HORSES

Horse is the common chordate animal which comes under the class mammalia. Its order is primate. Horse is famous for running. It has been used as the vehicle for traveling both for the long distance and the short distance. It has been found to be used by the royal family and in the procession which is organized during royal celebration and in the several welcome programs of the foreign guests. Horses are of different colors and size. Some are black and some are grey and even white  or greish white. White and grey colored horse is  liked by all. Horse is the animal which can run very fast. The horse rider usually trains the horse to go for the different directions and the different distance short and long distance. Body of horse is also divided into four parts, anterior head, second neck, trunk and the posterior tail It has reduced digits in the hind limbs which helps it to run fast.

Jackal in the forest.
Jackal is the common wild animal but it is found to be inhabiting in the adjoining areas near the forest in the villages where there is plenty of food for it. Jackal has different names in the different languages. In Nepalese language it is known as shyal. It is famous for its cunning nature. Its body is more or less similar to the cat and a little bit similar to the cat. It has the bilaterally symmetrical body with two pairs of limbs one pair of forelimbs and the another pair of hind limbs It has a distinct tail. Body is covered with hairs and has got a pair of external ears which help to collect sound waves from the atmosphere. The color of the fur is brown and black on the dorsal side and light brown on the ventral side. It is omnivorous in food habit. It often comes near the village at night and preys upon the very small and defenseless domestic and herbivorous animals of the village. Then when the morning approaches it goes back to its natural habitat, the jungle or in the bush area.

CROCODILE

 

Introduction:Crocodile :  is the chordate animal which is included under the class reptilia and the order lacertilia in which all the lizards are also included. Almost all of us have heard and seen the crocodile in its natural habitat or in the zoo. It is fearful to look at. It is like a big lizard. It is considered to be the rude animal of nature and there are provers and sayings regarding it that if some one sheds tears for others then if he or she is rude in nature then it is said that the tears are the crocodile tears. Any way crocodile is the frightening animal.
Where is crocodile found? Crocodile is found to be distributed in the riverside but specially in those areas where the river is situated near the big jungle or in the area of natural park and wildlife reserve. Crocodiles live in the deep water river where there is the sustainable source of water.
Structure : Crocodiles have the common reptilian feature. Its body is bilaterally symmetrical and dorsoventrally  flattened a little bit. The whole body is covered by horny and dry scales.which gives protection to its body. There are two pairs of limbs, one pair of forelimbs and another pair of hind limbs.Each limb has five digits with well developed claws which help them to grasp the animals firmly.It has the well developed tail which is also covered with scales.
Food habit: Crocodiles are generally carnivorous in food habit. They use to eat the whole animal which it finds on its way in its natural habitat. It attacks the animals which comes near the front part of its body. But it remains silent until the animal comes just in front of it. It swallows the animal as a whole.
Importance: Crocodile, although is the fearful animal, it is important from the ecological point of view. It is helping to balance the ecosystem of the particular habitat by playing the role of one of the trophic level of aquatic ecosystem. So it should be preserved in its natural habitat for the balance of nature.

KALLIMA BUTTERFLY

Kallima                     
   Introduction:  Kallima butterfly is the well known and famous Indian butterfly which is distributed in all types of habitat, especially the forests and gardens where there is the threat of the preying insects and carnivorous types of animals.
What is special about this Kallima butterfly?
It is very curious to know the particulars about the animals of nature. Regarding this, the particular character of the Kallima butterfly is that it is the leaf-shaped arthropod which comes under the class insecta. Like other insects, it has got the body which is divided into three parts, head thorax and abdomen. The special thing about it is that it has the capacity to hide itself among the leaves of the plants where it is perfectly concealing itself in such a way that it is thought to be the leaf but not the animal by its predators. So, it is harmonized in such a way with its natural habitat that it is not identified by its predators as the animal and so its protected in natural although it is the defenseless animal of nature. Its body color and shape is totally similar to lead like and so this butterfly is an example which inspires the animals how to adapt themselves in the natural habitat and conceal themselves from the sight of predators. We all human beings also get inspiration that how the defenseless animals of nature are adapting themselves in nature without the fear of survival.

FLYING FISH

What is flying fish? is it really a fish or some other objects? It is a very interesting thing to know what actually is a flying fish. Of course, there are fishes which although seems impossible to fly, can fly  to some distance above the surface of water.
Flying fish is a fish which is perfectly aquatic in habitat and perfectly adapted to live in aquatic habitat. They have stream-lined body, scale-covered body surface, gills for respiration and fins for locomotion in the aquatic habitat. But what about their flight ? They have a pair of enlarged pectoral fins which are parachute like and help the fish to glide in air for some time just after they lift the body from the surface of water. What helps to lift  their body from the surface of water? They have hypobatic type of tail fin which help to lift the body forward and propel them so that they can glide easily in the air above the surface of water. Due to these properties flying fish which actually is the bony fish is called the flying gish. But their flight is not as efficient as the flight of the birds. As their flight is not based on the muscular pectoral fins but just supported by cutaneous structures called patagia.