An Elephant Ride

    Have you ever ridden on an elephant? If you haven't then me tell you what its like. A few months back I visited the Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary. As you know , this is situated in Assam and is famous for the protection it has given to the one-horned rhino serous. To catch a glimpse of this truly wild animals our party had to invade the interious of the Park and it was possible to do so only on an elephant.
        Specially tamed elephants with trainted mahouts were kept for this purpoes. On of these was made to sit on hunches and while the member of  our enthusiastic group climbed on to the secure, cushioned seat, I stood by , faced by an attack of sheer nerves. I felt terriby scred and refused to get on to the elephant. However ,my friend were merciless and laughed at me heartily . After that, of course, I had no choice. Shaking in my boots and miserable to the core of my heart I managed with a pull from the front and a push from the back to scramble on the huge animals.
        The mahout then ordered us to hold on tightly to whatever we could- and with a lurch we were off. Sure that we were on our last journey on this earth , the only thing which kept me from  voicing my thoughts  was the apparent enjoyment my companions were drawing from the situation. Gritting my teeth, therefor, I resolved to pretend that I too was having a good time . 

A Domestic Animals i like Most

              There are a number of pet animals in our society. I like all of them more or less. But the cow is domestic animals  I like most.
  The cow is a  gentle animals . She give us milk that is a nourishing food to all of us. Milk is a perfect food for babies and sick person . It is milk from which butter, ghee, cheese, curd and many kinds of sweet are made.
       The cow's dung is used as manure which fertilizes crops . and fuel . The urine of of the cow is also used as medicine in some diseases.
      The cow is useful to us even when she is dead . Many things such as shoes , glue , buttons, combs, etc are made of the cow's skin, hoof,hair,horns and bones. So the cow is one of the most useful and important domestic animals.

Mammals in the Air Animals

   People often think bats are the scariest creatures in the world The more you know about them, the less frightening they are. 
      Bast are the only mammals that can fly . They have furry bodies and leathery wings made up of a double layer of thin skin, called membrane. Bird's wing are supported by one set of bones which reach along the top edge. But the bat's wings is supported  by both arm bones and spread-out finger bones.
         The membrane is stretched over the bones and joined to the leg for extra strength. As bats have wings like hands, they can easily change the shape of their wings to perform several types of acts or movements in the air , even of those types which most birds can't manage.
            When bats are resting, their wings fold up like an umbrella. Bats sometime put their heads inside their wings when sleeping. Most bats live in caves, usually in large groups called colonies, but they may live in barns or attics , and sometimes even in trees. Wherever they live, most bats spend a great deal of their time hanging upside down by their toes.
             When a mother bat gives birth to a baby, she turns the right way up , and hangs by her thumbs . She tucks her tail membrane between her leg to make a kind of safety net. The baby is born into the net. It stays with its mother for first few days, clinging on to her fur when she flies.

Babyies in Pouches Animals

         The kangaroo belongs to a group of mammals whose young ones are carried in a pouch on the mother's body. When a baby kangaroo is born, it is no bigger than your thumb , but  it manages find its way to its mother's pouch . There it grips one of its mother's milk giving teats with its mouth  and does not let go for several months. Fed by the mothers rich milk , the young kangaroo  grow steadily for about six month, until it is ready to leave the pouch. It is called a joey at this stage. It can hop around on its own , but it does it not go far from its mother and returns frequently for a feed.
              By the time the joy is about nine months old it is getting too bog for the pouch , and its mother won't allow it to climb in. But the joey  stays close to its mother until it is about eighteen months old .
             Mammals with pouches are called marsupials . Other well-known marsupials include the kola, the bandicoot ,and the opossum.All there babies are small and helpless at birth. Opossum babies are no larger then kidney beans. Most of the marsupials live in Australia and New Guinea.

