Garda Lake, in the park there are many wildlife species at risk, who are treated before being put back into freedom. Over the years it has established itself as a place of protection of animal species which are risking extinction.


The park was opened to the public June 20, 1968 through the initiative of Avesani Alberto an his wife Giorgia, both lovers of nature from Verona. The park is divided into Safari, in which the animals live freely and Fauna Park, where there arenearly 90 different animal species.

There are many stories and funny and strange habits about the animal world, so if you decide to hike in the park, you will remember for example that the cats to avoid damaging their claws, which are essential both for the defense and for the attack, they "protect" them as they walk, portraying them in their paws.


But perhaps not everyone knows that:

The teeth of the caiman has a special feature: when this reptile keeps his mouth shut, the fourth tooth of the mandible dovetails perfectly into an existing hole in the upper jaw.

Polar bears (.. in the Park there will be none, but you will find him: http://www.parconaturaviva.it/Animali/Orso-dagli-occhiali) perform real migrations: some years ago in Cape Farewell, Greenland, hunters capture a specimen from the Norwegian islands of Svalbard, 4.000 km away.

In ancient times, during the duels between riders, horses were trained to gallop to the right, which allowed the rider to more easily manage the long lance against an opponent coming towards him.

the beaver, to warn companions of impending danger, repeatedly slams its robust tail paddle on the water surface, producing a sharp noise.

The shock produced by the torpedo, fish belonging to the ranks of elletrofori may havea power of 2,000 watts.

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