Geography Tucked away between the Aravalis and the Vindhyan hill systems in the Sawai Madhopur district of eastern Rajasthan‚ Ranthambhore National Park (282 sq km) is a part of the much larger Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve (1334 sq km). The reserve is home to over 40 species of mammals‚ 300 species of birds‚ 45 species of reptiles and over 300 species of plants. However it is the “relatively easy sightings” of wild tigers that has made Ranthambhore famous all over the world. The Ranthambhore
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to eat‚ a resting place‚ and a shelter against predators (Isbell 1998). These predators include pythons‚ martial eagles‚ leopards‚ small cats‚ and even baboons. To increase their chances of survival‚ these amazing primates let out alarm calls to specific predator threats. Vervets have at least six vocal calls that each evoke a different response. When a vervet makes a leopard call‚ all other vervets swiftly run up the trees. Vervets will all look up in the air if an eagle alarm is called. Additionally
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unique way of living. “The coast of the Zanj‚” gives us insight on the people’s trade‚ language‚ religion‚ and food/agriculture. Early on‚ the people of this area took a huge part in trade along the coast of Africa and across the Indian Ocean. Leopard skin and tortoiseshell were very popularly produced in the land of
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ARTS 2180: Topics in archaeology | A Critical Review of“Catalhoyuk: The Leopard’s Tale” | Final Assignment | | By Chin Wei Yi | | | Introduction Çatalhöyük‚ located in the Konya Plain in central Anatolia‚ Turkey is one of the earliest densely populated civilizations known to date. It was inhabited from about 7400 BCE towards the end of the Neolithic age through to the Chalcolithic (Copper Age) in 6000 BCE. The site is renowned for a number of reasons. It was an unusually large
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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF NORTH EAST AND LADAKH ABSTRACT Tourism acts as a backbone for majority of nations especially the growing economies while the adverse impacts of tourism on the environment and the sociocultural are not ignorable. The tourism sector‚ if driven well in the right direction‚ can play a holistic process of economic‚ social and environmental sustenance as well as development. Sustainable form of tourism not only ensures the profitable income but also
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The Jim Corbett National Park is a heaven for the adventure seeker and wildlife adventure lovers. Corbett National Park is India’s first national park which comprises 520.8 km2. area of hills‚ riverine belts‚ marshy depressions‚ grass lands and large lake. The elevation ranges from 1‚300 feet to 4‚000 feet. Winter nights in Corbett national park are cold but the days are bright and sunny. It rains from July to September. Dense moist deciduous forest mainly consists of sal‚ haldu‚ pipal‚ rohini
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illegal trade and the encroachment of their habitats‚ the tiger is now one of the most threatened species on earth and on the verge of extinction. There are six subspecies of tiger today and all are on the endangered species list: the Amur better known as the Siberian‚ the familiar Bengal‚ the Indochinese‚ Malayan‚ South China‚ and Sumatran. Sadly‚ the Bali‚ Javan‚ and Caspian subspecies have all gone extinct in the last 70 years (WWF). Wild tigers today can only be found
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Three Tricksters and Their Objectives Often when a character works toward a goal‚ he or she breaks rules and strays from morality if necessary in order to complete the task. Great benefits typically motivate these characters to work hard and use methods that they would typically consider unacceptable.The tricksters in the folktales “How Stories Came to Earth‚” and “Coyote Steals Fire‚” and in the fairytale‚ “Master Cat: Puss in Boots‚” trick other characters in order to receive a benefit. The ways
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Leslie Lefever The Snow’s of Kilimanjaro Ernest Hemingway The Snow’s of Kilimanjaro is a short story that author Ernest Hemingway related to on many levels. His mortality and his fear of dying before his writings were completed are also the fears of the lead character‚ Harry. Ernest Hemingway also utilized his own experiences on safari to Africa‚ to lend a sense of reality to his story. Another element on a personal level was the relationship between Harry and his companion
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Serval Serval Leptailurus Did you know there are ten wild cat species in Africa? Besides the three well known big cats: the lion‚ leopard and cheetah; there are seven smaller species of wild cats. These are the caracal‚ serval‚ African wildcat‚ black footed cat‚ sand cat‚ jungle cat and golden cat. Serval occur only on the African continent‚ inhabiting the wetter areas and are absent from the deserts in the north and south west. The name ’Serval’ is derived from a Portuguese word meaning "deer-like
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