Hello and welcome to Betty the Butterfly's Blog for A-Z Animals.
This blog will keep you up-to-date with what's happening in the animal world and will also include some treats and humour for you along the way.
Mon 20th May 2013 (0 comments)
With the world's natural energy sources disappearing at such an alarming rate, an increasing number of countries and their governments are turning towards other means of providing energy to their homes and businesses mainly in the form of solar, wind and waves.
However, despite being known as sustainable energy sources these farms do also have a devastating downside to both the environment and the landscape in general as they often require a vast amount of space in order to provide an adequate amount of power.
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Wed 1st May 2013 (0 comments)
When we think of spring images of wild-flowers and the first new buds on the trees are conjured up. In the animal kingdom, we start to see more and more birds as they return to breed from their warmer winter grounds further south, and last but by no means least, the young of some of our most iconic farm animals like calves and lambs.
Lambs are born in the later winter or early spring after a gestation period that lasts for roughly four and half months, following the annual breeding season which occurs during the autumn months every year. Although ewes (female sheep) only tend to give birth to a single young, twins are not uncommon.
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Mon 29th April 2013 (0 comments)
There are hundreds and thousands of different species of plant around the world and like animals, their primary focus in life is to reproduce in order to ensure the continued survival of their species for generations to come. Plants however, are static and so rely on help to both spread their seed and for pollination.
Numerous factors assist in the reproduction of plants including windy weather but it is the attraction of insects that is the primary focus of most (if not all) of the plants found all around the world. One of the most obvious methods that plants use is to produce brightly coloured petals or a sweet-smelling scent that guarantees interest from bugs.
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Fri 26th April 2013 (0 comments)
Palm oil is found in an increasing number of products on our supermarket shelves from our daily foods to cosmetics, baby products and even pet food. Sadly it is almost impossible to determine which products do actually contain it as palm oil is rarely labelled as such but is instead masked as vegetable oil or fat or a multitude of other things in cosmetics.
We all know that palm oil plantations have contributed to drastic deforestation in biologically sensitive areas particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia, with the biggest concern being that much of the palm oil that is grown is done so un-sustainably and even illegally in some cases. Travelling through areas in these countries can result in passing through areas of over 100km where nothing other than palm oil plantations can be seen.
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Wed 24th April 2013 (0 comments)
A good cup of tea is our favourite beverage here in the UK (and only second to coffee in many other western countries) however, how much do we really know about the origins of tea or about the different types of a plant that cannot even be grown here in the cooler climates of the British Isles?
Well, it will not come as a surprise to many that tea is thought to have originated in China in the Yunnan Province, located in the south-west of this enormous country, at some point during the Shang Dynasty between 1500BC and 1046BC. Originally grown and consumed as a medicinal drink, the first record of tea drinking is dated in a medicinal text in the 3rd century AD.
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