Humans

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Humans are created by God's image according to the Bible, and like other creatures, we are also unique in our own way. One thing for sure, we are the only animal who are created to stand up straight and walk.

Like the chimpanzee, we are classified as mammal, primate, under the species of Homo Sapian. Our life span is approximately 75 years of age. We can have children all year around, usually 1 young per litter. We usually are active during the, or in another word, diurnal. Since we eat everything from plants, animals and their products and also being the only species that is creative, that made us the only ones that cook the food.

Do you know what else that made us different from other animals? We also bury our dead! That also might lead to the question, where do we distributed in the world? Well, to be honest with you, due the fact that we are not an endangered species, we tend to live across the globe.

Border Collie

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When we speak of collies, we often think of the most famous Rough Collie in the world, named Lassie. Although a Rough Collie has similarities with the Shetland Sheepdog, but there are other collies/sheepdogs around the world as well, who are as energetic and hard working as the Rough Collie. One of those breeds which they look like robbers with black masks on are called the Border Collie.

If you have seen the pig movie franchise called "Babe", then you will notice there are a pair of dogs on a farm, name Fly and Rex. Undoubtedly, they are also the charming Border Collie.

Speaking of Border Collie, they came from a long way across the world from the border of the United Kingdom and Scotland as a working sheepdog, they still remain as a popular breed for herding but they weren't recognized by its present name, Border Collie, until 1915.

A bit of their characteristics, they have excellent stamina, supremely intelligence and highly responsive, which means it's going to be an excellent idea to train the Border Collie for Dog Agility Trials. They are also great companions for very active family with older kids, they will work hard for a praise, so they are really trainable.

If you're one of those medium or even low energy person, then it's not a good idea for raising a Collie of any sort, because if they are left alone too long without exercise and companionship, the dog will become very miserable, very bored and VERY destructive, and the owners may find themselves being "herded" like sheep in the house.

As for their body height, it's around 18-21 in or 46-54 cm;
weight: 31-49lb or 14-22 kg
Coat care: They need to be brushed very often or they will shed like a husky.

Hummingbird: One Tiny Creature

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I believe at least some of us common folks have seen those adorable birds before, at least for me, I remember that I saw a hummingbird once before when I was little. It was indeed very TINY!! It was about the size of my thumb and its wings were flapping so fast that is was a blur. It was also moving around between flowers and bushes gathering nectar, which is a sweet liquid produced from flower.

It was later on that I pleasantly learned that hummingbirds' size is from 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in, which means their size really is roughly the same size of our thumbs! Of course, there's another hummingbird which is smaller, all of that 5 cm and goes by the species "The Bee Hummingbird".

Of course, the "humming" part of the bird's name was not a bluff either! The reason why it's called the "Hummingbird" is because of the flapping sound of their wings, the wing action is so fast that it hums, it can go up to 12-19 times per second and can fly up to 54 km/h! Imagine that!

With that fast metabolism and flying motion going on, we might think that those birds live a short live, which is, again to my amazement, not exactly true! Although many of the young chicks don't survive the first year, especially between hatching and leaving the nest, which called fledging, but for those that survived can live up to more than decade! Of course, different types tend to have different life spam, like the better known North American hummingbirds live up to only 3 to 5 years. But most live longer than that.