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Common Name:

Icelandic cyprine, Iceland cyprina, Arctica islandica

Maximum Age:

400 years

Distribution:

It is found in North Atlantic Ocean,

Red Sea Urchin

Common Name:

Strongylocentrotus franciscanus,

Maximum Age:

200 years

Distribution:

It is found in Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California.

Aldabra Giant tortoise

Common Name:

Geochelone elephantopus, Galapagos Giant Tortoise

Maximum Age:

150 Years

Distribution:

It is native to South America, Galapagos Islands.

Greek tortoise

Common Name:

Spur thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca

Maximum Age:

110 years

Distribution:

Greek tortoises are found throughout the Mediterranean from Spain to Russia, Southern Spain, Northern Africa, Eastern Europe, and Middle East.

Killer whale

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Orca, blackfish,

Maximum Age:

90 Years

Distribution:

Killer whales are found in all oceans, from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas.

European eel

Common Name:

Anguilla Anguilla,

Maximum Age:

88 Years

Distribution:

It is found in Spain, Italy and Greece, the northern parts of Africa.

Lake sturgeon

Common Name:

Acipenser fulvescens,

Maximum Age:

82 Years

Distribution:

The Lake sturgeon is place in Ontario and North America.

Sea anemone

Common Name:

Crimson anemon, Cribrinopsis fernaldi,

Maximum Age:

80 Years

Distribution:

The Sea anemones are found in coastal waters worldwide, in shallow waters and in deep oceans.

Freshwater mussel

Common Name:

Freshwater pearl musse, mussel

Maximum Age:

75 Years

Distribution:

It is native to Holarctic, western Russia, Scotland, and United States.

Andean condor

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il or to shelter”. Hijaab is the Islamic clothing for women, Hijaab, also known as a privacy policy curtain that covers the user’s spirit. Women were expected to wear headscarves in public to prevent them from hurting and maintain decorum.

The Quran teaches Muslim women to talk to wives of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) just behind a Hijaab. Hijaab is a culture for Islamic women and dressed in all over the world in every age. Hijaab are available in different style in different countries like Pakistan, Arab, Egypt, Turkey, Sudan, Iran, and Iraq. Hijaab is a very common fashion mostly in young girls.

In this picture you see three different styles with contrast color in Arabic style commonly used by young girls in party and different revels with same color of scarf.

In this picture Veil designs were so simple and look like a kameez full in length to cover up body and to cover face that was used Hijaab.

Dubai hijaab designs

Traditional Hijaab is black and may be either a large square of fabric draped from the shoulders or head or a long caftan. This veil covers the whole body except the face, feet, and hands.

This Hijaab is specially designed to suit a variety of events and cultures. An extravagant line for weddings and parties, a casual yet elite line for evening walks in the mall, and a line for the trend-setters who like to show their individuality.

The word scarf and the veil have different meanings in different languages. Scarf has become trendy and fashionable clothing today. Scarf is available in different style in different countries like Pakistan, Arab, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.

Arabic Hijaab collection

Scarf is in purely old Arabic format. It is designed with free style pattern. Bell bottom full sleeves are looking gorgeous and the strip work at the edges of Hijaab sleeves and on the scarf gives a fancy look. It can be wear in parties as well.

]]> http://votebits.com/fabulous-hijaab-collection-for-muslim-women/feed/ 0 http://votebits.com/most-colorful-birds-of-the-world/ http://votebits.com/most-colorful-birds-of-the-world/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:08:30 +0000 Farzana http://votebits.com/?p=9205 It is fact that the colorful birds make our world beautiful. Without them the world will be colorless. There are 10,000 species of birds from all over the world. Some birds, particularly Golden Pheasants, the birds of paradise, and Quetzals are very popular as pets. These birds have large variety of color combination according to their natural habitat. Let’s take look at most colorful birds of the world.

The Bali Bird of Paradise

Common Name:
The Greater Bird of paradise,
Description:
The Bali Bird of Paradise is one of the most spectacular birds of paradise. There are many kinds of bird of paradise. This bird is also best known as the Bird of Paradise. These are attractive birds with blue, or blue and red, plumage. Female birds are less brightly colored than males.

Distribution and Habitat:
It is founded on the island of New Guinea, Aru Islands and Indonesia.
Diet:
The diet consists mainly of fruits, seeds, arthropods and small insects.

Paradisaea Raggiana

Common Name:
Count Raggi’s Bird of paradise, Paradisaea Raggiana
Description:
Birds of Paradise are called the Divas of the avian world. Female bird has a red, grayish-brown, yellow iris and feet grayish brown. Male bird has a yellow crown, emerald-green throat and yellow collar between the throats.
Distribution and Habitat:
It is distributed widely in southern and northeastern New Guinea.

Diet:
Paradisaea Raggiana feeds on fruits, arthropods, seeds, mahogany, and nutmeg.

Golden Pheasant

Common Name:
Chrysolophus pictus, Chinese Pheasant
Description:
Golden Pheasant is one of the most popular of all pheasant birds. It is a brilliantly colored game bird. It has a long tail accounting for two-thirds of the total length. Male bird has a black and orange fan covering everything except the bright yellow eye.

Distribution and Habitat:
This bird is native to forests in mountainous area of western China and United Kingdom.
Diet:
Golden Pheasant feeds on the ground on grain, leaves and invertebrates, but roost in trees at night.

