She Saved Them

Yang Xiaoyun's house Yang Xiaoyun is a former school teacher who put her pension to good use and converted her Tianjin home into an animal shelter. Known as the “Common Home for Stray Animals”, the safe house lodges nearly 1500 dogs and 200 cats, whom she fondly refers to as her "children". And she really does take care of her pets as her...

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A Simple Bird Bath

Like all animals, birds need water to survive. Though they can extract some moisture from their food, most birds drink water every day. Birds also use water for bathing, to clean their feathers and remove parasites. For these reasons, a dependable supply of fresh, clean water is attractive to most birds. In fact, a birdbath will even bring...

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Foodscaping

Foodscaping, sometimes called edible landscaping or front yard farming, is a type of landscaping in which all or major areas of a lawn on private property or sometimes public property are used to grow food. Geneva, Switzerland. Each yard is a vegetable garden and neighbors consult and plan what each will grow so they can trade. When food shortages...

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Nilgiri Tahr

The Nilgiri Tahr is the state animal of Tamil Nadu, India. It is a goat antelope found at the grass covered hills in Nilgiri Hills and southern part of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in South India. Nilgiri tahr are short with coarse fur. They have curved horns, which are larger in males, can reach upto 40 cm long. Males are dark brown and grown...

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Wildlife overcross

Wildlife crossing in Netherland This wildlife bridge (ecoduct) provides a safe crossing path for wildlife amidst the danger of highways. The first wildlife bridges were constructed in France during the 1950s. European countries like Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, and France have been using various crossing structures to reduce the conflict...

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Mandarin Duck

The mandarin duck is the medium sized perching duck. These ducks has a glossy greenish-black forehead that turns to purple as it slopes to a crest at the back of the head. The sides of the head are white with chestnut in front of the eyes. The sides ...

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Indian giant squirrel

The Indian giant squirrel Commonly known as 'Shekhru'. It inhabits the deciduous or mixed forests, and is abundant in the forests of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra. The size of their body comes to almost 3ft. with only the tail measuring up...

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Sturgeon fish

Sturgeon is the common name used for some species of fish in the family Acipenseridae. The family is also known as the true sturgeons. This fish has been around for 250 million years – yes, that means that they were around when dinosaurs roamed the earth! These types of fish are bottom dwellers. They are saltwater fish, but go to freshwater to...

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Red panda

Red panda, also known sometimes as cat bear and lesser panda, is largely herbivore. Slightly larger than a domestic cat, an adult red panda in the forest weighs around 4 kg. They lives in eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It feeds mainly on bamboo, but is omnivorous and may also eat eggs, birds, insects, and small mammals. These animals...

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Olive Ridley

OLIVE RIDLEYS       A well known critically endangered species of the world. A really beautiful creation of mother earth. It is a species of sea turtle which are very small, about 60cm* in length and weighing 40kg* (*average). They've been a vulnerable species for years yet people tend to protect them in vain.     ...

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