nature
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Porcupine
The Indian crested porcupine is a hystricomorph rodent. The Indian crested porcupine is a large Old World weighing 11–18 kg. Contrary to popular belief, Indian crested porcupines (like all porcupines) cannot shoot their quills. Like other Old World porcupines, the Indian crested porcupine is nocturnal.
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Snowy Albatross
The Snowy Albatross or Goonie is a large seabird from the circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean. Its wingspan is up to 11′. They feed on cephalopods, small fish, and crustaceans and on dead animals that float on the sea, eating to such excess at times that they are unable to fly and rest helplessly on the water. Vulnerable.
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Pied Harrier
The Pied Harrier is an Asian species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It nests in steppes and associated wetlands. Wintering individuals are often seen hunting above rice paddies and marshes.
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Flameback
The black-rumped flameback, also known as the lesser golden-backed woodpecker or lesser goldenback, is a woodpecker found widely distributed in the Indian subcontinent. It has a characteristic rattling-whinnying call and an undulating flight. They forage from the ground to the canopy. They feed on insects mainly beetle larvae from under the bark, visit termite mounds and sometimes…
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Pangolin
The Indian Pangolin also called thick-tailed pangolin and scaly anteater is a pangolin native to the Indian subcontinent. It is an insectivore feeding on ants and termites, digging them out of mounds and logs using its long claws, which are as long as its fore limbs. It is nocturnal and rests in deep burrows during the day. Its tongue is longer than its body. Endangered.
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Golden Crowned Flying Fox
The Giant Golden Crowned Flying Fox is a species of megabat endemic to the Philippines. Owing to deforestation and poaching for bushmeat, it’s an endangered species. It is largely frugivorous, though it also consumes plant leaves. it’s preyed on by several raptors including the Philippine eagle, white-bellied sea eagle, and possibly the Brahminy kite.
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Riverside Rally
All the riverside animals have come for a meeting. The rally is on…
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Red-Vented Bulbul
Red-vented bulbuls feed on fruits, petals of flowers, nectar, insects and occasionally house geckos. They breed from June to September and lay two or three eggs in a typical clutch. The eggs are pale-pinkish with spots of darker red. They are very brave,&, are first to mob a predator. Often squabbling with red whiskered bulbul.…
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Outback Odyssey
The Outback is the colloquial name for the vast, unpopulated and mainly arid areas that comprise Australia’s interior and remote coasts. The Red Centre, in the Northern Territory, exemplifies the Outback.