TheWildTales

 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐮𝐬 was a 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭 and 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 who formalised 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, the 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 of 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬. He is known as the "𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲". Linnaeus was born in the village of 𝐑å𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐭 in 𝐒𝐦å𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧, on 𝟐𝟑 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟕𝟎𝟕. The establishment of universally accepted conventions for the naming of organisms was Linnaeus's main contribution to taxonomy—his work marks the 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 of 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞 of 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞..During the 18th century expansion of natural history knowledge, Linnaeus also developed what became known as the 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲; the system of scientific classification now widely used in the biological sciences.Linnaeus's groupings were based upon 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, and 𝐧𝐨𝐭...

 𝐈𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐲 is a 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 from the 𝐭𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐬 and 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡 of 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬, that consists mainly of 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞.𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐲, ivory can also be produced 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, hence 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 the retrieval of the material from animals. The trade of finished goods of ivory products has its origins in the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲.Ivory has been valued since ancient times in 𝐚𝐫𝐭 or 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 for making a range of items from 𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 to 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡, 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬, 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬, and 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐞𝐬.𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 and 𝐭𝐮𝐬𝐤 𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐲 can be carved into a vast variety of shapes and objects. Examples of modern carved ivory objects are 𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨, 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐬, 𝐣𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐫𝐲, 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬, and 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬.  The 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 and 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 in 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚...

 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐬, commonly known as the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠, is a large species of 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐤-𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 found in 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 and 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚. A relatively 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 frog, it is normally 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 in color.They can grow to be 𝟏𝟕𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 .Normally 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 or 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 with 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 turn 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 during the 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 The Indian bullfrog is native to 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐟𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧, 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫, 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥, and 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧,as well as 𝐁𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚, although its presence is uncertain.The Indian Bullfrog is typically found in 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, especially 𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, such as 𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬.  Adult Indian bullfrogs eat 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬, and 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬.𝐓𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 are known to consume 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢...

 The 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 (𝐁𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐬), also known as 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭, is a species of 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 snakes of the genus 𝐁𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐬 in the 𝐄𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞 family, native to the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭. It is one of the 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 that inflict the most snakebites on humans in 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 and 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡. The average length of the common krait is 𝟎.𝟗 𝐦.Their coloration is generally 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 or 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡-𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤, with about 𝟒𝟎 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐬. This common krait is distributed from 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐡 to 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥, throughout 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, and 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚, at elevations up to about 𝟏,𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝐦. It has also been recorded in 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧, 𝐀𝐟𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧, 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧, 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡, and 𝐍𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐥.It lives in a wide variety of habitats, from 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬 and 𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐛 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 t...

 The 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧 or 𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 (𝐀𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐢) is a small heron. It is of 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 origins, breeding in 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 and 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 to the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐚, and 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚. Indian pond herons are stocky with 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 and 𝐛𝐮𝐟𝐟-𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬. . In 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫, adults have 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. During the 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, there are records of individuals with 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬.  They are very common in 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, and are usually 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 but numbers of them may sometimes feed in close proximity during the 𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 when 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 have a 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲. The Indian pond heron's feeding habitat is 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. The primary food of these birds includes 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 ?...