TIGER Scientific name:Panthera tigris

TIGER

Scientific name:Panthera tigris

The tiger a member of the Felidae family, is the largest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera.

Range and habitat

The tiger‘s native is eastern and southern Asia.The Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is found through the forests and grasslands of Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India and Nepal. It is the national animal of India.

Physical characteristics

Males in the wild usually weigh 205 to 227 kg (450 to 500 lb), while the average female will weigh about 141 kg. Aside from their great bulk and power, their most recognisable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes that overlays near-white to reddish-orange fur, with lighter underparts.

Tigers have a lifespan of 10–15 years in the wild, but can live longer than 20 years in captivity.

Tigers hunt alone, and their diet consists primarily of medium-sized herbivores such as barking deer, sambar, elk, chital, swamp deer, red deer, rusa deer, wild pigs and buffalo, but they will also take larger prey if the circumstances demand it.The Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is found through the forests and grasslands of Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India and Nepal. It is the national animal of India.

Subspecies

There are nine recent subspecies of tiger, three of which are extinct.

· Bengal Tiger

The Bengal tiger is found in India as well as Bangladesh and it is known to live both in the heated areas of desert and the grasslands where it is wet and cool.

· Siberian Tiger

The siberian tiger is the largest of all tigers. As its name implies, it inhabits the region of siberia in Russia.

· Sumatran Tiger

You will find the Sumatran Tiger in the island of Sumatra. The Sumatran Tiger is smaller than other species of tigers.

· Malayan Tiger

The Malayan Tiger is only found around the Malayan Pennisula which is where the name comes from

· Indochinese Tiger

The Indochinese Tiger is found in areas of Vietnam, Thailand, China, and Cambodia.

· South China Tiger

The South China Tiger features a very vibrant color of orange with black stripes on it.

Extinct Tiger Species:

· The Balinese Tiger became extinct in 1937 and until that time they resided on the Island of Bali. In the 1950’s the Caspian Tiger became extinct.

· The Javan tiger limited to the Indonesian island of Java. It now seems likely that this subspecies became extinct in the 1980s, as a result of hunting and habitat destruction, but the extinction of this subspecies was extremely probable from the 1950s onwards (when it is thought that fewer than 25 tigers remained in the wild). The last confirmed specimen was sighted in 1979, but there were a few reported sightings during the 1990s.

· The Caspian Tiger also known as the Persian tiger or Turanian tiger was the westernmost population of Siberian tiger, found in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus,Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan until it apparently became extinct in the late 1950s.

Colour variations-White tiger

There is a well-known mutation that produces the white tiger, technically known as chinchilla albinistic, an animal which is rare in the wild, but widely bred in zoos due to its popularity. Breeding of white tigers will often lead to inbreeding (as the trait is recessive). Many initiatives have taken place in white and orange tiger mating in an attempt to remedy the issue, often mixing subspecies in the process. Such inbreeding has led to white tigers having a greater likelihood of being born with physical defects, such as cleft palates andscoliosis (curvature of the spine).

Reproduction;
Females reach sexual maturity at 3–4 years, whereas males reach sexual maturity at 4–5 years.Mating can occur all year round,A female is only receptive for a few days and mating is frequent during that time period. The gestation period is 16 weeks. The litter size usually consists of around 3–4 cubs of about 1 kilogram . each, which are born blind and helpless. The females rear them alone, sheltering them in dens such as thickets and rocky crevices.The cubs become independent around 18 months of age, but it is not until they are around 2–2½ years old that they leave their mother.

Life expectancy

Tigers have a lifespan of 10–15 years in the wild, but can live longer than 20 years in captivity.

Lioness the Prowess

Lioness the Prowess

Females are the prime hunters and work together to prey. They do this by splitting into groups. One group chases the animals to a certain area whilst another group waits to ambush the victims. Their technique and skill is highly praised for its complexity and precision.Most lionesses will have reproduced by the time they are four years of age, and all females of reproductive maturity will breed at the same time. This allows them to give birth in synchrony with each other, thereby sharing the suckling responsibilities. Lions give birth to 1-6 cubs after a gestation of 110 days. The cubs are born blind and helpless, and weigh approximately 2-4 pounds.