Himalayan Monal

Common Name:
Himalayan Monal, Impeyan Pheasant, Impeyan Monal, Lophophorus impeyanus
Description:
It is a bird of genus Lophophorus of the pheasant family. This bird is a large sized bird nearly seventy centimeters in length. The males of this species look quite different from the females of the species. Male bird has reddish brown neck and white back. Female bird has covered with dark brownish- black feathers.
Distribution and Habitat:

Himalayan Monal is found in Eastern Afghanistan and Western China. Mountainous regions; in summer, they are found in rocky, grass covered meadows and winters in coniferous and mixed forests.

Diet:

Monal feed on a variety of seeds, buds, shoots, roots, and some small mammals in the wild.

The red-and-green macaw

Common Name:
Green-winged Macaw, Ara chloropterus, Arara-vermelha-grande, Araà ailes vertes
Description:
The red and green macaw is a colorful bird of the world. It is belonging to Family Psittacidae. This bird has 88-92 cm long and wingspan of 110-120 cm. They weigh 1.250-1.700 g. male has red head and mantle. Median wing-coverts, scapulars and tertials are green. Back, rump and upper tail coverts are blue. The long tail is red with blue tips.
Distribution and Habitat:
It is native to woodlands of northern and central South America.
Diet:
Red and Green Macaw feeds on seeds, nuts, fruits, flowers and leaves. It needs to drink regularly during the day, in spite of the juicy fruits eaten. It also takes salt and minerals at clay-licks.
Lady Amherst’s Pheasant

Common Name:
Chrysolophus amherstiae, ruffed pheasants,
Description:
It is belonging to the Phasianidae family. The adult male is 100-120 cm in length. Male bird has black and silver head, long grey tail and rump, and red, blue, white and yellow body. The Lady Amherst’s pheasant has beautiful log tail with dark metallic green and head above a ruff of black and white.
Distribution and Habitat:
This bird is found to South western China, Myanmar, Burma and Tibet.

Diet:
Lady Amherst’s Pheasant has a varied diet, with foods taken ranging from purely vegetarian diets of seeds, leaves, fruits, tubers and roots, to small animals including insects, insect grubs and even small reptiles.
Painted Bunting

Common Name:
Passerina cirri, Painted bunting, pintado, passerin nonpareil
Description:
Painted Bunting is a most beautiful bird of the world. It is belonging to the Cardinal family. The male Painted Bunting has covered body with dark blue head, green back, red rump and shades.
Distribution and Habitat:
Painted buntings are common summer residents in much of Texas, and the southeastern U.S. and Mexico. In the fall they migrate south to Mexico, Panama and a number of Caribbean islands.
Diet:
The Painted Bunting eats seeds, spiders, insects, and caterpillars
Quetzal

Common Name:
Resplendent Quetzal, Spelled Quetzal
Description:
Quetzal is a colorful bird in the Trogon family. Quetzal male has green or golden-green wing coverts, back, chest and head, and a red belly. The male quetzal has tail feathers that are up to three feet (1 m) long. The female’s tail is much shorter. Today the Quetzal is the national bird of Guatemala,
Distribution and Habitat:
The Quetzal is found in the mountains of Central America, Mexican, and United State.
Diet:
Quetzals eat mostly fruits, but also eat worms, berries, frog, insect, larvae, vertebrates, and snails.

e need. Oases also provide habitat for animals and even humans if the area is big enough. However, some of the oasis in the world dried significantly. The location of oases has been of critical importance for trade and transportation routes in desert areas.

Ubari Oasis, Lybia

Ubari Oasis is located near Fezzan, Libya. It lies between the Messak Sattafat plateau and Idhan Ubari sand dunes and lakes. This saltwater lake is a trade center location for local residents. The water is salted like the Dead Sea. It is also known as Gabroun Oasis.

Huacachina Oasis, Peru

Huacachina is a village in the Ica Region, in southwestern Peru. Huacachina Oasis is also named as Oasis of Americas. It is placed in the region of Ica, Peru. The oasis attracts many tourists as well as Peru’s rich families. It is situated between enormous sand dunes.

Ein Gedi Oasis, Israel

Ein Gedi is a beautiful water oasis on the western shore of the Dead Sea, near Masada and the caves of Qumran. It is amazing to find such a large, lush waterfall with its many sparkling pools amid one of the driest terrains on Earth. It is located in Israel. This area is inhabited by Judah tribe and has been famous since the time of the kingdom of Solomon.

Turpan Oasis, China

Turpan Oasis is also named as Tulufa, is a resort popular with foreign and domestic tourists. It is situated in the Xinjiang Uygur region, China. It is just 8km west of the ruined city of Jiaohe.

Timia Oasis, Sahara Desert, Niger

Timia is a town in the Northern region of Niger. The main town of Timia is located at a distance of about 3 kilometers from the oasis. Timia Oasis is the most beautiful oasis in this country. It is placed in Air Mountains, Sahara Desert, Niger. Some types of tree fruits, cereals, and vegetables are also grown here. Harvest even sent to other regions in Niger.

Desert Lake Oasis in Maranhao, Brazil

Desert Lake Oasis is a wonderful desert lake in Lencois Maranhenses. Some lakes of which there are palm trees, while others are barren. It is situated in Maranhao, Brazil.

Chebika Oasis, Tunisia

Chebika Oasis is the largest oasis town in the region. It is located near the southern range of the Atlas Mountain, Tunisia. The oasis covers an area of around 25 miles, a dense patch of greenery against the ochre landscape of the desert.

Oman Desert Oasis, Oman

Oman Desert Oasis is a green hidden oasis in the desert of Oman. The oasis attracts many tourists as well as Oman’s rich families. This oasis is of critical importance for trade and transportation routes in the city of Oman.