eco friends and animal facts

 be a friend of the planet.Mother earth needs are help. if you don't help well i hope you don't mind living under water for the rest of you're life. so be eco nomical. save the trees.

Shut down and unplug electronics. Make small changes to use – and pay for – less energy, like shutting down your computer when you're not using it and plugging your cell phone and other electronics into power strips so you can turn several devices off with one switch.

Wash your clothes in cold water. By using cold water instead of warm, the average household can avoid emitting 1,281 pounds of carbon dioxide annually and save on energy bills.¹

Use refurbished electronics. You can get refurbished electronics for a steal (they often sell for less than 50 percent of the retail price!), and before they're resold to the public, they go through an intense defect-testing process and the warranties usually remain intact. So you can save money and help reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills.Use kitchenware products made of recycled materials. Preserve uses items such as recycled Brita pitcher filters and empty yogurt containers to make their line of colorful kitchen gear. Since they're about the same price as regular kitchenware, it's a no-brainer

Update your wardrobe for less. Instead of consuming new products, trade fashionable clothes, accessories, cosmetics and shoes for free (you only pay for shipping). By swapping merchandise you can lower the amount of harmful emissions caused by the manufacturing process. Check ou swap.com to learn more.

i'll be watching your progress as you go.

An average dairy cow produces four times its body weight in manure each year.
-Kiwis are the only bird that hunts by smell.
-A birds eye keeps everything in focus at all times.
-Elvis had a pet monkey named Scatter.
-A sheep trained to turn the lights on and off will leave them  on 82% of the time.
-A blind chameleon will still change color to match its surroundings.
-All dogs except the Chow have a pink tongue, the Chow's tongue is bluish black.
-Nine out of ten extinct species were birds.
-Lions sleep 17 hours per day.
-Most wild birds live only 10% of their normal life span.

Wolves are excellent hunters and have been found to be living in more places in the world than any other mammal except humans. The wolf is the ancestor of all breeds of domestic dog. It is part of a group of animals called the wild dogs which also includes the dingo and the coyote. Most wolves weigh about 40 kilograms but the heaviest wolf ever recorded weighed over 80 kilograms! Adult wolves have large feet. A fully grown wolf would have a paw print nearly 13 centimetres long and 10 centimetres wide. Wolves live and hunt in groups called a pack. A pack can range from two wolves to as many as 20 wolves depending on such factors as habitat and food supply. Most packs have one breeding pair of wolves, called the alpha pair, who lead the hunt. Wolf pups are born deaf and blind while weighing around 0.5 kg (1 lb). It takes about 8 months before they are old enough to actively join in wolf pack hunts. Wolves in the Arctic have to travel much longer distances than wolves in the forest to find food and will sometimes go for several days without eating. When hunting alone, the wolf catches small animals such as squirrels, hares, chipmunks, raccoons or rabbits. However, a pack of wolves can hunt very large animals like moose, caribou and yaks. When the pack kills an animal, the alpha pair always eats first. As food supply is often irregular for wolves, they will eat up to 1/5th of their own body weight at a time to make up for days of missed food. Wolves have two layers of fur, an undercoat and a top coat, which allow them to survive in temperatures as low at minus 40 degrees Celsius! In warmer weather they flatten their fur to keep cool. A wolf can run at a speed of 65 kilometres per hour during a chase. Wolves have long legs and spend most of their time trotting at a speed of 12-16 kilometres per hour. They can keep up a reasonable pace for hours and have been known to cover distances of 90 kilometres in one night.

Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.

-All polar bears are left handed.

-The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.

-You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

-A blue whales testicles are the size of a family car.

Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows.

-All polar bears are left handed.

-The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.

-You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

-A blue whales testicles are the size of a family car.