Blood python

A blood python living in its natural habitat will spend most of its time underwater.  While submerged in a river or stream, the blood python waits for its meal to cross its path.  Python curtus would then stalk the targeted prey and ambush it.  This aggressive characteristic is evident in other behaviors of the blood python.  For example, people who catch blood pythons in the wild have reported many violent, ill-tempered actions.  Wild pythons living near human settlements are more likely to be regarded as dangerous pests than as exotic pets.  On the other hand, blood pythons that are raised and bred tend to be more docile.  The people who catch the species Python curtus are mainly breeders and collecters of exotic animals.  Blood pythons have become endangered due to the fact that their beautiful skin is now in high demand on the exotic leather market.Blood pythons also have special features that differentiate them from other snakes.  These features include: lower jaw suspension for large prey; upper and lower jaws with palatine bones containing curved teeth for instant hold on prey; internal pair of hind legs in the shape of stout spurs that can leave a scratch in defense; these spurs are also used by the male to hang onto a female during mating.  Evidence of pits in the roof of the mouth suggest that pythons once were venomous snakes.Pythons have heat-sensing pits on the upper lip that help them to detect their warm-blooded prey.  Blood pythons have only two large pits on each side. With the ability to constrict their muscles, blood pythons can protect and defend themselves and their young.  When brooding females lay eggs, they will coil up into a tight ball over the nest generating heat needed for incubation.  Because of the energy used in shivering, a female may lose half her body weight during the incubation period.  Also, the constricting feature aids the blood python in killing its prey by suffocation.

Bonobo Animals

The Bonobo Average weight of the male is around 95 pounds and average weight of the female is around 82 pounds. Their body is slim and slender and they have lips that are reddish on a black face. They have flatter more open faces with higher foreheads than chimpanzee's. The Bonobos hair has a natural part down the middle. Bonobos are not really a chimpanzee, nor is it a gorilla or an orangutan, it is a very unique creature.  They have very elegant legs that are remarkably long when compared with other ape species. Bonobo infants are born small and develop slower than other ape infants.Bonobos come from a small area of Zaire that is also the home of the Pygmy tribes, hence their name "Pygmy Chimpanzees." Nearly 80% of Zaire is covered by forest, and this forest that the bonobos call home is surpassed in surface area only by the jungles of the Amazon. In the wild it is hard to find bonobos because they are afraid of people. Bonobos live in a female dominated society and because of this the females can be more relaxed. Previously Bonobos were not hunted because it was taboo to hunt or eat them. It is no longer taboo to hunt or eat them because the pgymies are also suffering  from a lack of food and if they can be found they provide a good source of protien to a starving family. It is hard to get people to undert\stand that an animal is endangered when they are starving. One thing in the Bonobos favor is they live in such remote areas that traking them is hard, if not impossible. 

Knight an ole Animals

The Knight anole is the largest Anolis species in the world.  They grow in length from 13-19 3/8 inches.  The head is large and bony, and their eyes can move independently. They have strong jaws and sharp teeth. The tail is often longer than the entire body and has a jagged upper edge. They have special adhesive lamella on their five clawed toes that allow them to stick to surfaces making it easier for them to run. This adhesive pad is located on the central part of each toe. Their body is covered with small granular scales with two white or yellowish stripes below each eye and over each shoulder.  They are a bright green color, which can change to a light brown with yellow markings. Their color change depends on their mood, temperature, or other types of stimuli. Yellow areas may appear and disappear around the tail. Males are usually larger than females and have a pale pink throatfan that bThe special adhesive toe pads allow the Knight anole to run up smooth vertical surfaces, downwards horizontally, and even upside down. Also, color changes help the Anole blend in with their environment providing camouflage for both predator and prey. If an Anole should lose its tail, it has the ability to regenerate a new one. However, a new tail is never the same as the original in size, color, or texture.alloons up when excited.They are the most active during the day and are generally very calm and shy. They do not have the ability to produce any sounds.  Since they are territorial, they can be violently defensive when threatened. Their behavior during breeding season may be significantly different than outside of breeding season.  Males will become more aggresive towards other males and will display their throatfan much more.  A dominant male may develop black spots on his head, which is a sign of his dominance.  The subordinate males will leave these dominant males alone.  However, two dominate males closely together may lead to a fight for territorial rights. Knight anoles are egg layers and average breeders. Breeding occurs during the spring and summer months. When courting, the male starts bobbing his head rapidly and turns towards the female to display his throatfan.  He then grabs the female by the neck. In order to start mating, the male will force his tail underneath the female to bring their cloacas in contact.  Sometimes males will try to mate with other males because of their inability to distinguish a male from a female.  The Knight Anole was introduced to the Fort Worth Zoo in 1993, and was brought over from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.