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American Bullfrog

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 The 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 (𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬)  is a large true frog native to eastern North America.  The bullfrog gets its name from the sound the male makes during the 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 season, which sounds similar to a bull bellowing. The 𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 of the bullfrog has an 𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 basal color, while the 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 is 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 blotched with 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 or 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐲. Bullfrogs measure about 𝟑.𝟔 to 𝟔 𝐢𝐧.Bullfrogs are 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜, with males being 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 than females and having 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬. The bullfrog is originally native to 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, where it is commonly found in every US state 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 of the 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫. Bullfrogs feed on 𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐬 and 𝐭𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬, other 𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚...

Russell's Viper

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 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥'𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫 (𝐃𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐢𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐢) is a 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 snake in the family 𝐕𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞.  The species is named after 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥, a 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭 who first described many of India's snakes. The snake's color pattern consists of a 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 or 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 ground color, with 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 of 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬  that run the length of the body.Russell's viper grows to a maximum body and tail length of 𝟏𝟔𝟔 𝐜𝐦 and averages about 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝐜𝐦 . Russell's viper is found in 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚, 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡, 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧. Russell's viper is 𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬.The gestation period is 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 than 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬. Russell's viper feeds primarily on 𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐬, 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, and 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐬.

White Stork

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 The 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐤 (𝐂𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚) is a large bird in the stork family, 𝐂𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞.  Its plumage is mainly 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞, with 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 on the bird's wings. The white stork has a length of 𝟏𝟎𝟎 to 𝟏𝟏𝟓 𝐜𝐦  and a standing height of 𝟏𝟎𝟎 to 𝟏𝟐𝟓 𝐜𝐦. The wingspan is 𝟏𝟓𝟓 to 𝟐𝟏𝟓 𝐜𝐦 and its weight is 𝟐.𝟑 to 𝟒.𝟓 𝐤𝐠 . The sexes are identical in appearance, except that males are larger than females. The white stork is a 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭, wintering in 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 from 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐛-𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 to 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, or on the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭.  White storks consume a wide variety of animal prey. Common food items include insects like 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬; 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬, particularly frog species such as the 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 and 𝐜𝐨?...

Zebra

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 Zebras are 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 with distinctive 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 and 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐝 .Zebras share the genus 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐮𝐬 with 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 and 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, the three groups being the only living members of the family 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞. There are 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 species of zebras:the 𝐆𝐫é𝐯𝐲'𝐬 𝐳𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚, the 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐳𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚, and the 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐳𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚.  Zebras inhabit 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 and 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 and can be found in a variety of habitats such as 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐬, 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬.Zebras may travel or 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 to 𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 areas during the 𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧. Zebras are primarily 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐬 and can subsist on lower quality vegetation.A zebra's diet is mostly 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 and 𝐬𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬, but they may also consume 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐬, 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬, and 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬. Zebras have 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬 with 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐫𝐞...

6 best places to spot Tigers in India

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 On 𝟐𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲,the world celebrated 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲,a day to appreciate the beauty of the elusive tiger and raise awareness for its conservation. Tiger is the apex predator of most jungles of 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚.The best place to spot Tigers in abundance is 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚.At present,there are 𝟓𝟒 tiger reserves in India.As of 2022, there are 𝟑𝟔𝟖𝟐 wild tigers in India. Here are 7 best places to spot wild tigers in India- 𝟏) 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 The Jim Corbett National park, located in the state of 𝐔𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 in India,is the 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 and the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 national park of the country.Named after the famous hunter and naturalist 𝐉𝐢𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭 , the park covers an area of 𝟏𝟑𝟏𝟖 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 ,which consists of hills, riverine belts, marshy depressions, grasslands and a large lake. The park is home to an estimated 𝟏𝟏𝟎 species of trees,𝟓𝟎 species of mammals,𝟓𝟖𝟎 species of birds and 𝟐𝟓 species of reptiles.Th...