LION Scientific name -Panthera leo

LION

Scientific name -Panthera leo

The lion is a member of the Felidae family,and one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera.The lion is called the king of all animals.

Range and habitat

Lion lives in sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia. The lion prefers to live in open woodlands and thick bush, scrub, and tall grassy areas.

Physical characteristics

Their colour may vary from yellowish to brownish.The lion males weigh up to 420 pounds and are about 50 inches tall.They have got muscular body covered with a beautiful fur, strong legs with sharp retractable claws and a long tail.

Subspecies

There are eight subspecies:

· The Asiatic Lion or South Asian, Persian, or Indian Lion, once was widespread from Turkey, across Southwest Asia, to Pakistan, India, and even to Bangladesh,now around 300 exist in and near the Gir Forest of India.

· The Barbary Lion, originally ranged from Morocco to Egypt. It is extinct in the wild due to excessive hunting, as the last wild Barbary lion was killed in Morocco in 1922.This was one of the largest of the lion subspecies.

· The West African Lion, is found in western Africa, from Senegal to Nigeria.

· The Northeast Congo Lion, is found in the northeastern parts of the Congo.

· The East African, Massai Lion or Tsavo Lion, is found in east Africa, from Ethiopia and Kenya to Tanzania and Mozambique.

· The Southwest African or Katanga Lion, is found in southwestern Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Angola, Katanga (Zaire), Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

· The Southeast African Lion or Transvaal Lion, is found in the Transvaal region of southeastern Africa, including Kruger National Park.

· The Cape Lion, became extinct in the wild around 1860. Results of mitochondrial DNA research do not support the status as a distinct subspecies. It seems probable that the Cape lion was only the southernmost population of the extant.

Hunting and diet

It feeds on a huge variety of animals. When preying it can reach the speed of 60 km per hour and leap even 12 metres. No animal is safe when the lion is preying even not the lions themselves.The prey consists mainly of large mammals, with a preference for wildebeest, impalas, zebras, buffalo, and warthogs in Africa and nilgai, wild boar, and several deer species in India.

Predatory

Hyenas are the only animals which kill lions for food. But sometimes hyenas themselves end up as a lion’s prey.

Reproduction

Most lionesses will have reproduced by the time they are four years of age and all females of reproductive maturity will breed at the same time.Its Gestation period 110 days.Lions gives birth to 1-6 cubs.The cubs are born blind and helpless, and weigh approximately 2-4 pounds. Cub mortality is very high in lions, and less than half will survive their first year.

Life expectancy

Lions live for ten to fourteen years in the wild, while in captivity they can live longer than twenty years. In the wild, males seldom live longer than ten years, as injuries sustained from continual fighting with rival males greatly reduce their longevity.

Beauty of Nature

 

Nature is beautiful                               
nature is fun                                           
love it or hate it
nature is something to love     
nature is god's gift to us

Nature
Nature we love
water and feed nature
Nature water's and feed's us
god gave us nature
we cant live with out it
nature makes us
i know nature

Nature is beautiful
Nature is about the earth
nature has flower; s and weed's
weed's or flower's nature is us
NATURE.

  Nature is the world around us, except for human-made phenomena. As humans are the only animal species that consciously, powerfully manipulates the environment, we think of ourselves as exalted, as special.

We acknowledge that in an objective view we are merely one of many organisms, and that we are not able to survive outside of our natural world of air, earth, water and life. But we tend to be poor leaders in the "hierarchy" of animal life. Despite our greatness, too often we waste, we fight, we breed heedlessly, and are too self-cantered and short-sighted. I take note of the increasing awareness of ecology, at least in Western culture, and am heartened. We may still change our weapons of war into tools of peace, and our habits of despoliation into nurturing

 

Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful.  Everything is simply happy.  Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance.  Look at the flowers - for no reason.  It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are. 

 

  The earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth.                        

          

 

A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.         

Nature can bring a lot of beauty into our lives.  Nature has a way of affecting our moods and it can force us to change our plans.  Nature is responsible for the sun, clouds, rain, and snow. 

When it is sunny and bright outside, we feel cheerful inside.  When it is cloudy and rainy, we often feel gloomy.  When there is a beautiful and starry night, the moonlight makes us feel romantic.

 

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more.