Blogs Info and News :)

Hi Jammers and bloggers! I'm here with a short little post about blogs. And then I'm going to give them shout-outs. Fun, eh? :D

Okay.. So first off, my blog! As of October 28th, 2014 (which is also today- well, the time I'm typing this very sentence XD), I now have 4 followers for my blog. And none of them are myself! X3 So anyways, thank you guys so much! It really does mean a lot that other people read my crazy blog! :')

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Next, we have this blog here: http://thefriendliestfriends.blogspot.com/

If you're a friend of Nafaria9, or if you at least know who she is, I highly recommend you visiting this (obviously) friendly and fun blog. If you have communicated to her in any way, such as commenting on her main blog (The Animal Jam Whip: http://animaljamwhip.blogspot.com/), you are featured on her friendly blog. (Or at least most of you are. I am. XD). This blog features lots of fun AJ memories with friends. And it looks well... fun! :3 So go check that out! c:

Another blog I'm giving a shout-out to is this blog here: http://junipersgrove.blogspot.com/

I don't know why, but to me it seems that this blog should receive more comments by other people. It's just such a fun, outgoing AJ blog. (She's also a follower of my blog now :3) So go check out this blog, too! c:

And that's it for the blog shout-outs! Well, for today. :P

But since we're on the topic of blogs, I'm now going to talk, er type, about the Jammer Snaps picture being stolen from the AJSWS team (the winners of the Jammer Snaps). Their Jammer Snaps picture was said to be stolen because not all of them won a free diamond, which AJHQ said the winners will receive. Which is quite some disappointing news! :(

More info is found here: http://ajsws.blogspot.com/2014/10/panda-rescue-challenge-we-won.html

The post says to spread on this news, so post the link I put above (the one for AJSWS) to your own blog if you own one. ^.^

And now for a different type of shout-out. A buddy shout-out! :D

So remember that post I made a while ago that featured a lot of my greatest buddies and blogging friends? Some of them are now my buddy on AJ. And I've gained my non-AJ buddy blogging friends. So.. ya. Anywho, I feel so guilty and annoyed at my computer. It seems that when I was typing up that post, one of the pictures glitched or something because it doesn't show up on that post even though I swear I clicked that picture as well. So... Here I am posting that 'delayed' (well, kind of) picture. Again, I am so sorry for not doing this sooner. :c

Diamond is another amazing buddy and blogging friend to have. We've got to known each other because of her comments on my blog. A few months ago, she would be the one commenting almost every, single day. So it made me feel like I actually do have other people who view my blog. (Which is awesome!) But I think one day, she told me that she can't comment on my blog anymore (or at least I think that's what she meant). She would comment a lot on my earlier chapters posts. Like in the May Archive. (Wow. I posted a lot of chapters that month. Now when I think back to it.. How in the world did I do that? :O XD). So she's been a great help to my blog. Go you! X3

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And now to conclude this post with a few fun facts about the animals I mentioned in my previous post.

*CREDIT TO: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/ and http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/facts/ (and other National Geographic links, such as in their magazines, about animal facts)*

Polar Bears

 ~ The scientific name of polar bears is "Ursus maritimus"

~ The family name of polar bears is "Ursidae"

~ Polar bears have been seen swimming more than a hundred miles from ice or land

~ Newborn polar bears are about a foot long and weigh roughly one pound

~ The hair on the soles of a polar bear's feet helps prevent slipping on Arctic ice

Snowy Owls

~ The scientific name of snowy owls is "Bubo scandiaca"

~ The family name of snowy owls is "Strigidae"

~ Males are whiter (have more white feathers) than females because females also have brown with darker markings

~ Snowy owls love to eat lemmings (small mouse-like rodents)

Arctic Foxes

~ The arctic fox can survive temperatures as low as -58 degrees F (-50 degrees C)

~ Their group name is called a "skulk" or a "leash"

~ Arctic foxes have white (sometimes blue-gray) coats as effective camouflage in the winter

~ Their coat changes to a brown or gray appearance in the warmer seasons, such as summer

Arctic Hares



~ These hares do not hibernate

~ Can bound at speeds of up to 40 miles (60 kilometers)

~ Like arctic foxes, they have a white coat in the winter, and a blue-gray coat in the spring (warmer seasons)

~ Arctic hares are sometimes loners, but they can also be found in groups of dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of individuals

Arctic Skua



~ Aggressive seabirds which are sometimes referred to as "avian pirates"

~ They steal most of their food from puffins and other birds that are carrying fish or prey back to their nests and young

~ Arctic skuas are known as "parasitic jaegers" in North America

~ "Skua" comes from the Old Norse term for seagull

 Harp Seals



 ~ They can stay underwater for up to 15 minutes

~ Unfortunately, harp seals are the most hunted seal ( most "commercially important" seal), with hundreds of thousands killed each year

~ Are born with snowy white coats, but as they grow older, they lose their white fur and have gray bodies

~ Their group name is called a "colony" or "rookery"



 Cane Toads

~ Native to the Americas, the venomous cane toad was brought to Queensland, Australia, in the 1930s in an unsuccessful attempt to reduce destructive beetle populations

~ About 3,000 cane toads were released in north Queensland in 1935

~ Native to the southern United States, Central America, and tropical South America

~ Their group name is called a "knot" or "nest"

~ Cane toads' venom is a mix of toxins that primarily affects the functioning of the heart

Well, that's all the facts I have time for! Hopefully, you've learned something. I learned some new facts. Hehe. Sorry, no pictures! There are pictures on my previous blog post, though. ^-^

See ya!